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I've been more relaxed than most people about Elon Musk's changes to Twitter, but even I admit that today's news is pretty ominous. Apparently Musk has inserted a 5-second delay when you click on links to sites that he dislikes for one reason or another: The delayed websites included X’s online rivals Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky ...continue reading "Elon Musk takes aim once again at anyone who annoys him"

Missouri courts may send parents to jail if their children miss too much school, the state's highest court ruled today. In its 6-0 decision, the Missouri Supreme Court found that current state law is not "unconstitutionally vague," as the public defenders for two moms jailed under the statute had alleged. Justice Robin Ransom wrote, "[S]ufficient evidence existed to find Parents knowingly failed to cause their children to attend school on a regular basis after their children were enrolled."

The FBI recently arrested a fugitive wanted in a St. Louis bank robbery, a man who had been on the run for more than six years.

ZZ Top’s Billy F Gibbons is getting honored for his songwriting. The rocker, who’s responsible for writing such hits as “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs,” “Cheap Sunglasses” and more, is set to receive BMI’s…

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Japan and South Korea are suddenly good buddies: Having had custody of trilateral relations in GW Bush's second term, I find the meeting at Camp David mind blowing. We could barely get South Korean and Japanese leaders to meet with us in the same room. https://t.co/OrrtpJsNph — Dennis Wilder偉德寧 (@dennisw5) August 15, 2023 As they ...continue reading "Russia and China are reinvigorating global democracy"

Two out of three locations are now open for the pick-your-own apples experience at Eckert's Farm.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY - One of the deceased victims in what police describe as a "probable double homicide" that occurred on Monday in the 2900 block of Old Hanley Road in St. Louis County has been identified. The victim has been identified as Jason Bowdy, 43 years of age, of the 2900 block of Old Hanley Road in St. Louis, MO., 63114. St. Louis County Police Department Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating the situation that resulted in the death of two adult males. At 1:50 a.m. on August 14, 2023, St. Louis County police officers from the Central County Precinct responded to a call for service for a shooting in the 2900 block of Old Hanley Road. Arriving officers located two individuals suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Both were pronounced deceased on the scene. A preliminary investigation has revealed an exchange of gunfire occurred inside a residence. One male subject was shot by the suspect. A third individual fired a weapon, striking the suspect. The investigation

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At one point, we had a functioning Constitutional Republic. Sure, it wasn’t an actual democracy — the Electoral College still elected our president — but it seemed to function about as well as any major nation’s government does, if not better on most occasions. Then things changed. For reasons I still can’t understand, a failed […]

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A teenager faces felony charges nearly half a year after a deadly shooting in St. Charles County, one that followed plans to meet for a marijuana purchase and stage a robbery.

The Hunter Biden case keeps getting weirder and weirder: The lawyer who represented Hunter Biden in plea negotiations to end a five-year Justice Department investigation into tax and gun offenses stepped down early Tuesday, saying that he intends to testify as a witness on behalf of the president’s son. ....This week, Abbe Lowell, a veteran ...continue reading "Hunter Biden lawyer steps down so he can be a witness"

Here's a bonus chart from today's retail sales report. Sales of cars were up slightly, but still aren't close to their pre-pandemic level: Vehicle purchases have been increasing since late 2021 but are still about 6% below their pre-pandemic level.

Witnesses called for help, but the man did not survive.

EAST ST. LOUIS – U.S. Attorney Rachelle Aud Crowe praised police officers who are working to deter the prevalence of gun violence and remove offenders in a comment about an East St. Louis man's sentence announced today. A U.S. District judge sentenced an East St. Louis man to five years in federal prison after he admitted to possessing firearms as a convicted felon. Devonte T. Franklin, 30, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. In addition to the prison sentence, he will serve three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a $100 fine and $100 in special assessments. Crowe made this statement about the police work and sentence in regard to the Franklin decision: "This case serves as proof of police officers working courageously to deter the prevalence of gun violence and remove those offenders." “The Illinois State Police Public Safety Enforcement Group continues to get illegal guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals

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