The Berkeley mother wanted on charges related to making threats toward the school says she only wanted her son's story to be heard after she apparently found him in a hot seclusion room.
The long vacant Millennium Hotel in downtown St. Louis could finally see some movement. On March 26 the LCRA Board will consider a blighting study and authorization of the use of eminent domain to acquire the property. LCRA staff recommends up to a 90% property tax abatement for up to 20 years on incremental improvements. […]
Remember the great infant formula shortage of 2022? It was caused by a bacterial infection at a plant run by Abbott Laboratories, makers of the popular Similac brand. Or was it? About half the formula in the US is provided free to low-income families via the WIC program, which runs competitive bidding in each state ...continue reading "A conservative take on the infant formula market"
Alice Childress’ unforgettable drama about the romance between Julia, a Black seamstress, and Herman, her white lover, searingly addresses prejudice and ignorance in early 20th-century America. Set in the Deep […]
The first-ever Animals Aglow lantern festival will bring a dazzling spectacle of lights to the Saint Louis Zoo. More than 60 larger-than-life Chinese lanterns, along with interactive light displays in […]
A new podcast is taking up the past and present of meth. "Home Cooked: A 50-Year History of Meth in America” begins with a Missouri-heavy exploration of meth use and manufacture as it grew in the 2000s. We talk with its host Olivia Weeks, and Prevent Ed executive director Nichole Dawsey, about how Missouri became known as the "meth capital of America,” and how use of the drug has changed today.
This took way too long, but it appears that Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and the Judicial Conference have finally decided to crack down on the serious problem of judicial shopping in the federal courts. They’ve set a new policy that will hopefully result in a more random allocation of cases to judges. Jurisdiction […]
The Washington Post reports today that misinformation about birth control has surged on social media: Physicians say they’re seeing an explosion of birth-control misinformation online targeting a vulnerable demographic: people in their teens and early 20s who are more likely to believe what they see on their phones because of algorithms that feed them a ...continue reading "Is social media duping impressionable teens about contraceptive use?"
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