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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO. — St. Louis County detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2026, in the 300 block of Weidman Road that left an adult male with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries after police said he pointed a weapon at officers. Officers from the St. Louis County Police West County Precinct responded at about 5:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, to a call for service for a subject flourishing a weapon at vehicles in the 14000 block of Mancheste

GRANITE CITY — Illinois State Police said on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, it continues to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Granite City that left a 40-year-old man dead after officers responded Aug. 24, 2026, to a report of an armed suspect in the 2000 block of Edison Avenue. The investigation is being conducted at the request of the Granite City Police Department and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, state police said in an update today. According to Illinois State Police,

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District will hold a public meeting to discuss planned improvements at the Bissell Point, Grand Glaize, Lemay, and Missouri River wastewater treatment facilities. The project includes upgrades necessary to meet future regulatory requirements.

Starting next month, Missouri will require more documentation from people applying for or renewing SNAP benefits.

CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement on Donald Trump’s upcoming attendance to the Presidents Cup tournament in Chicago: "Donald Trump has attacked Chicago and Illinois at every turn of his term, like joking about the smell of deportations in the morning and sending masked agents into our neighborhoods. Now, he wants to come here for golf. "He is neither wanted here nor needed here. But if he is going to spend time in DuPage County, he can leave the

CHICAGO —The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) joined civil rights enforcement agencies including the District of Columbia’s civil rights enforcement agency to provide a joint comment urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to preserve longstanding federal workforce demographic reporting requirements that help agencies identify and address employment discrimination. In joint comments submitted August 24, 2026, in response to EEOC Docket No. EEOC-2026-0034

A federal judge in Texas on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke nationwide approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, saying the case won’t be heard until at least Dec. 1 and granting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s request for a stay to continue its safety review of the drug. The Republican attorneys general […]

The “back-to-school feeling” affects plenty of adults who have not sat in a classroom for years. One trip down the notebook aisle, one sudden urge to clean out a closet, and it can feel like life is asking for a fresh start. That impulse is not random. For many people, fall feels like a reset because it combines habit, culture, biology, and emotion in a powerful way. Why the feeling is so common People often talk about New Year’s as the big moment for change. But in real life

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On the latest episode of Politically Speaking, STLPR's Jason Rosenbaum talks with 6th Congressional District Democratic nominee Josh Smead about his race against Republican Chris Stigall – and the issues he says are important to the North Missouri-based district. Smead also talked about why national Democrats should pay attention to the race, especially if a congressional map from 2025 is used in the general election.

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On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, beginning the Second World War in Europe. German forces attacked by land and air after months of rising tension, broken agreements, and territorial demands from Adolf Hitler’s government. At the time, the invasion marked the collapse of hopes that another large European war could be avoided. Britain and France responded by declaring war on Germany two days later. The event still matters today because it reshaped borders, governments, military

LGBTQ+ adults are more likely than other adults to miss healthcare appointments due to cost or other reasons — with a third reporting their health worsened as a result, according to a new survey by health policy research group KFF. Among the 2,640 LGBTQ+ adults surveyed, those who are transgender, younger than 30 and those […]

The St. Louis Aquarium at St. Louis Union Station presents Summer Shell-ebration June 19th - September 7th! All summer long, the aquarium is exploring the amazing world of shell-bearing animals. […]

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New York, Sept. 1, 2026 — The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) moved in federal court yesterday to preliminarily enjoin President Donald Trump from providing early access to his social media posts to those willing to pay $100,000 per month to his social media platform, Truth Social.

Since returning to office, Trump has used his Truth Social account as his primary means of communicating with the public and making official announcements. In July, the CEO of Truth Social’s parent company announced Truth API, a service that would provide paying investors early access to “market-moving” messages from the president and other officials on the platform. Truth API launched Aug. 1 and has already reportedly signed up more than 10 customers.

In response to this illegal scheme, The Intercept and FPF filed a lawsuit on Aug. 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Trump and other White House officials. As plaintiffs explained, the president’s scheme violates the Constitution’s First and Fifth amendments by giving unequal access to official government information to those who pay his private company. There is absolutely no government interest, let alone a significant one as required by the First Amendment, in letting the president profit by selling government information.

The plaintiffs’ motion yesterday asks the Court to immediately block the president and the other defendants in this case, including White House aides Natalie Harp and Dan Scavino, from posting on Truth Social so long as the president can profit from selling early access to government information. The plaintiffs are represented by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Yale Law School’s Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, the Public Integrity Project and Altshuler Berzon LLP.

“Trump doesn’t get to charge people for his own public statements. The First Amendment doesn’t have a paywall, and we’re not going to let him build one,” said Annie Chabel, CEO of The Intercept. “Journalists and the public shouldn’t have to pay the president for news he’s constitutionally obligated to share with everyone.”

“The Trump administration is trying to keep government records hidden from the public, including by ignoring the Freedom of Information Act and the Presidential Records Act,” said Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at FPF. “In the meantime, Trump is using his official statements on Truth Social as profiteering opportunities, charging seven figures per year for premium access. It’s a corrupt assault on the Constitution that harms members of the press and public who don’t line the president’s pockets. That’s why we’re suing to stop it.”

The lawsuit also notes that Truth API is a moneymaking opportunity for Trump, who owns the largest stake in Trump Media through The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, with shares collectively worth more than $1 billion. He is the sole beneficiary of the trust.

“President Trump cannot be allowed to continue to violate the First and Fifth amendments for the sake of his personal profit,” said the legal team representing the plaintiffs. “The idea that the president’s public statements would be available to paying customers more quickly than the American public is antithetical to democracy and the free press. We’re proud to represent our clients as they stand up for their constitutional rights and to end this corrupt scheme.”

You can read the filing here, or below.

Correction: The Truth API was announced by Truth Social’s parent company in July, not August. The release has been updated to reflect the change.

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