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A 24-year-old man died Saturday morning after a crash in St. Francois County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Authorities have issued an "Endangered Person Advisory" in the search for a boy reported missing Saturday out of St. Louis County.

How do wars end? Lots of different ways. One of the most common is also the simplest: the losing side surrenders and sues for terms. Needless to say, these terms are often harsh. Wars can also end via negotiated settlements, usually mediated by a third party. In these cases the losing side often avoids the ...continue reading "Here’s how war in the Middle East ends"

Five Years Ago This week in 2019, Beto O’Rourke (remember him?) joined the silly parade of politicians looking to destroy Section 230, while the Wall Street Journal was rightly calling out Josh Hawley’s “nannyish” internet law ideas. A Russian troll farm was taking a second shot at suing Facebook after its first attempt was dismissed […]

Ava Hunt, 19, is a legacy at The Hilltop. Her father, uncle and grandfather were all Mustangs -- and plenty of her cousins, too.

This is apropos of nothing in particular. It's mainly just for reference: When tech companies hire people, they're hiring from the pool of STEM college graduates. So, for example, if you read that some Silicon Valley company is 20% Asian, you shouldn't compare that to Asians' 6% share of the population. You should compare it ...continue reading "Raw data: STEM degrees by race"

NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule. They’ll have to wait until February for a ride home with SpaceX.

Troopers say the pickup truck the man was driving struck a tree and a house.

A woman allegedly stole more than $5,000 while serving as a chairperson for a St. Charles County high school booster club.