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No charges filed so far against anti-war protesters

1 year 6 months ago
As of Monday, no one is facing criminal charges after 100 people were arrested over the weekend for participating in anti-war protests on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. Twenty-three students and four faculty members were among those taken into custody.
Mallory Thomas

Police give update in search for missing 33-year-old woman

1 year 6 months ago
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. - Officials have released new information on a woman who was reported missing less than two weeks ago. Emily Strite, 33, was reported missing April 20. Detectives originally stated that she was last seen April 2 in Imperial, MO, but have now learned that she was last seen on foot the morning [...]
Megan Mueller

The 1904 World's Fair was grand — and ugly. A new museum exhibit shows its complexities

1 year 6 months ago
First opened in 2004, the Missouri History Museum closed their long-running running exhibit on the 1904 World’s Fair last April to reimagine the experience. The newly renovated exhibit has been unveiled and it confronts the many hard truths that hid behind the grandeur of the World’s Fair hosted in St. Louis. Sam Moore, managing director of public history and Sharon Smith, curator of civic and personal identity at the Missouri History Museum share the additions and new perspectives in the exhibit.

Cannabis industry faces 4/20 glitch and ‘predatory practices’ in Missouri

1 year 6 months ago
Cannabis' biggest holiday of the year, 4/20, brought Missourians out in droves. Missouri Independent cannabis reporter Rebecca Rivas explains how a glitch “jacked up” the sales systems in some dispensaries. She explores the story around a new warning from Missouri regulators about “predatory practices” in the state’s cannabis industry, and what’s next in the legal fight over Delta-8 THC.

Wash U Bans 6 Faculty Members From Contact with Students After Mass Arrests

1 year 6 months ago
Six faculty members from Washington University — four of whom were arrested at Saturday’s protest — are not only banned from campus, but are forbidden from speaking with Wash U staff and students even in off-campus settings. The university administration refused to provide comment on the bans. A total of 100 people were arrested on campus Saturday, including 23 Wash U students and at least four employees, according to Chancellor Andrew Martin.
Kallie Cox

European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety

1 year 6 months ago
The European government has spent a few years trying to break encryption. The results have been, at best, mixed. Of course, the EU government claims it’s not actually interested in breaking encryption. Instead, it hides its intentions behind phrases like “client-side scanning” and “chat control.” But it all just means the same thing: purposefully weakening […]
Tim Cushing