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Return to a time when steamboats ruled the river. The one-hour narrated riverfront cruise aboard the Riverboats at the Gateway Arch explores the history of downtown St. Louis, including the […]

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Strong thunderstorms have moved through portions of the area. Gusty winds, heavy rain and lightning have been observed. The threat of severe weather is overall low.

Everyone who spoke at Thursday night's council meeting told council members that the plan is a step in the wrong direction.

When the judge asked Patterson for this thoughts on his actions that day, Patterson said "it was dumb."

One of the common excuses companies give when enforcing their trademarks in a way that is far more ham-fisted than is actually required is: “Hey, we have to police our marks or else we risk losing them.” This excuse often exaggerates that requirement, of course, as there is no need to police marks when there […]

I'm beating a dead horse on this topic, but here is inflation in the US over the past three years: In 2022 the Fed began raising interest rates. By June, rates went above 1% for the first time. In July monthly inflation abruptly fell off the map and then stayed steady around 3% for the ...continue reading "The Fed played no role in our recent bout of inflation"

Eight-year-old Tina Denmark knows she was born to play Pippi Longstocking, and she’ll do anything to win the part in her school musical. Her mother, fellow students, and the rest […]

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"While we’ve been told that the road to recovery will be long and challenging, we remain hopeful," his sister said.

Rally Runner was sentenced to prison for storming the U.S. Capitol while dressed in the outfit that he was known for wearing as he jogged around Busch Stadium.

A relative mourns Palestinian journalist Akram Al-Shafi'i in January, after he was killed in an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza strip.

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Ten months into its war on Gaza, Israel has killed well over 100 Palestinian journalists – by some counts, up to 160. It’s the largest recorded number of journalists killed in any war. And in many cases, the U.S. provided the murder weapons.

Through both indiscriminate bombing and deliberate targeting of journalists, Israel has used U.S.-supplied weapons to suppress media coverage of the ongoing war. Along with Israel’s refusal to let international press into Gaza, the killings (not to mention injuries and detainments) leave the public to rely on a shrinking number of journalists who continue to place their lives on the line to report their reality.

This week, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) joined 140 press freedom organizations, journalists and news outlets in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken — led by Defending Rights & Dissent, Courage Foundation and RootsAction — urging the U.S. to immediately cease sending weapons to Israel due to its continued killings of journalists.

When journalism is depleted by bombs, bullets, and censorship, the horrors of war can be more easily concealed, placing other civilians’ lives at risk.

The Biden administration may employ harsher rhetoric when discussing Israel than it did a few months ago, but as long as it unconditionally provides weapons and funding it is entirely complicit in Israel’s violations of international law.

The complicity runs deeper than providing Israel with weapons to kill dozens of journalists and intimidate the ones that survive. When Israel raided and banned Al Jazeera, one of the few international outlets providing continuous coverage of the war, and raided The Associated Press, the White House did no more than call the moves “concerning” and pledge its support to the journalists.

Empty words are no longer enough. We signed the letter because the time for half measures is over. Soft pressure simply isn’t working.

To protect lives, the press, and the public’s right to know, it’s time for the U.S. to immediately stop any and all military support and transfer of war materials to be used in furtherance of what the letter calls “one of the gravest affronts to press freedom today.” This isn’t just about journalists — their lives aren’t more important than anyone else’s. But when journalism is depleted by bombs, bullets, and censorship, the horrors of war can be more easily concealed, placing other civilians’ lives at risk.

The State Department is prohibited by the Leahy Law from providing military assistance to violators of human rights. Just this week, the U.S. violated its own laws again by approving the sale of $20 billion in military equipment to Israel, despite its targeting of journalists and other war crimes.

This unconditional and unacceptable support to Israel has to end, especially after it admitted earlier this month to deliberately killing two journalists who were wearing press identifiers, sloppily accusing them of ties to Hamas to justify its actions. News coverage of the killings has been scarce, showing that Israel’s censorship campaign is succeeding.

The U.S. must wake up and see Israel’s targeting of the press as what it is — an effort to keep all eyes anywhere but on Israel. Continuing to support that effort is irreconcilable with the United States’ professed values as a democratic country that constitutionally safeguards free speech.

The full letter is available here and embedded below.

A St. Louis-based company developing what it describes as a self-propelled, battery-powered railcar has raised $14 million from investors as it plans to grow its staff in preparation for making several new deployments of its technology globally.

We learned earlier this year, it’s not just the FBI targeting extremely vulnerable people with the intent of radicalizing them into arrests on terrorism charges. The FBI has been a world leader in this particular category, apparently incapable of being shamed (or sued) into altering its tactics, which often appear to be on the wrong […]

Donald Trump says he want to eliminate income taxes on Social Security benefits. These taxes are currently deposited in the Social Security and Medicare trust funds, a policy that was put in place under Ronald Reagan in order to help Medicare and Social Security finances. So what happens to Social Security and Medicare if this ...continue reading "Raw data: How Social Security finances are affected by ending the tax on benefits"

I see that Donald Trump is still droning on about Kamala Harris's Time cover. It's fake, maybe, or it looks like Melania or Time is in the tank for Kamala or something. Just in case you're wondering what this is all about, here's the Time cover and the Getty photograph it's based on: It's an ...continue reading "Kamala Harris looks like Kamala Harris"

Here's the latest from Vox: The hidden reason why your power bill is so high The price of electricity is continuing to rise across the United States, and there’s no end in sight. Why are our electricity bills getting so expensive? Energy prices have been creeping up across the nation for over a decade. The ...continue reading "Today’s boring but true headline: The cost of electricity has not been going up"

SWANSEA - On Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, the Swansea Police Department announced a traffic safety campaign aimed at reducing impaired driving and other hazardous driving behaviors in its own “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It Or Ticket” campaign. Swansea Police Chief Matthew Blomberg announced the campaign will run from Aug. 16 through the early morning hours of Sept. 3, encompassing Labor Day weekend. “We want our community to understand the importance of making smart decisions behind the wheel and on Labor Day and every day,” the chief said. “While our goal is voluntary compliance, drivers should expect strict enforcement of all Swansea roads every day.” In addition to targeting impaired drivers, the campaign will emphasized the “Click It Or Ticket” initiative underscoring the importance of wearing seat belts. Chief Blomberg also urged residents to designate a sober driver when they celebrate. “Do not le

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“St. Louis and the Future of Construction” will be the focus of a half day program and event on Sept. 26th. The program and event will be held on the site of the Gateway South Innovation District (GSID)  from 7:30AM to Noon. Because GSID is an active development site, the presentation portion of the program […]