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Legislation enacting total ban on child marriage in Missouri dies in the House

1 year 5 months ago

Child marriage will remain legal in Missouri for at least another year after Republican House leaders said they don’t have enough time to pass it. Under current Missouri law, anyone under 16 is prohibited from getting married. But 16 and 17 year olds can get married with parental consent to anyone under 21.  Under legislation […]

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Clara Bates

Yet Another Study Finds That Internet Usage Is Correlated With GREATER Wellbeing, Not Less

1 year 5 months ago
You’ve all heard the reports about how the internet, social media, and phones are apparently destroying everyone’s well being and mental health. Hell there’s a best selling book and its author making the rounds basically everywhere, insisting that the internet and phones are literally “rewiring” kids minds to be depressed. We’ve pointed out over and […]
Mike Masnick

Metro St. Louis bus involved in three-vehicle crash

1 year 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS - There were frightening moments this morning after a three vehicle crash just north of downtown involving a Metro bus. It all happened at Tucker and Cass around 9:30 a.m. There were two passenger vehicles involved and a Metro bus. Witnesses tell us that the two cars were involved in a crash, and [...]
Mallory Thomas

Two more St. Louis area Catholic parishes to close

1 year 5 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Two more Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis are closing. St. Francis of Assisi in Franklin County and St. Catherine of Alexandria in Ste. Genevieve County will both shut their doors. A Vatican court has rejected their appeals to remain open. St. Clare in the city of St. Clair will [...]
Joe Millitzer

$10 Million scratch-off ticket sold in Alton, Illinois

1 year 5 months ago
A lottery ticket purchased in Alton, Illinois, has won $10 million from a scratch-off game called "$10 Million." This is the first winner of the Illinois Lottery’s first-ever $50 scratch-off ticket, $10 Million, which launched in December 2023.
Liz Dowell