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California man sentenced for leading drug trafficking operation in Missouri

1 year 6 months ago
MISSOURI — A man from Bakersfield, California was sentenced in federal court today for leading a drug trafficking operation across Missouri and Oklahoma. According to the U.S. District Court, 48-year-old William D. Johnson was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison without parole. Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in [...]
Jessica Hammer

Copyright Leads To Internet Fragmentation

1 year 6 months ago
The EU Copyright Directive is arguably the most important recent legislation in the area of intellectual monopolies. It is also a failure, judged purely on its own terms as an initiative to modernize and unify copyright across the European Union. Instead, it includes many backward-looking features that go against the grain of the digital world, which are […]
Mike Masnick

Missouri’s Broadband Office Wants Public’s Input on $1.7B Expansion Plan

1 year 6 months ago
From KMOV:  The Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Office of Broadband Development is asking for the public’s input on its plan to invest $1.7 billion to expand the state’s broadband infrastructure. An online survey is collecting feedback on its “Digital Opportunity Plan,” which asks survey-takers how well the plan identifies the state’s broadband needs and lays out […]
Dede Hance

'The evidence was so overwhelming': Missouri AG releases final report in investigation of Kim Gardner

1 year 6 months ago
Among the findings in a 62-page report Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey released Monday to KSDK: 25,000 cases dismissed. 2,735 cases dismissed by judges for failure to prosecute. $351,500 in taxpayer money paid to an unlicensed attorney providing legal advice. Countless violations of the Crime Victims' Rights Act. A resignation just hours before a judge was to order potentially damaging records be turned over and a deposition be scheduled. The report summarizes what his office found within…
Christine Byers

WashU, River City fund partner to support long form journalists

1 year 6 months ago
A number of departments and centers at Washington University in St. Louis have partnered with the River City Journalism Fund, which nurtures minority journalists, to found the Heartland Journalism Fellowships at the university. Its two fellows – one based in…
Chris King for The St. Louis American

Democrats sympathize more with Israel than with Palestinians

1 year 6 months ago
Here's the latest YouGov poll showing Democratic preferences in the Gaza war: Every age group is more sympathetic to the Israelis than the Palestinians with the exception of the youngest cohort, which is slightly more sympathetic to the Palestinians. Overall, Democrats approve of Joe Biden's handling of the war by 62-21%.
Kevin Drum

House votes to avert government shutdown

1 year 6 months ago
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown, sending the unconventional two-step continuing resolution to the Senate and marking the first major hurdle Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has cleared since winning the gavel. The chamber approved the short-term funding measure in a 336-95 vote, days before Friday night's shutdown deadline. Two [...]
Mychael Schnell