On August 13, one of the most far-reaching events in global history took place in 1961, when East German authorities began building the Berlin Wall. Barbed wire and concrete quickly cut through streets, neighborhoods, and even families in Berlin, turning the city into the clearest symbol of the Cold War divide between East and West. At the time, the wall was meant to stop the large flow of people leaving East Germany for the West. Its impact was immediate and deeply personal, but it also mattered
The winner of the St. Jude Dream Home was drawn Thursday morning. FOX 2’s Margie Ellisor was broadcasting live from Cardow Drive in O'Fallon, Missouri, while many eagerly await the drawings.
One obvious byproduct of letting what’s left of U.S. journalism consolidate in the hands of a bunch of giant corporations is the end result winds up being a feckless mess. Generally corporations don’t want to upset advertisers, ownership (usually Conservative, white, and male), event sponsors, or potential advertising targets, so their journalism winds up being […]
The organization that led the 2024 campaign to raise Missouri’s minimum wage and require paid sick leave is launching a $1 million grassroots campaign to defeat Republican lawmakers who helped repeal the paid leave requirement. Missouri Jobs with Justice Action has joined Progress Missouri, the Missouri Voter Project — State PAC, Missouri Workers Power, Abortion […]
The Trump administration on Wednesday renewed its request to the U.S. Supreme Court to quickly decide a case over an executive order restricting voting, a day after a Massachusetts federal judge expanded an injunction on the order nationwide. The Tuesday order from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani that blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order from taking […]
“They want to make a deal,” President Donald Trump announced. “There’s a good chance that something could happen.” He has made more than 50 such uncorroborated declarations of Iran’s intent to negotiate ending his war, and countless discordant statements of his goals. When Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins asked Congress for $11 billion for another farm […]
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. - Officials responded after an overnight apartment fire left one person injured and displaced dozens of residents Thursday morning in Maplewood. According to the Maplewood Fire Department Chief Pete Marsac, the fire broke out around 3 a.m. at an apartment complex in the 2100 block of Bellevue Avenue. When firefighters arrived, they found [...]
It was vaudeville star W-C Fields who warned, “never work with animals or children.” St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann set off to find out what happens when St. Louis Shakespeare Festival ignores that old axiom of show business.
ST. LOUIS - Our expanded Heat Warning and Heat Advisory for the region have been extended through Saturday night. Heat index values are expected to be well above 100 F each afternoon. Rain and thunderstorm chances will linger across the region through midday Friday thanks to a stationary frontal boundary across northern Missouri and central [...]
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