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The University of Missouri-St. Louis has selected a new dean to replace Ann Taylor at its College of Education.

The number 13 carries the stigma of an omen of bad luck or misfortune. However, 13 turned out to be a blessing for a Missouri scratchers player in Wentzville.

I wonder if Gina Rinehart, an Australian mining magnate, is a fan of Barbra Streisand? It’s been a bit since we had a straight-up classic Streisand Effect story like the good old days, where someone powerful saw something they didn’t like and insisted that it must be disappeared because they didn’t like it. Meet Gina […]

Today on TAP: The Netanyahu regime is making a mockery of American policy.

Dead & Company's Las Vegas residency is very much alive.The band has just announced six additional shows for their Dead Forever - Live at Sphere residency, beginning August 1. That brings the…

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From the Washington Post today: In communities of color, long-covid patients are tired of being sick and neglected It has been four years since covid began burdening people with lingering symptoms often dismissed by mystified medical providers who were dubious and unwilling to help — especially when treating patients of color, according to clinicians and ...continue reading "Are Black people being “erased” from the long-COVID story?"

The former Cardinal will make his festival debut at Confluence Music Festival this weekend.

Here's the latest YouGov test matchup between Joe Biden and Donald Trump: I could have picked any other poll. They all look roughly the same. I want to point out two things: It's close! Only 81% of voters expressed an opinion. The other 19% said neither, or RFK Jr., or don't know. This gets to ...continue reading "Trump and Biden remain tied, but Biden will win in November"

A standard of excellence in hitting and fielding for many years at the hot corner, Nolan Arenado feels he hasn't reached top form with nearly one-third of the St. Louis Cardinals' season complete.

A painting that Bob Dylan created while living in Woodstock, New York, in the '60s has brought nearly $200,000 at an auction held one day before his 83rd birthday.At the…

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The St. Louis Catholic Archdiocese downsizing generated strife and objections, but it has also inspired new partnerships and communities.

You have to feel tremendous sympathy for the families of the victims in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. As has been well documented, there was a series of cascading failures by law enforcement that made that situation way worse and way more devastating than it should have been. So who should be blamed? Apparently, […]

The complaint was filed by a lobbyist with ties to police groups backing Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe.

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A junior at Liberty High School in the Wentzville School District earned a perfect score on the ACT college placement exam.