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Panel on Trump assassination attempts wraps up with Secret Service pledge of improvements

1 year 3 months ago
WASHINGTON —  Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. touted multiple changes and improvements on Thursday to his agency in the wake of two assassination attempts against Donald Trump earlier this year. Rowe testified before the bipartisan congressional task force investigating the two separate attempts on the now president-elect’s life. The hearing wrapped up the […]
Shauneen Miranda

St. Charles ambulance rear-ended, leaving one injured

1 year 3 months ago
HILLSBORO, Mo. -- An ambulance was rear-ended while traveling on Highway 21 south of Hillsboro and seriously injured one victim. Around 11 a.m., a high-speed collision struck the St. Charles County Ambulance District vehicle traveling northbound. The collision did not injure the two paramedics wearing seatbelts inside the ambulance. Additional vehicles were involved in the [...]
Joe Millitzer

Republican AGs sue BlackRock, other investment firms over ‘woke’ climate action efforts

1 year 3 months ago
Major institutional investors have artificially lowered coal production and raised energy costs for consumers in an effort to lower global carbon emissions, a federal lawsuit claims. Republican attorneys general in 11 states filed a joint lawsuit last month against BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street, claiming the organizations’ efforts to pressure coal companies to lower carbon […]
Allison Kite

The DOJ Finally Decides There’s Something Wrong With The DEA’s Cash Grabs At Airports

1 year 3 months ago
Civil asset forfeiture has never been about dismantling criminal operations. It has always been about immediately enriching those who directly benefit from every dollar seized under the pretense that taking cash away from random people somehow cripples multi-national drug operations that have both the personnel and the cash on hand to survive these small-ish seizures. […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: EDU Unlimited by StackSkills

1 year 3 months ago
StackSkills is the premier online learning platform for mastering today’s most in-demand skills. Now, with this exclusive limited-time offer, you’ll gain access to 1000+ StackSkills courses for life! Whether you’re looking to earn a promotion, make a career change, or pick up a side hustle to make some extra cash, StackSkills delivers engaging online courses […]
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SLPS interim superintendent talks role transition, focus on students

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Public School's Interim Superintendent, Dr. Milicent Borishade, addressed the SLPS climate for the first time during an exclusive live interview with FOX 2's Kalista Mitrisin. Dr. Milicent Borishade, the interim superintendent of St. Louis Public School, took over after Dr. Keisha Scarlett's firing in September and is determined to steer the [...]
Kalista Mitrisin

Alton Little Theater Gets Festive With "A Christmas Carol," Holiday Events, Busy 2025

1 year 3 months ago
ALTON - Alton Little Theater (ALT) is preparing for the holiday season and a jam-packed new year between their upcoming production of “ A Christmas Carol ” and plenty of entertainment already lined up for 2025. 7:30 p.m. showings for “A Christmas Carol” are set for Dec. 13, 14, 15, 19 & 20, 2024, while matinees will be shown on Dec. 15, 21 & 22, 2024 at 2 p.m. Tickets for the production are nearly sold out, so if they don’t appear on the website , call the Box Office at 618-462-3205 to ask about availability. ALT Executive Director Lee Cox and Artistic Director Kevin Frakes discussed the theater’s next production and some of what’s in store for next year on the latest “Theater Thursday” segment on Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . “It’s exciting, it really is,” Frakes said. “The cast is great, it’s going to be a great show.” Frakes has been hard at work building the

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