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A man on Monday morning was found dead under an overpass in St. Louis.

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and punk poet Patti Smith is name-checked in the title track to Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, and Smith has shared her gratitude for…

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The embattled speaker of the Missouri House had little to say over the weekend in his first public comments since being accused of threatening potential witnesses and other stall tactics aimed at obstructing an ethics committee inquiry into his alleged misconduct. Speaker Dean Plocher sat down for an interview released on Sunday with Scott Faughn, one of his most vocal supporters and the owner of an online compendium of press releases and opinion pieces called the Missouri Times. Since late last…

Last year, the Missouri General Assembly scrambled to act on an issue popular with voters who turn out in large numbers: property tax cuts for seniors in the form of a tax freeze. Lawmakers passed a vague directive letting counties freeze property tax bills for seniors, without defining what “senior” meant, who was going to […]

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Across Melville Avenue from Blueberry Hill, and directly opposite Fitz’s Root Beer, Umami Seasons Hotpot has joined the Loop throng at 6602 Delmar Boulevard in University City. Umami Seasons serves Taiwanese hot pot, which is an interactive style of Asian dining (primarily Taiwanese and Chinese) where food is cooked at the table in different types of broth. Owner Poyi Liu explains that while the Chinese hot pot experience tends to be larger and noisier, the Taiwanese emphasis is on warmth and intimacy.

The government had a few years to sort this out, but as usual, the final call came down to the last minute. Shortly after Section 702 expired at midnight, April 19, the Senate pushed through a two-year reauthorization — one pretty much free of any reforms. This happened despite there being a large and vocal […]

ST. LOUIS -- Imagine Dragons is announcing a new album, Loom and a North American tour. They will be playing the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater on August 16th. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. Win tickets from FOX 2 before they go on sale here. The band's new sixth [...]

A second video has emerged of the dust-up that occurred Friday night at a Perry County GOP event between Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and state Senator Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg). This video shows Hoskins and Ashcroft outside the event, after an initial confrontation inside in which Hoskins called Ashcroft a "chickenshit" a half-dozen times. Hoskins had previously told the RFT that Ashcroft “barked off” to his wife, but during the initial heat exchange, Ashcroft retorted that whatever he uttered to Hoskins' wife, he said because Hoskins' wife "was just looking at him and I just responded."

Ozzy Osbourne has shared his reaction to being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist, telling Billboard that being enshrined for a second time "feels…

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A Maryland Heights-based health care business has raised $100 million in equity capital.

In coordination with the exhibition "Kahlil Robert Irving: Archaeology of the Present," the artist Kahlil Robert Irving selected a series of contemporary video works to screen concurrently in the Kemper […]

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The Madrid-based artist Santiago Sierra presents "52 Canvases Exposed to Mexico City’s Air" (2019) in the Saligman Family Atrium. Known for his provocative performance and installation art that deals with […]

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St. Louis-based artist Kahlil Robert Irving creates assemblages made of layered images and sculptures composed of replicas of everyday objects. Mainly working in ceramics, Irving critically engages with the history […]

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Express Inc. is closing more than 100 stores across multiple brands – including one in the St. Louis area – as a potential sale looms. The retailer also said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware. The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer said Monday that a consortium led by WHP Global and including a subsidiary of Simon Property Group LP and Brookfield Properties have sent the company a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire a “substantial majority” of Express’ retail…

The victim was found shot in the head inside a vehicle at Windham Avenue and Goodfellow Boulevard.

The 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class was announced Sunday, April 21, on American Idol, with Peter Frampton among the rockers getting the nod this year.The guitar great took…

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