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Campaign promoting Ubers over drunk driving coming to many college campuses

2 years 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS -- A campaign to prevent drunk driving through ride-sharing apps is expanding to college campuses nationwide before football season. Anheuser-Busch, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Uber launched the Decide to Ride campaign in 2021. Nearly 12,000 people have used Uber ride-share discount codes to get home safely. “Football season is a time for [...]
Joe Millitzer

Federal racketeering suit against Missouri gaming company dismissed over lack of standing

2 years 1 month ago

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to shut down Torch Electronics, owner of thousands of video games offering cash prizes in retail locations throughout Missouri. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes, in a decision issued last week, decided that the seven plaintiffs lacked standing under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations […]

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Rudi Keller

A Banana Puts The Final Nail In The Coffin Of 5G Hype

2 years 1 month ago
We’ve long noted how 5G wireless is more of an evolution than a revolution. Yes, it results in faster, better networks, but it’s not a technology that’s truly transformative. Knowing this, the wireless industry spent years coming up with all kinds of outlandish claims about how 5G can cure cancer or solve climate change in […]
Karl Bode

Kansas reporter sues Marion police chief, alleging retaliation in newsroom raid

2 years 1 month ago

TOPEKA, Kansas — Police Chief Gideon Cody arrived at the Marion County Record and handed a copy of a search warrant to Deb Gruver, the veteran reporter who had questioned him about alleged misconduct at his previous job. As Gruver read the search warrant, she told Cody she needed to call her publisher and editor, Eric […]

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Sherman Smith

New federal water pollution rule draws mixed reaction

2 years 1 month ago

A federal rule limiting agencies’ power to regulate water pollution will severely restrict protections for waters and wetlands throughout the country, but could also be subject to challenges from conservative groups that maintain the new rule exerts more federal jurisdiction than the U.S. Supreme Court intended in a May decision. With the rule published Tuesday to redefine […]

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Jacob Fischler

A Number of Tragedies

2 years 1 month ago

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]

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Rachel Huffman