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"They are sending in the riot police and basically creating a riot in an otherwise peaceful demonstration. So this is just shameful," said Jill Stein.

In the two-things-can-be-true-at-once file: The Gaza protests on university campuses are mostly peaceful. The extreme behavior is largely happening outside of campus walls. Nevertheless, Jewish students on these campuses widely report feeling scared and harassed. I feel a lot of sympathy for university presidents dealing with this, even the ones who have made some unquestionably ...continue reading "There are no good guys in the Middle East"

The boil order has been lifted in St. Louis South County after a water main break on April 25th. The incident forced the early closure of four schools and prompted a precautionary boil water advisory. However, Missouri American Water customers are no longer required to follow this advisory.

Via Kriston Capps, here's an interesting chart from a pair of researchers who have tracked how much Supreme Court justices interrupt each other during hearings: The court has gotten steadily testier over the past couple of decades. In 1997 there was about one interruption per hearing. Today it's up to six. Why? In addition, you ...continue reading "The Supreme Court has gotten testier over the years"

Washington University officials said police arrested more than 80 “who refused to leave after being asked multiple times.”

The impact left the car on the sidewalk, surrounded by bricks, with a gaping hole in the building.

The Michigan-born rockers played to a sold-out crowd at Chaifetz Arena.

The family of a Hermann police officer nearly killed in a shooting last year is thanking everyone who helped save his life.  On Saturday at Hermann High School, the parents of Adam Sullentrup presented handmade quilts to more than 30 first responders who were called on the night of March 12th, 2023.

Hi Pointe Drive They wrote on Facebook that they had a break-in again last night about 1:30 a.m. at their location at 1033 McCausland, in downtown St. Louis. They stated in their post that this was their fourth break-in in the past two years.