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This week, the United Nations General Assembly is set to adopt the UN Cybercrime Convention, almost exactly five years after it approved a resolution to launch its negotiation. The Convention text has been widely panned by digital security experts, human rights organizations, industry, even the UN’s own human rights office, among many others. Yet still […]

CHICAGO – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Representative Matthew Cartwright (D-PA-8), today sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona urging him to include additional data on the diversity of the educator workforce in the annual Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). Maintaining a diverse educator workforce has shown to improve outcomes for all students. “The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) is a valuable tool to measure whether students have equal access to educational opportunities, including a high-quality, diverse educator workforce. Yet, there is no permanent national mechanism to collect teacher and principal data at the school district-level. We urge the Department of Education (Department) to collect data on teacher and principal demographics and teacher certification similar to our Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act (S.3736 / H.R.7250) in the 2025-26 CRDC and 2027-28 surveys,” the lawmakers wrote. In their letter,

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A man is due in St. Louis Circuit Court on Monday afternoon after being arrested last week for breaking into a bar and stealing a slot machine.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator and pilot Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)—Chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations and Innovation—led a subcommittee hearing focused on the challenges facing our passenger aviation system amid the busy holiday travel season, where she underscored the urgent need to invest in updated air traffic control (ATC) systems and equipment to prevent near-misses and protect the flying public. This hearing comes amid the chilling surge in near-deadly close calls involving commercial airlines that is adding serious pressure to our aviation workforce and putting the safety of the flying public at risk, and after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a September report that determined a significant amount of ATC equipment was outdated, unsustainable and in urgent need of modernization. Full videos of Senator Duckworth’s opening remarks and questions are available

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Missouri conservative and Massachusetts liberal look to rein in pharmacy benefit managers, which independent drugstores say are driving them out of business.

They've been meeting for lunch monthly for seven years, and the December outing turned has evolved into a friendly competition.

The Train Shed at St. Louis Union Station has been transformed into a glittering holiday retreat. With wall-to-wall bling, The Sleigh Shed puts the excess of the holidays on full […]

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After 20 years, the U.S. Figure Skating Championships are returning to St. Louis.

The most popular tour at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis gives guests a closer look at the picturesque campus and the on-site brewing methods. Packed with history, the Day […]

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Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s to 1970s is the first major exhibition to examine the complex connections among modern architecture, urban renewal and racial and spatial change […]

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Country Club Hills police were called just before 5 p.m. Dec. 5 to the shooting and found the two people suffering from gunshot wounds.

Since 1904, Shapiro Metals has been providing advanced scrap metal recycling services to the greater St. Louis region. With a... Read More

On This Day, Dec. 16, 1984 ...ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill accidentally shot himself in the stomach when, while taking off his boots, his gun fell out and went off.…

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The two legislators, one from each party, support the legislation’s 14.5% pay raises for military's junior enlisted members, funding for local companies.

EDWARDSVILLE — The aisles of Target in Edwardsville buzzed with excitement Saturday morning, Dec. 14, 2024, as local police officers partnered with children from 14 families for the annual Christmas with a Cop shopping event. Organized by the Edwardsville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 244, the initiative has provided holiday cheer for at least 15 years. Approximately 30 children participated in this year's event, which aims to ensure that families in need enjoy a special holiday season. In addition to shopping for gifts, each family received food baskets and a box of household goods, thanks to the support of local businesses and community members. The event began with a breakfast gathering at a nearby Chick-fil-A, where participants fueled up before heading to Target in a police convoy, complete with sirens and lights. Officers and their families assisted the children in wrapping presents after their shopping spree. The Edwardsville FOP Lodge 244 expressed gratitude

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Under the name Nudedragons, the surviving members of Soundgarden reunited Dec. 14 at a Seattle benefit concert.The show, dubbed SMooCH — Seattle Musicians for Children's Hospital — was the 13th annual benefit…

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District 4 is investigating a robbery that happened around 6:40 p.m. on December 15 in the 1500 block of Cass.

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