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A Kansas City mom finds a way around the pesky fee for extra airline baggage, all while avoiding a pain in the neck on a plane.

A local animal shelter serving the City of St. Louis is in a dire situation. Emergency repairs have forced the CARE STL Adoption Center to scramble to find temporary homes for more than 100 dogs. They are hoping people will step up and adopt or foster the dogs for the two weeks it will take for the repairs to be completed.

There are growing concerns about a Sudanese refugee couple living in squalor for nearly three years in front of someone's house in St. Louis.

Why did the board of OpenAI—apparently out of the blue—fire CEO Sam Altman last week? No one has yet provided a definitive account of what happened, but the leading guess is that it was related to the possible development of super-intelligent AI. The board felt that Altman was barreling ahead toward this goal without giving ...continue reading "Did Sam Altman keep the OpenAI board in the dark about progress on super AI?"

James Peyton Philip, also known as "Pate," served in the Illinois General Assembly for 36 years.

Some St. Louis area shoppers were already taking advantage of Black Friday bargains on Wednesday. Wildwood resident Josette Bradford started her holiday shopping back in October. She was wrapping up her list while keeping safety in mind as she shopped in Chesterfield.

The section of the former St. Louis Mills mall occupied by outdoor retailer Cabela’s will go on the auction block next week, but the store will remain open.

Wednesday morning's event will encompass a lot, including gun safety, but its primary focus is on safe sleeping.

National Review points me today to a new study that examines birth rates before and after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. The study uses a "pre-registered synthetic difference-in-differences design applied to newly released provisional natality data for the first half of 2023." Here's the result: The authors note that up through 2022 states which now ...continue reading "Do abortion bans result in more births? The answer may shock you!"

"I would like to ask everyone to keep her kids and family members in prayers during these times because they lost both parents, not just one."

Police said 21-year-old Jarrad Dubose was driving the Mercedes Benz that crashed into the car of 56-year-old Alisa Ruffin during a police pursuit.

"At this point I don't even care what happened," said Amanda Wells. "We want closure. We need closure and our children do too."