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The Manchester Police Department is investigating a homicide Wednesday.

A New Madrid County Sheriff's deputy, his daughters, ages 1 and 4, and a 17-year-old girl in another vehicle were all killed Tuesday in southeast Missouri.

ALTON - It’s official: the Alton Midwest Nationals Formula 1 (F1) Powerboat Championship races are returning to the Alton riverfront not only next year, but for the next three years. Alton City Council members on Wednesday approved an agreement for the city to host the races in 2025, 2026, and 2027. The second annual installment will be held next summer during the weekend of Friday, July 18 to Sunday, July 20, 2025. “The F1 Powerboat Championship is coming back to Riverfront Park for the 2nd Annual Alton Midwest Nationals Powerboat Championships,” a press release for the event states. “This event is going to be epic, with fast boats racing on the Mississippi River and tons of fun activities for everyone to enjoy.” In addition to “some of the best powerboat racers in North America,” the second annual event will also feature “vendor displays, free viewing areas, a VIP Experience, music, food, and more.” The weekend

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More weirdness from Donald Trump, insisting that a CLEAN spending bill has to include farm aid, hurricane relief, and a debt ceiling increase: Can anyone imagine passing it without either terminating, or extending, the Debt Ceiling guillotine coming up in June? Unless the Democrats terminate or substantially extend Debt Ceiling now, I will fight ‘till ...continue reading "Donald Trump is afraid of the debt ceiling"

The magic of Super Mario came to life in St. Louis Wednesday evening. Subaru teams from Lou Fusz, Dean Team, and Sunset Hills paired with Make-A-Wish Missouri & Kansas for an unforgettable wish reveal event for 8-year-old Aleks, who has a dream of visiting Super Nintendo World and Disneyland.

There are explosive new developments in the legal showdown over who gets to appoint the next St. Louis County Prosecutor: the Missouri Governor or the St. Louis County Executive.

The Homer G. Phillips Memorial Hospital had an unexpected closing Tuesday. Now, Mayor Tishaura Jones says she wants to help the employees that were furloughed.

Air traffic control audio reviewed by 404 Media shows 11 aircraft near New Jersey reporting people shining lasers at them during the ongoing drone panic.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

New York, Dec. 18, 2024 — Congressional leaders in the House released a year-end spending bill yesterday that includes plenty of meaningless pet projects but not the most important press freedom bill in modern history, the PRESS Act.

But it isn’t over yet for the PRESS Act. Sen. Chuck Schumer could still include it in the Senate version of the spending bill, negotiate for the act’s passage before the holidays, or bring the measure to the floor by keeping the Senate in session past its anticipated end on Dec. 20.

The following statement can be attributed to Seth Stern, director of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF):

“Congressional leaders found space in the end-of-year spending bill to give a football stadium to Washington, D.C. and rename buildings after former members of Congress. But they didn’t include the PRESS Act.

After campaigning and fundraising for months, warning of existential threats to our democracy, including the death of freedom of the press, Sen. Schumer and the other Senate Democrats must take advantage of the entire time they have left in power to pass the PRESS Act, even if that means senators have to work through the holidays just like most regular Americans.

The PRESS Act is bipartisan, it’s already passed the House, and it would provide essential protections for independent journalists no matter their politics. The Senate must not let this opportunity to pass the PRESS Act get away. If the rights of journalists are further curtailed in the next administration after years of inaction from those in power, Senate leadership will share a lot of the blame.”

The PRESS Act is a federal reporter-source shield bill that would protect journalists across the political spectrum from being spied on by the government and threatened with jail time to force them to testify against their sources.

The main that broke was either 20 or 24 inches, a Missouri American Water spokeswoman said.

After Elon Musk had already coordinated a Republican revolt against the CR, Donald Trump jumped in to take credit: Republicans want to support our farmers, pay for disaster relief, and set our country up for success in 2025. The only way to do that is with a temporary funding bill WITHOUT DEMOCRAT GIVEAWAYS combined with ...continue reading "Trump wants a CLEAN spending bill except for almost everything in it"

In our stories about how you don’t actually own what you’ve bought in the digital and IoT world, one of the sub-genres of those stories concern products bought by customers that become entirely or partially useless due to the decisions made by the seller. This itself can take a variety of forms, from video games […]