Bill Gates is excited about today's groundbreaking for a Gen IV nuclear reactor¹ in Wyoming: The plant was designed by TerraPower, a company I started in 2008. But my nuclear journey started several years earlier, when I first read a scientific paper for a new type of nuclear power plant. The design was far safer ...continue reading "Cool new Gen IV nuclear plants still produce hot old nuclear waste"
68-year-old Roe Watts, who was well known after years of working at JCPenney, passed away after what Alton Police are calling a 'domestic related incident'.
Selling more than 40 million albums worldwide, Sarah McLachlan will now bring her Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Tour to Saint Louis Music Park on June 10.
Concert I of MOCM Season 14 takes a look at the game changers of classical chamber music. Musical works with profound emotional impact relevant to the present day and our […]
It's only been a week or two since school let out for the summer, and some Edwardsville kids are already hard at work, teaming up with local police to get food to those in need.
Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefer Band will celebrate his musical legacy on the road this summer.The band, which will include Mac McAnally, Scotty Emerick, Will Kimbrough and others, has announced three shows…
Planned Parenthood is asking a Missouri judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general alleging the clinic is transporting minors out of state for abortions. The lawsuit was filed based on an undercover video filmed by a man affiliated with a right-wing group pretending to be the uncle of a 13-year-old in […]
This chart has been making the rounds from immigration hawks: This seems damning, but I knew there had to be something dodgy about it. I just didn't know what. So I started poking around in the numbers. The first thing I did was check that the figures in the chart are correct. They are (using ...continue reading "Has native-born employment really dropped 300,000 over the past year?"
“Odor of marijuana” still remains — even in an era of widespread legalization — a favorite method of justifying warrantless searches. It’s an odor, so it can’t be caught on camera, which are becoming far more prevalent, whether they’re mounted to cop cars, pinned to officers’ chests, or carried by passersby. Any claim an odor […]
Timothy Nordmann, owner of Mr. Meowski's Bakery in St. Charles, knows a thing or two about a good loaf of sourdough. Behind each loaf, however, is a story of determination in moments of uncertainty. Nordmann shares his experiences as a bakery owner – and what it took to get there – on social media. One video in particular went viral back in May and has been viewed over one million times. The comment section of the video is filled with sentiments from thousands of viewers who resonate with Nordmann’s story, some of which were compelled to share their own difficult road to achieving their goals. Nordmann talks about how business has grown since and why he decided to share his stories in the first place
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