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The club is refusing to let injuries be an excuse for poor form.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's $1 billion in budget cuts, handed down Friday, affect numerous St. Louis-area projects worth millions of dollars.

Robert Tarr was also charged in 2022 with trying to hire someone to kill the surviving victim and a Montgomery County deputy investigating the case.

We continue to hear from protesters, speaking a day after they stopped the Grand Pride Parade in its tracks.

From STLToday: St. Louisans may take the Eads Bridge for granted. But 150 years ago, it was considered one of the wonders of the modern world, an engineering marvel with Gilded Age backers and a creator compared to Leonardo da Vinci. The man who gave St. Louis its first bridge over the Mississippi — whose […]

Donna Lochmann's office is outside the shelter, on the streets. And she'll go to any length to find a stray and change their life.

Christie Brinkman has been named the new chair of ULI St. Louis. Brinkman the director of design-build at Castle Contracting, LLC, has been a member of ULI St. Louis for over seven years. She has most recently served as chair for mission advancement. Brinkman, who joined Castle six years ago, was just named to the […]

We have one final Supreme Court decision to look at this year: Moody v. NetChoice. It's a bit tricky. The headline result is that it was a unanimous opinion, and technically that's true. In reality, it was probably more like a 6-3 decision. The background is pretty simple: Texas and Florida both passed laws banning ...continue reading "Free speech probably lives, though only 6-3"

The groom shot this past weekend during his wedding reception in the city's Dutchtown neighborhood remains in ICU, his family said Monday.

Four former Missouri guards have pleaded not guilty to murder in the December death of a Black man in prison, and a fifth has pleaded not guilty to accessory to involuntary manslaughter.

A local woman takes her fight to stop gun violence to the nation’s capital after the murder of her son and prevent other mothers from experiencing similar grief.

Julian Assange is understandably overjoyed to finally be free, but people who value investigative journalism shouldn’t be similarly thrilled by the terms of his plea deal. Above, the WikiLeaks founder gestures after landing in Australia on June 26.

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We were relieved to see the prosecution of Julian Assange resolved without an adverse court ruling that could have existentially threatened the First Amendment. But we made clear, through news outlets from PBS News Hour to The Guardian, that the Biden administration deserves zero credit for that outcome, given that it forced Assange to plead guilty under the Espionage Act to gain his freedom.

Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) Executive Director Trevor Timm wrote in The Guardian, “While it should be a relief to anyone who cares about press freedom that Assange will not be coming to the US to face trial, the Biden administration should be ashamed at how this case has played out.”

FPF Advocacy Director Seth Stern added in the Daily Beast that the only impact of the plea agreement “will be to legitimize the criminalization of routine journalistic conduct and encourage future administrations to follow suit—including a potential second Trump administration.”

For more, watch Timm and Stern weigh in on the alarming implications for journalists and the press on BBC and Democracy Now, as well as in Timm’s appearance on PBS News Hour.

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Steven Van Zandt has been married to wife Maureen for over 40 years, and the rocker tells People that the secret to their relationship is that they are OK not being…

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Colorful displays are on the horizon as communities prepare for this week’s fireworks events.