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A north St. Louis business owner is demanding answers after thieves broke into a store she just opened. As police investigate, she's vowing to keep her doors open.

On Saturday, it will hold its grand opening for its location at 4000 Shaw Ave., in the city’s Shaw neighborhood.

Mrs. Robinson's death was announced by Michelle Obama and other family members in a statement that said “there was and will be only one Marian Robinson. In our sadness, we are lifted up by the extraordinary gift of her life.”

A former bookkeeper for Hoffmann-Hillermann Nursery & Florist in Washington is accused of embezzling as much as $150,000 from the company.

“I had always seen this on TV and thought it was the stupidest, most boring thing I had ever seen in my life, until I went in person,” Melanie Rentz said.

The deadline to get Missouri families compensation for radiation exposure from the Manhattan Project is quickly approaching. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is set to expire June 7 but politicians said there is still time for Missouri.

Missouri's House speaker once described “stupid Republican women” as “an invasive species,” according to a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed against the powerful lawmaker Friday.

The NASCAR Enjoy Illinois 300 kicked off Friday with drivers arriving in town. But before, Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick, along with their teams, made a pit stop at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis Mathews Dickey Club to give back.

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Congresswoman Cori Bush has secured $750,000 in federal funding for the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis to renovate their Plaza property and support Black-owned small businesses.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told leading Democrats on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday he will not meet with them to discuss the court’s code of ethics, following revelations of displays of politically oriented flags at the homes of Justice Samuel Alito. Individual justices will continue to decide their own […]

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WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump, now a convicted felon, vowed to launch an appeal based “on many things” he considered unfair during his New York trial, he said Friday in the lobby of Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan. Meanwhile Friday, legal and political analysts predicted he will spend little if any time in jail […]

The post An angry Trump pledges to appeal ‘this scam’ conviction as Republicans vow resistance appeared first on Missouri Independent.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a bridge collapse that sent passengers into the water late afternoon Friday.

Rodney Gee will direct the county's Department of Administration if the County Council approves his appointment.

The lawsuit argued county police used excessive force when they shocked a Jefferson County man with a Taser before shooting him in 2019.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced a ceasefire proposal from Israel on Friday, saying the three-phase plan presented to Hamas represents the best chance to end the war. Biden, speaking from the White House, urged people around the world who have been calling for an end to the war in the Middle East to pressure […]

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The lawsuits accuse Officer Ramelle Wallace of having a history of abusing citizens.

On May 31, 2019, Rocketman, the biopic based on Elton John's life, opened in the U.S. Five years later, Elton is looking back on that day with an Instagram post.Next to…

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And now for something completely different. The Washington Post today has a piece about what they got when they asked AI image apps to produce pictures of beautiful women. They basically got this: This is presented as problematic because it reinforces stereotypes of what's beautiful in a woman. But this should come as precisely no ...continue reading "BREAKING: AI confirms Western ideals of beauty"