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The FBIβs crime data is crap these days
A little while back the FBI modified its crime dashboard to show monthly figures instead of annual ones. Here's what it looks like: SRS is the old FBI crime reporting system. A decade ago they rolled out a new system called NIBRS. Over time, more and more police departments adopted NIBRS, and in 2021 the ...continue reading "The FBI’s crime data is crap these days"
Places to dance on a Sunday?
Schnucks robbery suspect allegedly points gun at officer before arrest
A suspect in a Schnucks robbery in north St. Louis County allegedly pointed a gun at an officer during a confrontation before he was taken into custody.
St. Charles County companies collecting supplies for Hurricane Helene victims
Boeing reaches tentative deal with union
Boeing and the union representing some 33,000 workers in the Pacific Northwest who've been on strike since Sept. 13 have negotiated a tentative new agreement.
Dobb's Auto in Maplewood
βBaton dad,β food bank worker from St. Louis County dies in highway crash
Doug Lodge, a father of three, was driving near Troy, Illinois, when his car hit a guardrail and was struck by a tractor-trailer.
Brady Cook, hobbled by injury, rallies No. 19 Mizzou to 21-17 homecoming win over Auburn
Missouri quarterback Brady Cook returned from a midgame trip to the hospital to have an MRI exam on his ailing ankle and led his team to two fourth-quarter touchdowns, including the go-ahead run by Jamal Roberts with 46 seconds remaining that gave the Tigers a 21-17 victory over Auburn on Saturday.
This St. Louis company named 'best coffee chain' in national poll
A coffee company with St. Louis origins has been crowned the nation's "best coffee chain" as part of a national poll conducted by USA Today.
Best neighborhoods in your 20s?
Found phone at STLVintageNightfest last night
Amendment 3
This Week In Techdirt History: October 13th β 19th
Five Years Ago This week in 2019, states were rushing to protect net neutrality followed by the court ruling that shot down the FCC’s attempt to prevent them. Marc Benioff was being extremely hypocritical about Section 230, the guy who tried to extort YouTubers with bogus DMCA takedowns agreed to a settlement, and a guest […]
Existential anxiety and civilizational ennui
It was actually this sentence that initially got my attention in Ross Douthat's column today: Existential anxiety and civilizational ennui, not rationalist optimism and humanist ambition, are the defining moods of secular liberalism nowadays. Um, what?
Schnucks issues recall on some ground beef products
Customers at the Loughborough Schnucks should return the affected products to the store, the grocer said.
Woman accused of driving 100 mph, without insurance before deadly St. Louis County crash
A woman faces felony charges after she allegedly drove at speeds above 100 miles per hour and without insurance prior to a deadly crash in St. Louis County last year.
Next Saturday @ CBGB
Hillsboro man dies in one-vehicle wreck
Aaron D. Phipps, 29, hit a fence and a tree after his car left Klondike Road.
Religion and quantum mechanics
Ross Douthat suggests today that the country is ready for a return to religion. He recommends Spencer Klavan’s book Light of the Mind, Light of the World, which he describes this way: It’s an argument that the materialist model of the universe as a closed physical system, in which units of matter bounce around like ...continue reading "Religion and quantum mechanics"
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