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Billie Joe Armstrong is throwing it all the way back to his middle school days. In an Instagram Story, the Green Day frontman shared a photo of the day he…

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It was quite the Christmas weekend for two Powerball players in Missouri.

From a Vox piece about food delivery companies: Last month, a New York judge ruled against the delivery companies as they tried to fight against a $19.96-per-hour minimum wage for delivery workers.... Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Workers Justice Project, the advocacy organization behind Los Deliveristas Unidos, a union for delivery workers, told me ...continue reading "Food delivery in NYC is expensive"

The world's smallest chef is cooking up a storm in one Kansas City kitchen.

Thirteen stories above the Grand Center Arts District, All I Want: The Queen of Christmas Pop-Up will take over the rooftop bar at Angad Arts Hotel beginning on Nov. 24. […]

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Decked out in glittering decorations, Up on The Rooftop will make you feel merry and bright. The holiday pop-up bar at Three Sixty atop the Hilton St. Louis at the […]

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Mark Johnson, 38, of St. Louis was killed in the incident just before 6 p.m. Dec. 15 near Gravois and Nebraska avenues.

A woman has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after taking part in the straw purchase of a handgun that was used to kill one central Illinois police officer and wound another during a shootout.

Shawn Kennedy, 20, of Ferguson was killed in the shooting just after 3 a.m. Sunday on the 900 block of Talmage Avenue, police said.

GILLESPIE - The annual drive-thru holiday lights display at Gillespie Health & Rehab Center is now lit and will remain free and open for visitors throughout the holiday season until the end of this year. This year’s lights display will run from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. each night from Dec. 12 to 31, 2023 at the facility’s campus at 7588 Staunton Rd. in Gillespie. The attraction will feature “thousands of festive lights and holiday decorations,” according to a press release from the center. Beth Cherry with Gillespie Health & Rehab Center said the event is free and open to the public, features thousands of lights, and is part of their effort to “be a good community neighbor.” “Our annual drive-through light display is now open throughout the season, and the public is invited to come and enjoy this luminous holiday tradition,” Cherry said. “Visitors can experience thousands of lights and holiday decorations on our skilled nursing

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Aylo Holdings, the parent company of Pornhub and some of the largest free and premium porn sites in the world, agreed to a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to help resolve a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into the platform’s conduct related to a sex trafficking scheme. According to documents provided by the Department of Justice […]

ILLINOIS - What does Abraham Lincoln, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and a favorite Christmas carol have in common? According to historian Tom Emery, all three are connected to the state of Illinois. Emery explained that Christmas has changed a lot through the ages, but the holiday has a long history in the Prairie State. Abraham Lincoln Like a lot of people in the 1830s, future president Abraham Lincoln was aware of Christmas, but he didn’t do much to celebrate. Emery spoke of Lincoln’s time living in New Salem, about 20 miles north of Springfield, while he was a state legislator. “I would like to tell you some stories about what he did at Christmas. Frankly we don’t know a whole lot about what he did,” Emery said. “One reason for this is because Christmas was just not as big of a deal in the 1830s as it is today. Christmas celebrations were just a tiny fraction of what we know today.” The holiday was “a blip on the radar”

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The opening of CityPark was one of the most significant business events of 2023. Here's a look at the building from the unique perspective of photographer Dilip Vishwanat.

Tyler Cowen asks: How Were So Many Economists So Wrong About the Recession? Maybe they were wrong. Maybe the fabled soft landing will happen. Maybe it will turn out that high interest rates don't always slow down the economy. But I would still counsel patience. Economists have been wrong so far, but that doesn't mean ...continue reading "Economists might have been wrong about a recession. So far."

The Israeli military says it has expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip to the densely populated urban refugee camps in the central part of the territory. With international pressure for a cease-fire building, top U.S. officials were meeting with Israel’s minister for strategic affairs Tuesday at the White House in Washington. Residents reported [...]