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The White House waded into the growing controversy over the sale of U.S. Steel to a foreign company, saying President Biden believed the purchase by Nippon Steel deserves "serious scrutiny" and vowed to take action if necessary.

The construction company linked to an embattled St. Louis development firm is suing a former property manager.

It has become an article of faith on the right that the huge number of immigrants flooding our borders is a direct result of Joe Biden refusing to enforce the law. What's more, he's doing it deliberately. His reasons for this act of obvious political suicide vary depending on who you listen to, and mostly ...continue reading "Does Joe Biden really want lots of illegal immigrants?"

For the first time in months, Ellen Reid's Hotel DeMun in Clayton's DeMun neighborhood is taking a step forward. The hotel, which...

The St. Louis Police officer accused of assaulting Bar:PM co-owner Chad Morris was accused of assaulting a bystander to a 2019 incident, causing serious injuries including multiple broken bones. That incident took place just a short distance from Bar:PM. 

Last week in the Error 402 series on the past, present, and future of web monetization, we talked about the whole “information wants to be expensive, information wants to be free” dilemma, that partially explained why early paywalls failed, and why display and search ads seemed to be the primary way in which internet content […]

Days following the closure, elected officials and organizers have come to together to form a fund for impacted workers.

One of the men believed to be responsible for more than a dozen smash-and-grab burglaries in the area is in police custody.

There were a lot of great concerts in 2023, and USA Today has chosen their favorites, with U2 topping the list thanks to their Las Vegas residency, U2: UV Achtung Baby Live at Sphere. “It’s…

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The hyperloop firm that was wooed by St. Louis officials but chose to put its certification center in West Virginia is shutting down, according to a Bloomberg report.

Since its inception in 2015, the center has helped aid 4,242 arrests and recover 2,733 stolen vehicles from the streets of St. Louis.

For what it's worth, I want to point out that it's not all that unusual for a popular politician to retain a loyal following regardless of criminal indictments or even convictions. Marion Barry was back on the DC city council almost the instant he was released from prison. Bill Clinton got impeached and emerged more ...continue reading "Sometimes a few felonies just make you more popular"

The first official day of winter begins on Thursday, marking the start of the winter solstice, dictated by the position of the Earth relative to the sun, as we exit the shortest day of the year—9 hours and 28 minutes of daytime—and fall into the longest night of the year due to the sun being at its most southern position in the sky.

Neighbors say the blue mailbox in The Hill neighborhood at the corner of Wilson and Sublette avenues was left open this week.

Medical officials in St. Louis are seeing a rise in seasonal respiratory viruses like the flu, RSV, and COVID-19.