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Slain Soulard Hit-and-Run Victim Remains Unidentified

RFT 📰
2 years 6 months ago
A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash in the early hours of Sunday morning in Soulard, police say — but they have yet to identify the victim. A preliminary investigation by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police indicates that the unknown woman was in the eastbound lanes of Gravois Avenue at Russell Boulevard when she was struck by an unknown vehicle. "The driver of that vehicle continued eastbound on Gravois and left the scene," the police summary states.
Sarah Fenske

As The US Freaks Out About TikTok, It’s Revealed That The CIA Was Using Chinese Social Media To Try To Undermine The Gov’t There

TechDirt 🕸
2 years 6 months ago
You know that line, “every accusation is a confession?” For no reason at all, that’s coming to mind all of a sudden. No reason. Anyway, a decade ago, Henry Farrell and Martha Finnemore wrote a fantastic piece for Foreign Affairs on “The End of Hypocrisy” (which we also wrote about here at Techdirt). They argued […]
Mike Masnick

St. Louis Mom of Slain 14-Year-Old Needs Money for His Funeral

RFT 📰
2 years 6 months ago
The family of Justin Brooks — the 14-year-old who was stabbed to death last week just one block from Rose Mary Johnson Jennings Junior High School — is working to raise money for his funeral. Brooks was stabbed days after a viral video of a brutal fight near another north county school — Hazelwood East — drew outrage and sent shockwaves throughout the region.  Police say Brooks was stabbed on Tuesday, March 12, at 3:05 p.m. on Hord Avenue, RFT previously reported.
Kallie Cox