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This Day in History on September 4: Google is Founded

1 year 3 months ago
September 4th has witnessed a plethora of significant historical events that have shaped the world as we know it. 1888: George Eastman Patents the First Roll-Film Camera On September 4, 1888, George Eastman, an American entrepreneur and inventor, was granted a patent for the first roll-film camera, which he called the Kodak. This groundbreaking invention revolutionized photography by making it accessible to the general public. Before Eastman's invention, photography was a cumbersome and expensive process, reserved mostly for professionals. The Kodak camera simplified this process, allowing anyone to take photographs by merely pressing a button. This innovation not only democratized photography but also laid the foundation for the modern photographic industry. 1951: First Live Transcontinental Television Broadcast in the US In a groundbreaking moment for mass media, September 4, 1951, marked the first live transcontinental television broadcast in the United States. The event

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Endangered person advisory set for woman

1 year 3 months ago
Update: The woman was found and is no longer considered missing. Fox 2 has removed the woman's name and image from the story ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department issued an endangered person advisory for a woman. The endangered person advisory was issued for a missing woman around 6 p.m. on August [...]
Nick Gladney

Woman injured in shooting in south St. Louis

1 year 3 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A woman was left injured after being shot at in south St. Louis early Wednesday morning. The shooting happened a little after 3:50 a.m. in the area of Pennsylvania Avenue and Osage Street in the Dutchtown neighborhood. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the 31-year-old woman suffering from an injury [...]
Nick Gladney

Appliance, Tractor, And Irrigation Companies Lobby Against Military ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms

1 year 3 months ago
Despite the best efforts of automakers and companies like Apple, states continue to push forward with popular “right to repair” reforms that make it easier and more affordable for consumers to repair tech they own. While they vary in potency, New York, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota have all now passed some flavor of right to […]
Karl Bode

One dead, one injured after a fatal three-vehicle crash

1 year 3 months ago
MADISON COUNTY, Ill. - One person is left dead and another person injured after a fatal three-vehicle accident in Troy. The accident occurred a little before 4:14 a.m. Wednesday morning on Interstate 55 at the northbound I-55 and eastbound I-70 split. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and another person was transported with [...]
Nick Gladney