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U.S. President Donald Trump and Missouri's Republican elected officials blasted a state Supreme Court ruling Thursday that blocked a new congressional district map from being used in November and ordered voters statewide to uphold or reject the new map.

Authorities said the fire was reported shortly after 1 a.m. in the 4300 block of Margaretta Avenue.

Quentin Laws, emergency management director for Lincoln County, said the only person injured was a man who was delivering the anhydrous ammonia tank.

Missouri Republican officials filed a last-chance appeal late Friday night to get the U.S. Supreme Court to allow this year’s congressional elections to be held in districts gerrymandered in 2025. The application to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who oversees the Eighth Judicial Circuit, was filed just before midnight Friday. No immediate action was taken. The application […]

This Day in Music History: Sept. 4 On Sept. 4, 1962, the Beatles returned to EMI Studios in London and recorded a version of “Love Me Do” with their new drummer, Ringo Starr. The session was a pivotal early step for a group that had signed with Parlophone only months earlier and was still largely known for its Liverpool club appearances. “Love Me Do,” backed with “P.S. I Love You,” became the Beatles’ first single when it was released in Britain on Oct

On September 4, one of the most consequential events in world history took place in 476, when the last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed. The event has long been used to mark the fall of the Western Roman Empire. At the time, it signaled the end of imperial rule in western Europe after centuries of Roman political control. Its importance went far beyond one ruler losing his throne. The collapse of central authority changed how power was organized across Europe, opened the

President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections. The order directed the U.S. Postal Service to strictly regulate the envelope design of mail-in ballots and to collect voter data from each state through an online portal, among […]

The National Museum of Transportation is proud to announce a special exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of historic Route 66. Titled “Roads, River, Rooms, and Reels,” the exhibit will open […]

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Debra Kennard spent years dreaming of owning a bookstore. On Sept. 12, Gold Shoe Books opens in University City.

Three states this year have enacted laws that require or allow schools to use mobile, wearable, wireless or silent panic alarms to quickly summon emergency responders. The new laws in Illinois, Virginia and West Virginia bring the number of states with such laws to 13, with 10 of them acting since 2023. Another dozen states […]

The Bonsack Gallery Presents Tom Reed: new familiar water August 28 - September 21! The Bonsack Gallery at John Burroughs School will open new familiar water, an exhibition by Tom […]

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Supergirl is flying on to streaming. The DC Studios film will make its global streaming debut to HBO Max on Sept. 10. It will arrive to HBO linear on Sept.…

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Just so we’re clear: pre-merger promises (especially in the media and telecom sectors) are absolutely worthless. There’s fifty years of indisputable evidence that all of the “synergies” and innovative improvements promised on the front end of major media mergers mean absolutely nothing. Especially in a country dead-set on defanging its labor and consumer protection regulators. […]