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Missouri lawmakers are considering tougher penalties for the purchasers of sex — sometimes called “johns” — as part of an effort to fight human sex trafficking.

From ATTOM:  ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, today released its fourth-quarter 2023 report analyzing qualified low-income Opportunity Zones targeted by Congress for economic redevelopment in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (see full methodology below). In this report, ATTOM looked at 3,667 zones around the United States […]

Today on TAP: Tuesday’s wake-up call should lead Biden to change U.S. policy on Israel-Gaza.

On this day, February 28, 1983 …U2 released their third studio album, War, produced by Steve Lillywhite. The album, which is considered the band's first overtly political record, featured two future U2 classics, “Sunday…

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The St. Louis-based utility wants to “securitize” its debt from the more than $510 million it has already invested in Rush Island.

Blessed by the Ancestors is a new art exhibition that celebrates the rich artistic talent of Black artists hailing from St. Louis. The exhibition serves as a powerful testament to […]

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Be amazed. Be amazing! The Science of Guinness World Records, a new exhibition at City Museum, spotlights the world’s greatest record holders and what it took for them to cement […]

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The Foundry Art Centre is going to the dogs! Wag is an interactive art exhibition curated and designed specifically for our furry best friends. Featured artists of this unique exhibition […]

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Native American Art of the 20th Century: The William P. Healey Collection celebrates a transformative gift of outstanding works by Native American artists active across the 20th century. The promised […]

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Wangechi Mutu is a Kenyan-American, New York–based artist who works in print, film, sculpture and painting. Her practice explores globalization, overconsumption, environmentalism and femininity. Through her expansive body of work, […]

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Running from Feb. 17 to May 12, Matisse and the Sea is the first exhibition to examine the significance of the sea across Modernist artist Henri Matisse’s career, which included […]

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Green Door Art Gallery presents Hooked on Fibers: The Art of the Stitch, featuring rug hooking textile art by Sheri Ahner, and mixed media fiber art by Chris Burton, Liz […]

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Billie Joe Armstrong played an intimate concert in London with his covers band The Coverups on Tuesday, February 27. As if seeing the Green Day frontman perform in a club wasn't…

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Iconic hard rock band Mötley Crüe will be part of the Illinois State Fair's Grandstand lineup this August, officials announced.

Authorities recently arrested a woman accused of stealing $6,000 from a bank in north St. Louis County. Investigators say fingerprints on a note she handed to the teller paved the way for her arrest.

Dara Daugherty allegedly made a fortune off a very simple business model: illegally renting dozens of condemned properties around south St. Louis to people with nowhere else to go.  Her sprawling boarding house operation, which encompassed 39 ramshackle houses, filled Daugherty’s pockets to the tune of $40,000 per month, according to a lawsuit the city filed against her in January. 

A warehouse fire that broke out early Wednesday was still burning hours later as crews tried to extinguish hotspots.

R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has donated some handwritten lyrics to help raise money for a good cause.The rocker has contributed a signed lyric sheet for the track “Nightswimming” to the Art…

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