Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey does not have the legal authority to demand access to patient records at the Washington University Transgender Center, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in St. Louis Circuit Court.
Bailey cited Missouri’s consumer protection law, known as the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, to demand access to all electronic health records from patients at the Transgender Center as part of his investigation into the center’s practices.
In the lawsuit, Washington…
The Fabulous Fox Theatre takes visitors on a whimsical holiday journey as it welcomes the touring production of ‘Twas the Night Before… by Cirque du Soleil. The thoroughly entertaining holiday show uses Clement C. Moore’s beloved poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” as its jumping-off point, figuratively and literally, for an evening filled with acrobatic moves and circus tricks.
Hush-a-Phone, Scissor Phones, One of the First Rotary Dial Phones – these are some of the telephones you’ll see at the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum. Housed in a restored 1896 […]
Eternal Jungle, an exhibition by artist Jasmine Raskas, is an immersive installation including sculpture, painting, light, sound, and touch. The goal of this installation is to explore sentience and question […]
Panera Bread's highly caffeinated lemonade has been accused of causing a second death. The family of Dennis Brown, a man who lived in Fleming Island, Florida, filed a wrongful death suit against the St. Louis-based fast-casual chain after Brown drank three servings of its "charged" lemonade and died of a heart attack. Brown, 46, had chromosomal deficiency disorder and ADHD but lived independently from his family. He was "very habitual," according to the suit, and often went to Panera after his job at a Publix grocery store.
Veronica is joined by The Social Affair's Kelly Spencer, who offers her tried-and-true tips for stress-free home entertaining during the holidays. Get tips on menu planning, creating ambiance, and more.
Nine Black sanitation workers say that the City of St. Louis didn't pay them properly for overtime and that they were paid less than their white colleagues. A lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this week accuses the city's Refuse Division of violating state and federal wage laws by not properly compensating the employees at one and a half times their regular pay when they worked more than 40 hours in a given week.
HARDIN - A Greenfield woman has been charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle (theft over $10,000). Laura L. Green, age 46, of Greenfield, Illinois, was arrested and now has been charged. The Calhoun Sheriff's Office said the case unfolded as follows: At 2:03 p.m. on Dec. 1, 2023, the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint of a stolen motor vehicle from the Senior Center on Main Street in Hardin, Calhoun County, Illinois. Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputy Nic McCall responded to the area and immediately began an intensive investigation and attempted to locate the stolen vehicle; which was identified as a white 2010 Ford truck. With assistance from the citizens of the village of Hardin, Deputy McCall located and recovered the stolen vehicle, and apprehended a suspect within less than three hours of the initial report. After its recovery and processing, the stolen motor vehicle was returned safely to the owner. Green was arrested without incident and
Letter The Editor: When I left McDonnell Douglas in the spring of ’92, it was my intention to open Imo’s Pizza in the early summer. With only a small window during which I wouldn’t have health insurance, I didn’t really give it much thought or worry. Playing nine holes of golf at the Muny Golf Course proved me mistaken in my beliefs when I twisted my ankle badly. I reached out to my good friend, Dr. Robert Simpson. Dr. Simpson, who was a retired podiatrist at this time, gave me a quick once over and said he thought my leg was fractured. “But Robert,” I said. “I don’t have health insurance!” He told me not to worry about it, he would see what he could do. The next day, I found myself in the office of Dr. Randy Rogalsky. I started the conversation by immediately blurting out that I had no insurance, but he didn’t seem very concerned with this detail. After taking a set of x-rays, he fitted me with a boot. He assured
Americans pay some of the highest prices in the developed world for broadband due to consolidated monopoly power and feckless regulators. It’s a problem the U.S. government lacks the competence or political integrity to fix. So what we usually get are strange Band-Aids that treat the symptoms of the underlying problem (unchecked corporate power muting […]
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