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The 7th Annual AAFCA Special Achievement Awards luncheon will take place on Sunday.

There are a variety of reasons to alter, if not actually end, the Section 702 collection. Whatever value it may have in terms of national security, the very real fact is that it has been endlessly abused by the FBI since its inception. It’s a foreign-facing collection, which means it harvests communications and data involving […]

There's plenty to do this weekend March 1-3. First Run Theater will showcase a festival of new plays, plus, you can catch comedian Adele Givens, rockers Three Dog Night or an opera.

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An Illinois man has been ordered to repay $1.2 million stolen through a SNAP benefits fraud scheme.

Officers were called to Harris-Stowe University on Friday afternoon for a report of a person with a gun headed to the campus.

Boeing pulled out of Wichita in 2005, leaving Spirit AeroSystems as a breakoff company manufacturing fuselages and other components for Boeing and other customers.

A Missouri driver escapes a single-car crash with only minor injuries, despite the vehicle being nearly split in half.

One man is dead after a shooting Thursday in Jefferson County that stemmed from a domestic dispute.

A Missouri-based loan servicing organization pushed back Friday on allegations that it mismanaged a federal aid program, arguing the U.S. Department of Education is partially to blame for complaints included in a recent report. The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, better known as MOHELA, said in an emailed statement to The Independent that the company follows all guidelines laid out by the  U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal Student Aid. That, the company…

Bi-State anticipates completing environmental assessment work for the project in 2025 and design work in late 2026.

Plocher, in his final year as speaker, has not yielded to calls for his resignation as he navigates the legislative session and attempts to run for lieutenant governor.

The Boeing Leadership Center, a 284-acre campus in north St. Louis County formerly used as a corporate retreat, is now on the market.

Whether she was conning Henry Fonda in The Lady Eve or setting Fred MacMurray up for murder and insurance fraud in Double Indemnity, Barbara Stanwyck was one tough dame. And to see the full expression of her talent, you've simply got to explore her oeuvre before the Motion Picture Production Code — also known as the Hays Code — put a stop to all the sinful stuff. St. Louis' favorite microcinema, Arkadin Cinema and Bar (5228 Gravois Avenue) is exploring the pre-Code films of the 1930s in a series called Forbidden Cinema, and on Monday night, Baby Face is on the bill.

A new bill introduced in the Missouri House would force teachers to register as sex offenders if they use the names and pronouns of transgender children or otherwise support them and their identity.  HB2885, filed on Thursday, February 29 by state Representative Jamie Gragg (R-Ozark), would make it a Class E felony  for teachers or school counselors to aid the “social transition” of a child — meaning that a teacher "provides support, regardless of whether the support is material, information, or other resources to a child regarding social transition." The bill defines "social transition" as:

Def Leppard is sharing a previously unreleased demo from their classic album Pyromania.The band has just released “Photograph – Rough Mix Version (Unfinished Vocal),” which will appear on the upcoming…

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Chesterfield-based loan servicing organization said a recent critical report was part of a “PR campaign.”