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Republicans close out GOP midterm convention vowing to keep control of Congress

1 month 3 weeks ago
President Donald Trump and Republicans wrapped up their two-day midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday night, urging voters to ensure the party has another two years with unified control of government.  Speakers, many vying for seats in Congress, insisted Democrats regaining power would be disastrous for the country, some going as far as implying […]
Jennifer Shutt

Wak’a Garden

1 month 3 weeks ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

Police investigating after man stabbed, killed in north St. Louis

1 month 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating after a man was killed in a stabbing Thursday night in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the stabbing occurred around 6 p.m. in the 5200 block of Theodosia Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from a stab wound. The victim [...]
Nick Gladney

Forest Park hosts Flags of Valor tribute in honor of 9/11 anniversary

1 month 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis region is honoring thousands with its Flags of Valor Memorial in Forest Park as Friday marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States. The Flags of Valor is a powerful memorial that honors the lives lost that day and those killed in the subsequent [...]
Nick Gladney

How 9/11 changed the way America surveils its citizens

1 month 3 weeks ago
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did more than reshape the nation’s approach to terrorism. They changed […]
Amanda Watford

Friday, Sept. 11 - 50 years of The Black Rep

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The Black Rep is celebrating 50 years. Founder and producing director Ron Himes says each season he’s just surviving, but the theater’s mission to expose communities to Black stories will be its continued legacy. St. Louis Public Radio’s Andrea Henderson takes us behind the scenes of one of the largest African American professional theater companies in the country.

Foggy start and spot rain Friday, hot but not extreme weekend temps

1 month 3 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Fog is starting to settle in over the St. Louis region and there will be some areas where it gets quite dense Friday morning, meaning some impacts for the morning commute. There is a Dense Fog Advisory for Pike County (MO) until 10 a.m. Otherwise, it will be a cloudy to mostly [...]
Angela Hutti