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Five Years Ago This week in 2019, we wrote about how getting rid of Section 230 would just strengthen the internet giants, the dangers of forthcoming deep fake legislation, and why thinking of privacy as a property right would end badly. We looked at the backwards approach of the UK’s online harms legislation, while UK […]

I don't know for sure how accurate this is—it's crowdsourced—but it seems to match other estimates of housing prices in big city centers: This is one reason I'm so skeptical of urbanist arguments about American cities being uniquely expensive due to restrictive building rules and a car-centric culture. As you can see, there's nothing really ...continue reading "American cities are not unusually expensive"

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 has gotten lots of attention lately, though it's mostly just standard movement conservative wet dreams. One interesting piece is its usual right-wing hatred of the Federal Reserve: A core problem with government control of monetary policy is its exposure to two unavoidable political pressures: pressure to print money to subsidize ...continue reading "Why are conservatives such damn gold bugs?"

A suspect allegedly fired shots at a Brooklyn, Illinois officer during an overnight chase on Interstate 70 that made way through St. Louis city limits.

People told officers that a man on a motorized scooter had chased them, yelled at them about “penis circumcision,” and groped one of them in the pelvic region.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved a series of board bills Friday that would repeal city abortion laws, change its jail access rules and charge a new fee on short-term rentals.

5 On Your Side spoke with multiple people affected by a shooting that led to serious injuries.

Police did not say when the train struck the man, but the statement addressing the incident was published around 2 a.m.

A man shot Wednesday near a St. Louis industrial neighborhood died Friday while hospitalized.

The train initiated an emergency stop, but not in time to avoid the man, according to police reports.

Matthew Tobben, an assistant fire chief for the Boone County Fire Protection District who died in the line of duty in mid-Missouri, will be remembered with funeral services and procession on Saturday.