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Some time ago I became fatally suspicious of the word trope. Technically there's nothing wrong with it, but in practice it's used exclusively to imply someone has said something vaguely offensive without having the receipts. Here's the latest: Three Columbia University administrators have been removed from their posts after sending text messages that “disturbingly touched ...continue reading "Columbia deans found guilty of tropes"

Police on Monday continued their search for one of two teens who escaped from the Juvenile Detention Center last week.

Looks like Bruce Springsteen will be skipping the Olympics this year.The singer’s daughter, Jessica Springsteen, failed to make the U.S. equestrian three-person jumping squad for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Had she successfully made…

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Scattered storms and tropical downpours are expected to impact the region today, with heavy rainfall of 2-4 inches expected and flash flooding and river flooding concerns increasing due to the remnant circulation of Beryl.

An accused burglar has been charged with a copper theft at an electrical supply warehouse this past spring.

The MLB team recently added to its plethora of merchandise in a deal with a St. Louis-based luxury fashion brand.

Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said late Sunday, after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years. Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week [...]

Two teenagers escaped the St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center on July 4. One is back in custody but the other is still at large.

The original article comes from The Business Journal on June, 25, 2024 The Boeing Co.’s defense productions in the St. Louis area represent a “robust portfolio,” with significant demand worldwide for the F-15 fighter jet, T-7A pilot trainer jet and munitions, a high-ranking company executive said Tuesday. The top priority with the T-7A is to deliver the new pilot trainer to the U.S. Air Force, but there […]

The post Boeing executive: ‘Robust portfolio’ creates demand for St. Louis-made platforms appeared first on St. Louis Regional Freightway.

A St. Louis judge on Friday determined Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has no right to access unredacted private health information of transgender children treated at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Joseph Whyte ruled that Washington University does not have to provide the unredacted medical […]

The post Judge rules Missouri AG has no right to medical records of transgender minors at Wash U appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The US Postal Service has been retaining metadata on snail mail for years. Back before mass scanning of every piece of mail was a reality, law enforcement requests had to be a bit more targeted. Investigators had to put in requests that required the postal service to log information about any mail sent to/from certain […]

The original article comes from The Business Journal on June, 25, 2024 Construction on the expansion will get underway soon after the Fourth of July holiday, said membrane division General Manager Erin Sorensen. The new addition is expected to come on line by the end of 2025, Sorensen said. The general contractor is St. Louis-based PARIC. The new production at […]

The post A Global Industrial Gas Supplier will soon kick off construction on a $70 million expansion in the St. Louis area. appeared first on St. Louis Regional Freightway.

Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman has added more dates to his Final One Man Solo tour.After launching the tour in March, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will kick off the new…

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