WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue. The Senate vote was Democrats’ latest attempt to force Republicans into a defensive stance on women’s health [...]
Thierry Breton has finally taken the next logical step in his role as the EU’s censor: he’s talked himself out of his job. Over the last few years, Thierry Breton, the former CEO of France Telecom, has spent the last few years as the Commissioner for the Internal Market in the EU, where he has […]
Another building in Downtown St. Louis is getting upgrades and amenities to try and attract new residents into the city. It’s called Six Cord, a reference to the building’s prominence in the old garment district.
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes protected by blackmail and shocking acts of violence. The music mogul is charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. The indictment against him [...]
LARRY NEUMEISTER, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press
JASPER COUNTY, Mo. — Jasper County authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a vehicle that might be connected to a death investigation. Jasper County Sheriff's Office investigators said in a release Tuesday they're looking for a red or maroon, 2010 Chevy Cobalt with Oklahoma license plate PIH667. Its passenger-side rear door bears [...]
From Retrofit Magazine: by Susan Pruchnicki and Michelle Wells of Bond Architects Designed by Smith + Entzeroth in the late 1960s, the University City Public Library in University City, Mo., is a striking example of Brutalist design. Smith + Entzeroth is well known in St. Louis architectural history for a distinctive aesthetic found in commercial, […]
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