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If you’ve ever shown up early to a meeting because your phone changed the clock overnight but the car dashboard didn’t, you’ve met daylight saving time in its most familiar form: a small shift that can throw off an entire morning. Daylight saving time (often shortened to DST) is the practice of moving clocks forward—usually by one hour—so that more daylight falls in the evening. Supporters say it saves energy and encourages outdoor activity. Critics point to sleep

Bruce Springsteen has released a cover of The Pogues’ “A Rainy Night in Soho,” the first track off an upcoming tribute album to the band’s late singer Shane MacGowan.20th Century…

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Wednesday made an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the revocation of legal status for more than 350,000 Haitians, opening them up to deportations.  U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that found the Trump administration unlawfully ended Temporary Protected […]

Passengers at a handful of airports this week waited in hours-long security lines as the government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security dragged on. Though Transportation Security Administration officers are required by law to work during a lapse in funding, more than usual have been absent after receiving only a partial paycheck during the […]

WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense must quickly release the results of its investigation into whether the U.S. military bombed a girls’ elementary school in Iran that left at least 168 people dead, according to a letter sent Wednesday that was signed by nearly every Senate Democrat.  “To be clear, the war against Iran is […]

The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House hosts a special exhibition during spring break season, celebrating the final days of winter with a flood of Blue Morpho butterflies.  Morpho Mania features […]

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This year, the St. Louis Aquarium is going bigger, brighter, and longer. For the first time, with two teams, freshwater grit meets saltwater flow. Two waters. One splashy showdown. Cheer […]

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Strowger 11 Digit Dial Phone (circa 1907) Kellogg Model 925 Monophone (circa 1930s) Stromberg Carlson Model 1191 Fatboy 8 Button Intercom (circa 1930s) Western Electric 302 Multi-Line Rotary Phone (circa […]

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The Amazon rainforest gets all the attention, but the neighboring cerrado stores massive amounts of carbon in its peaty soils.

Jack Osbourne's new baby has a very metal name.The son of Ozzy Osbourne's second child with wife Aree Osbourne, and fifth overall, is named Ozzy Matilda Osbourne.Jack revealed the news…

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On March 12, 1938, German troops crossed into Austria, beginning the Anschluss—the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The takeover happened quickly and with little military resistance, but its impact was lasting. At the time, it expanded Adolf Hitler’s control in Central Europe, strengthened Germany’s position ahead of a wider war, and sent a clear signal that post–World War I agreements were being openly challenged. It still matters today because it shows how fast

Fuel prices are climbing amid the Trump administration's military operations in the Middle East, raising questions among Americans about how high it will go and what the record is for the price of fuel in the state.

We’ve already all seen what the Ellison family’s version of “editorial independence” looks like over at CBS, where contrarian troll Bari Weiss has turned the already very Republican friendly news giant into a safe space for right wing zealots and autocrats. All overseen by a Brendan Carr chosen censor tasked with ensuring the channel always […]

The plan to completely overhaul the way Missouri funds higher education survived a committee vote Wednesday despite bipartisan misgivings about the impact on state colleges and universities. And the House Budget Committee also backed Chairman Dirk Deaton’s proposal to cut almost $52 million from child care payments and abandon plans to change how those payments […]

The fiscal note throws a wrench into the debate. Legislators want to be tough on crime, but also worry about the costs, with the state facing flat revenue growth and a dwindling cash surplus.