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Jonathan Haidt’s new book, “The Anxious Generation,” has become a NY Times bestseller, and he’s making media appearances basically everywhere you look, telling people that social media has “rewired children’s minds” and that it is uniquely harmful. We’ve talked about Haidt in the past, and especially his ability to consistently cherry-pick and misread the actual […]

Today on TAP: They are making a fraught situation worse by letting the far right define antisemitism and the necessary campus responses.

Try these vertical vegetable garden ideas for space-saving gardening.

Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. April 26.

It looks like at least one member of Journey wants to see the band play Las Vegas’ new state-of-the-art venue, Sphere.Co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon posted photos from Phish’s recent…

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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- A minor 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday at around 3:50 a.m. near Mill Creek, Illinois. The location is just east of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The earthquake happened at a depth of 7.8 miles. While small and unlikely to cause damage, it serves as a reminder that the Illinois Basin - [...]

Here in the People's Republic of California we like to keep things fair. And two of our legislators have had enough: A pair of Orange County state senators from opposing parties — who frequently fly between their districts and Sacramento — are both boosting a first-in-the-nation proposal critics say would ban the expedited security screening ...continue reading "California wants rich people to stop cutting the line in airports"

HFW Cos. LLC, a St. Louis-based professional services firm in the architecture and engineering industry, has made its ninth acquisition since 2021.

ST. PETERS,Mo. - What would you do if you won $1,000 per week for the rest of your life? Well, that isn't just a hypothetical question for one Missouri lottery player. It appears that state officials are still looking for the winner. Someone from St. Peters, Missouri, bought a winning Cash4Life Quick Pick ticket for [...]

Police said the getaway car had "distinctive" damage. Officers found it less than a day later.

WASHINGTON — Oral arguments in former President Donald Trump’s historic case in New York began Monday in a Manhattan courtroom where jurors will be tasked with deciding whether deceptive hush money payments to hide an affair amount to a criminal conviction. The first-ever criminal trial of an ex-U.S. president centers on Trump’s alleged falsified business records to […]

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Gastronauts Food Group, a new restaurant group housing local favorites Hi-Pointe Drive-In and Taco Buddha, has launched in St. Louis.

Major League Baseball star Shohei Ohtani is going to bat — and to the pitching mound — for local sports technology firm Rapsodo.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up of the latest news in online […]

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