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Missouri moves to resume full federal food benefits after shutdown disruption

2 months 1 week ago
The Missouri Department of Social Services announced Thursday that it will continue to issue partial payments of federal food benefits for November, while updating its systems to resume paying full amounts. The announcement comes after President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation funding the federal government through the end of January and ending the shutdown […]
Steph Quinn

Ex-Belleville attorney sentenced for $1M client theft

2 months 1 week ago
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.  — A former Belleville attorney has been sentenced to seven and a half years in federal prison after he admitted to stealing more than $1 million from clients over several years. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), 51-year-old Jason R. Caraway pleaded guilty in February to six counts of wire [...]
Alex Barton

Copyright Is The Wrong Tool To Deal With Deepfake Harms

2 months 1 week ago
A key theme of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is that copyright, born in an analogue age of scarcity, works poorly in today’s digital world of abundance. One manifestation of that is how lawmakers struggle to adapt the existing copyright rules to deal with novel technological developments, like the new generation of […]
Glyn Moody

Air travel, SNAP benefits, back pay at issue as federal government slowly reopens

2 months 1 week ago
WASHINGTON — The record 43-day government shutdown that ended Wednesday night scrambled air travel, interrupted food assistance and forced federal workers to go without a paycheck for weeks. It also cost the U.S. economy about $15 billion per week, White House Council of Economic Advisers Director Kevin Hassett told reporters Thursday.   As the government began to […]
Jacob Fischler, Ashley Murray

Scouting for Food starts this weekend

2 months 1 week ago
This month, thousands of Scouts from Greater St. Louis Area Scouting will mark the 40th Annual Scouting for Food Good Turn by collecting blue bags filled with non-perishable food items from doorsteps across the region.
From staff reports

3 faiths surround Missouri land where many believe Second Coming will occur

2 months 1 week ago
It’s not exactly a holy war, but there’s a small piece of land in Jackson County that means everything to millions of people worldwide. Several different religions believe the Second Coming of Jesus will happen in Independence, Missouri. And to this day, three different churches surround that sacred soil.
Pat McGonigle

Judge Dismisses Bullshit Lawsuit Claiming Pollster Committed Fraud By Being Wrong

2 months 1 week ago
Last year, we wrote about Donald Trump’s bullshit lawsuit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer for releasing surprising polls right before the 2024 election suggesting that Kamala Harris might actually beat Donald Trump in Iowa. The polls turned out to be wrong—as polls sometimes are—and Trump decided this was grounds for a lawsuit. That case continues […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: The Complete IT Exams Training Bundle

2 months 1 week ago
The Complete IT Exams Training Bundle covers five platforms — Cisco, AWS, CompTIA, Microsoft, Google, and Linux — with expert-led courses, labs, and exam prep. The bundle comes with access to multiple exam preparation platforms including LinuxPath, DojoLab, CodeDirect, and ExamsDigest. You’ll be able to train for CompTIA Security+, AWS Solutions Architect, Cisco CCNA, Linux+, […]
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