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Ann Marr, the longtime World Wide Technology executive who led the firm’s human resource functions through its rapid growth, is retiring at year's end.

A Kansas City woman is remembering her sister's final moments after she was shot by a stray bullet right in front of her.

We’ve gathered the best gift ideas for the most loyal Swifties, which include everything from slippers and posters to viral handbags and wallets.

Officials in St. Charles County will head to court with hopes of defending the right for Missouri counties to collect a 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana purchases.

The Wall Street Journal says that the world's central bankers have won their long, brutal battle against inflation: You know, if central banks are declaring victory for getting inflation down, then they must have done something wrong to make inflation go up in the first place. Maybe they should hold off on the hosannas. Alternatively, ...continue reading "Victory over inflation!"

Mayor Tishaura O. Jones will present Leland “Metro Boomin” Wayne with a key to St. Louis at 1:30 p.m. today at the rotunda at City Hall (1200 Market Street). Metro Boomin, a Diamond-certified Grammy Award-nominated producer, entrepreneur, humanitarian and St. Louis native, is being honored with the Key to the City in recognition of his advocacy for supporting single mothers and survivors of domestic abuse.

The BEA released price levels by state today for 2022. Here's how your state stacks up: This includes housing costs, so it's no surprise that DC and California top the list. Conversely, your dollar goes the furthest in Arkansas and Mississippi. Keep this in mind when you're deciding where to retire. Note that virtually all ...continue reading "How expensive is your state?"

Three years after taking the dual role of University of Missouri-Columbia chancellor and president of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Mun Choi’s pay package has quietly approached $1 million through decisions made in a series of closed-door curators meetings. An attorney who works with Missouri open meetings law argued decisions on Choi’s salary should be made in public. In 2020, the UM System Board of Curators voted to merge the two roles and extend Choi’s employment contract…

The family said they smelled "an extremely pungent chemical and developed a severe headache."

WASHINGTON — The massive annual defense policy package cleared Congress ahead of the holiday recess, despite protests about attaching a foreign surveillance extension and criticism that the bill did not block a Pentagon abortion policy. U.S. House lawmakers approved the package on Thursday 310-118, under a suspension of the chamber’s rules, meaning a two-thirds majority was […]

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We’ve repeatedly noted how the Republican quest to ban TikTok is both stupid and performative. Stupid, in that banning TikTok doesn’t fix the deeper privacy rot caused by a corrupt Congress’ ongoing refusal to pass a privacy law or regulate data brokers (who do much worse, at much greater scale). Dumb, in that the “ban” […]

You probably already know the benefits of learning a language, so let’s focus on the app. Right off the bat, let’s be clear about one thing: When we say “app” we don’t mean that you’re limited to using Babbel on your phone. You can use Babbel on desktop, too, and your progress is synchronized across […]

Here's an interesting chart from Brian Schaffner. It's a little hard to parse, so take a look and I'll explain it below: Take a look at the left panel, for Democrats. Then, at the bottom, move over to the right to the line for people whose incomes increased $40K or more. It shows that about ...continue reading "Republicans just can’t bring themselves to acknowledge good economic news"

It is likely the last piece of major legislation Congress will consider before leaving for the holiday break.

Three other people, including a 7-year-old boy, were injured in the crash about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Jamestown Bay Drive and Highway 67.

The operation utilized intelligence and technology to target known high-crime areas, organized violent offenders and structured criminal groups in the Metro East.