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Thinking Historically is a series of short talks and conversations presented at the Missouri History Museum’s monthly family event History Exploration Days. The series is designed to help learners and visitors of all ages explore how historians think about and make sense of the past and the present. Maria Explains the Gap of Uncollected History …

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Here's a question for you. Suppose Joe Biden had a change of heart and decided it was essential to broker a ceasefire in Gaza. What could he do? Is there any pressure he could bring to bear on Bibi Netanyahu to force him to stop fighting? Be creative, but be realistic too and stay within ...continue reading "What could Biden do to stop the fighting in Gaza?"

Steve Rice of Granite City, IL joined the Real Rock Army today

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This three-day workshop, taught by Phil Starke, member of the Plein Air Painters of America and the California Art Club, will focus on how to push color, value, and composition […]

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If you have been following this space, then you will know that my last two posts were about a terrific explosion that occurred on February 28, 1916.  Incredible as it may seem, there was another similar explosion that had occurred 5 years and a few months earlier on November 18, 1910.  Fool me twice… I’m […]

Some 100,000 baby teeth collected for the historic St. Louis Baby Tooth Survey initiated in 1958 but never used are now being analyzed in two new studies. 

Recently, the company Clayco conducted a staff survey and discovered that 10% of their roughly 3,000 employees were struggling with student loan debt.

The mess is getting a little messier. We had talked days ago about Sony’s decision to shutter its Funimation platform in favor of a more recent acquisition in Crunchyroll. Anyone with a Funimation account would be transitioned into a Crunchyroll account, which sounds all good until you realize that Funimation users had plenty of digital […]

Although sports betting has been on the rise throughout the country in the last few years, it’s still illegal in Missouri.

A barber shop in Warson Woods brought the community and police together for Clippers and Cops Wednesday. The organization has been visiting local barbershops in the St. Louis area for just over a year.

- An aldermen committee hearing on Wednesday included comments from supporters and opponents of using automated cameras as a tool for traffic enforcement in the City of St. Louis. 

Amid new calls from Congress to address growing complaints about late mail or no mail at all in St. Louis and across Missouri, FOX 2 has discovered a disturbing rise in blatant mail theft.

A Florissant mother is grieving after losing her 12-year-old daughter to the flu. Tylajah Cooper died at Children’s Hospital on Monday.

Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch has reached a contract agreement with the Teamsters union that avoids a strike at its U.S. plants. The union had threatened a strike at the brewer’s 12 U.S. plants if an agreement on a new five-year contract wasn’t reached by 11:59 p.m. EST Thursday. The Teamsters union represents 5,000 Anheuser-Busch workers who [...]