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False fraud claims a focus of Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 Missouri testimony, St. Louis defamation suit

2 years 3 months ago

Weeks after former President Donald Trump lost his bid for a second term, the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election found its way to Missouri.  Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and one of Trump’s lawyers, appeared via Zoom before a Missouri House oversight committee in December 2020 to […]

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Jason Hancock

The pride of Peru, Illinois: The Pistol Shrimp

2 years 3 months ago
PERU, ILLINOIS — If you’ve never seen a “fish out of water,” you just may want to visit Peru, Illinois, where -- on any given afternoon this summer -- you may see four of them. “It’s definitely a big culture change for sure,” said Tobey Jackson, 19, one of four college baseball players who are [...]
Photojournalist Kevin Doellman

Missouri takes steps to address school safety largely through its budget

2 years 3 months ago

The top priority of many Missouri parents and educators is school safety, according to a survey presented at the latest State Board of Education meeting. But statewide safety improvements for schools didn’t garner much traction during the legislative session that ended in May, with most proposals dying without ever making it to the full House […]

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Annelise Hanshaw

Rowan Community Center celebrates its 50th anniversary

2 years 3 months ago
The Rowan Community Center (RCC) recently celebrated a 50th Anniversary weekend to mark the milestone. A fundraising reception was hosted by the Griot Museum of Black History. Another event was held the following day outside the RCC to bring together…
St. Louis American staff

The nuclear arms race’s legacy: Contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of secrecy

2 years 3 months ago

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, approach, it’s a timely moment to look further at dilemmas wrought by the […]

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William Kinsella