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Trump absent but still dominates as GOP presidential rivals clash at first debate

2 years 1 month ago

Eight Republican presidential candidates gathered onstage Wednesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a heated first primary debate heavily influenced by former President Donald Trump, though the party’s front runner refused to attend the two-hour event. Trump instead recorded a competing 46-minute interview with former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson that aired on X, formerly known […]

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Jacob Fischler

After recent drownings, crowd sizes drop at Rockford Beach

2 years 1 month ago
Rockford Beach Park in House Springs has experienced a slew of issues since the start of the season. Despite temperatures that feel like triple digits, warnings from officials could be paying off, with an apparent drop in crowds at the dangerous waters.
Kalista Mitrisin

Ohio Court Tells Cops They Need To Know The Law If They’re Going To Engage In Pretextual Stops

2 years 1 month ago
Pretextual stops are law enforcement’s favorite way to fish for larger catches. Any minor moving violation can predicate a stop. That leads to conversations — often non-consensual — with drivers and passengers. Any number of factors can be opportunistically read by officers to add up to “reasonable suspicion.” Once that “develops,” the party begins. Cars, […]
Tim Cushing

Searching for air conditioning in St. Louis

2 years 1 month ago
An office group of bowlers at Kingpin Lanes in Bridgeton spent Wednesday enjoying the air-conditioned bowling alley. The group believes the plan for an indoor team building event was a good choice.
Jeff Bernthal

Federal, state regulators prod utilities to consider technology for grid upgrade

2 years 1 month ago

Of the many challenges confronting the nation’s aging, straining electric grid, the need for a lot of new transmission capacity is among the most pressing, experts and policymakers say. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Energy said the nation will need thousands of miles of new lines to better link regions to handle extreme […]

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Robert Zullo