We have been talking about the problem of ownership in the modern world for some time, particularly as it revolves around how digital or internet-reliant products are sold. It’s become such a prevalent problem that there’s something of a generic mantra for it: You don’t actually own the thing you bought. There’s a spectrum to […]
Toll scam warnings have been mounting for nearly a year.
Last March, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released an alert, and the FBI did the same a month later.
Shannon Horstmann is a member of St. Alphonsus Liguori "Rock" Church in north St. Louis.
For the past several years, Horstmann has submitted requests for a grant through the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
What a weird story. Last year the Biden State Department approved about $500,000 for EVs as diplomatic shuttles. This is . . . I don't know, maybe a dozen cars? Not very many, anyway, especially for a guy who's famously pro-EV. But NPR reports that shortly after Donald Trump took over, a new line item ...continue reading "The strange, short-lived tale of the armored Teslas"
ALTON – Alton Committee of the Whole members on Monday delayed voting on a resolution to negotiate an agreement for a $27 million “mixed-income” rental housing project in the city. After public comments, a presentation, a question-and-answer session, and more discussion surrounding the proposal, Alderman David Gan asked to refer the item to the city’s Plan Commission for future consideration. Joe Weatherly and Anne Stevenson of development firm McCormack, Baron and Salazar (MBS) gave a presentation at Monday’s meeting aiming to clear up “disinformation” surrounding the Lovejoy project. Weatherly said any rumors of the project being “Section 8” or public housing are false. The Lovejoy would consist of 70 units – the vast majority, around 90%, would be “market rate units” with rents subject to increase every year based on the market and demand. These units would have starting rents ranging from $790 to $895
A St. Louis man was convicted Monday for his leadership of a drug-trafficking ring in addition to being linked to nine murders over a nearly six-year period, according to officials.
With executive actions repealing federal guardrails on artificial intelligence, President Donald Trump’s first few weeks in office have marked a major shift from the Biden administration’s attitude toward the tech industry.
In his first week in office, Trump rolled back Biden’s 2023 Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence, which aimed to promote competition within the AI industry while creating guidelines for responsible government use of the technology. He also signed an executive order…
Alderwoman Cara Spencer for the month ended Feb. 20 raised and spent far more than her biggest opponent in the St. Louis mayoral race, incumbent Tishaura Jones.
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