We — and plenty of others — have been warning that the global rush to mandate age verification wouldn’t stop at “let’s make sure kids can’t see porn” or even just “keep kids off of social media.” It would inevitably expand into treating anonymity and privacy tools themselves as the enemy. Australia is now proving […]
SUMMER EVENTS/ ENERTAINMENT “Nazi’s Next Door: St. Louis Faces Nazism in the 1930s” Exhibit – through January 31, 2027 St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum’s Karpati Gallery Special – Nazis Next Door An original exhibition created by the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, Nazis Next Door explores the ways in which Missourians, […]
Taylor Fresh Foods is voluntarily recalling all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after a multistate Cyclospora outbreak, even as the Food and Drug Administration said Sunday that a lettuce sample previously believed to have tested positive was actually a false positive. The recall includes certain Walmart Marketside-brand iceberg salad and shredded lettuce products with “Best if Used By” dates between July 18 and Aug. 3, 2026, as well as lettuce supplied to restaurants,
U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Murphysboro Republican, said U.S. Department of Transportation has freed up more than $13 million to upgrade facilities in the region
On This Day, July 20, 1975…Ahead of the release of his third studio album, Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen launched a new tour at the Palace Theater in Providence, Rhode…
Claiming they are "censoring free speech," Schmitt said small number of companies control how most Americans accesses information by deciding what people see
The St. Louis County Democrat is one of two candidates seeking his party’s nomination to replace Jake Zimmerman, who hopes to be the next St. Louis County executive.
A slower walk, a deeper breath, an urge to sit outside a little longer—many people notice these shifts and call it “summer mood,” as if relaxation simply appears out of nowhere. But that calm feeling often has clear causes. It comes from the way light affects the brain, how routines change, what the body expects, and even what we have been taught to associate with this part of the year. Humans often feel more relaxed in summer not because life suddenly becomes easy, but because
U2’s The Edge made a surprise appearance during Dutch DJ/producer Martin Garrix’s set at Tomorrowland in Belgium Friday to debut a new Garrix/U2 collaboration.The guitarist came out to play guitar to…
A three-minute song can change what people wear, where they gather, what they say, and even how they remember a year. That is the real power of summer music. It is not just background sound for road trips and barbecues. It helps shape moods, habits, trends, and shared memories on a large scale. Certain songs seem to take over public life all at once. They play at beaches, corner stores, family cookouts, gyms, car windows, festivals, and weddings. People who do not even know the artist can still
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on July 13 killed 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a Colombian national with legal work authorization, in Maine, making him the 22nd person shot at by federal immigration officers during President Donald Trump’s second term. Nearly all of those 22 incidents – 19 – involved Department of Homeland […]
One in five Missouri children eligible for state-paid childcare services isn’t receiving help because there isn’t enough money in the state budget. There are 7,389 children on the waiting list to be enrolled in the state’s childcare subsidy program, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education told The Independent on Friday. No children have been […]
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