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Even St. Louis City's Police Can't Drive

2 years 3 months ago
Video posted to social media by an auto repair shop in north city shows a St. Louis police SUV trying and failing to pull the sort of illegal u-turn that is rote for most city drivers. The video is time-stamped as having been taken this morning around 7:20 a.m. It shows a group of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department SUVs heading south on Kingshighway in the Fountain Park neighborhood near the intersection of Cates Avenue.
Ryan Krull

As mass layoffs loom, GKN Aerospace battles with Boeing in court

2 years 3 months ago
A United Kingdom-based investment firm and seven entities of GKN Aerospace have asked the Missouri Supreme Court to dismiss them from a lawsuit that The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) filed, arguing they are not subject to state law because they aren’t incorporated nor have their principal place of business in Missouri.
James Drew

Mizzou quarterback signs sponsorship deal with Imo's Pizza

2 years 3 months ago
Imo's Pizza announced Friday that it has signed a name, image and likeness (NIL) sponsorship deal with Mizzou Tigers quarterback Brady Cook. Cook, a St. Louis native, will appear in Imo's print, electronic and billboard advertising as a sponsored spokesperson, plus engage in social-media outreach for the pizza chain, according to a release. During the 2023 football season, Cook will appear on Imo's billboard advertising in Columbia, Missouri. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The…
Alli Hebel

Illinois Supreme Court Rules Assault Weapons Ban Is 'Constitutional'

2 years 3 months ago
SPRINGFIELD - In a 4-3 ruling on Friday, the Illinois State Supreme Court issued a ruling that the state weapons ban was "constitutional." The ban was enacted after a deadly mass shooting in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago where seven people died and dozens were injured. Governor JB Pritzker signed an assault weapons ban earlier this year. This was what the Illinois Supreme Court found: "First, we hold the circuit court erroneously entered summary judgment for plaintiffs on their equal protection and special legislation claims. Plaintiffs are not similarly situated to the trained professionals. To the extent plaintiffs claim they possess restricted items, they are not treated differently from the grandfathered individuals. "To the extent plaintiffs claim they do not possess restricted items, they are dissimilar to the grandfathered individuals, who have a reliance interest in retaining them. Second, we hold that plaintiffs waived any second amendment challenge to the restrictions,

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