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Dockworkers' union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

1 year 1 month ago
DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to resume working immediately. The temporary end to the strike came after [...]
TOM KRISHER, Associated Press

Pedestrian struck and killed in Academy/Sherman Park neighborhood

1 year 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - One pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle Thursday night. According to St. Louis Metropolitan Police, the crash occurred at Delmar and N. Kingshighway Boulevards around 7:30 p.m. Accident reconstruction crews have been called to the scene. This is a developing story. More will be posted as it comes into [...]
Megan Mueller

Our weird universe

1 year 1 month ago
Suppose you are walking through an airport at a steady 2 mph. You get onto a slideway that's also moving 2 mph. You're now moving 4 mph. Nope. Your speed is 3.999999999999999964 mph. That's about 4 minus one-quadrillionth of a mile per hour. Welcome to our universe.
Kevin Drum