A coalition of racial justice groups has released the first of a slew of reports aimed at holding prosecutors in St. Louis and St. Louis County accountable. The group is tackling big questions: What should a prosecutor’s office be doing? What would it mean for those policies to be progressive — not just in name, but in reality? Mike Milton, founder and executive director of the Freedom Community Center in St. Louis, digs into the report and talks about the leadership of former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, the promises of St. Louis’ new top prosecutor Gabe Gore, and the work of St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell.
Brianna Coppage was fired after her employer found out about her OnlyFans gig. If that sounds similar to headlines that made news all across the country last September, that's because it is. Six months ago, Coppage was a high school English teacher in St. Clair, Missouri, when school administrators let her go after discovering she was moonlighting as an OnlyFans performer.
After most Missouri members of Congress pass bill to sell or ban Chinese-owned TikTok, state’s U.S. senators prepare to push bill through hesitant Senate.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late last year approved two breakthrough gene therapies for sickle cell disease patients. Now a new federal program seeks to make these life-changing treatments available to patients with low incomes — and it could be a model to help states pay for other expensive therapies. The new sickle cell […]
John Mellencamp doesn’t care for audiences talking back to him, and folks in Ohio learned that lesson the hard way.Video circulating on TikTok shows Mellencamp being heckled by an audience…
Those who live in St. Louis County will be able to cast an absentee ballot without providing an excuse beginning March 19 for the general municipal election next month.
With a swipe at the intraparty foes who have disrupted the state Senate for several years, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden on Monday dropped out of the Republican race for secretary of state.
Rowden, who as of January was sitting on the largest campaign fund in the field, said in a statement released via social media that when he announced in November, it was the best choice for his family but that he “no longer believe(s) that to be true.”
Rowden, a Columbia resident, entered politics…
Both troubled teens and government agencies are asking, “How thin is thin enough?” The teens are thinking about how thin they want to look, while the government is thinking about what’s too thin to post online. The refrain is always the same: the platforms need to do more—never mind the difficult details. Platforms need to […]
Do snakes yawn? This one does. It's a cape cobra at the Los Angeles Zoo, and it was slithering along in its normal snakey way when it stopped, yawned, and then continued on its travels. But snakes don't yawn because they're tired. They yawn after meals to realign their jaws.
The family of the Hazelwood East High School student who was involved in a fight that went viral online has given an update on her injuries through their attorney.
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