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A political prescription for breaking free from neoliberalism and getting to the good life

Policies need to be adopted to give Americans a higher purpose and a better connection with other people.

Investments to repair racial harms are critical. But so is paying attention to the inner lives of Black Americans.

Millennium Park in Creve Coeur has reopened after $2.5 million worth of renovations, featuring a bandstand, a new playground, and an upgraded splash pad, which has become a popular destination for residents.

Nexstar's Founder's Day of Caring is taking place on June 14, with FOX 2 and STL 11 staff volunteering at the Humane Society of Missouri to help care for pets in need of homes.

A man was arrested by St. Louis Lambert Airport police after stealing an airport vehicle and breaching the security gate of the operations area.

Here comes a little more bad news for a company that’s seen quite a lot of it lately. SoundThinking, which formerly did business as ShotSpotter, is seeing another high-profile, would-be customer walk away from the table after determining the costs would outweigh the benefits. As Matt Markovich reports for KIRO News, Seattle has decided to […]

Enjoy free snow cones as you watch the sun set over the Mississippi River at the newly opened Chain of Rocks Park. Part of the Mississippi Greenway, the park features […]

The post Sunsets and Snow Cones appeared first on Explore St. Louis.

The window for severe storm activity extends from Thursday afternoon through the evening.

Missouri is going through what some are calling a "shroom boom." We talk to Missouri Mycological Society’s Mike Snyder about why there's so much fungi interest, his journey to loving mushrooms, and how Missourians can help document -- and even discover -- species of fungi through DNA samples. We also meet Indiana mushroom researcher Steve Russell, founder of Mycota Lab. The lab is trying to document all macrofungi in participating states, including a recent expansion to Missouri.

The radiation treatments for my prostate cancer will begin on July 1 and continue every weekday through August 7. That's it. That's the update. POSTSCRIPT: And I get tattoos! For real. A series of dots on my groin that help guide the radiation beam. ANOTHER POSTSCRIPT: My pre-treatment testosterone level is 375, right in the ...continue reading "Health update"

Questions have been raised by non-winning contractors and some of the winning minority subcontractors about the process surrounding the St. Louis County Port Authority’s awarding of a contract for demolition of Jamestown Mall, according to a report in a construction trade publication.

On Thursday, local advocates on both sides of the abortion issues are speaking out after the United States Supreme Court rejected a legal challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone. While abortions are still illegal in Missouri, the local Planned Parenthood office said the ruling is a win.

The St. Charles City-County Library Board postpones vote to decide fate of 3 libraries

The St. Louis region's 50 fastest-growing private companies this year had an average growth of 90.9%. Check out the two-year growth rate of each company, as well as the industries represented and more.

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress got one step further in their efforts to reverse the Biden administration’s final rule for Title IX after the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved a measure on Thursday that would overturn the updated regulations. The U.S. Department of Education’s final rule — which seeks to protect […]

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The city of St. Louis said Thursday it will eventually loan drivers, via a nonprofit, money to pay for personal property taxes, and auto tag fees and insurance premiums.

A jury in Douglas County, Kansas, spent less than two hours deliberating the verdict.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right [...]