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A fatal fire in Spanish Lake is being investigated by the St. Louis County Bomb and Arson Squad.

Get a complimentary tour of the exhibit 1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, Its Origin, and Influence at the World Chess Hall of Fame (4652 Maryland Avenue, 314-367-9243, worldchesshof.org). The exhibit is about the match between American chess phenom Bobby Fischer and Soviet Union chess legend Boris Spassky at the 1972 World Chess Championship.

Owner Leah Longueville wants to expand on her must-have graphic tees while still making clothing that women and kids love.

From the corner cabinets in the dining room to the wooden pantry shelves, artistic details abound in this home.

Fossil fuel subsidies, wage theft, EPA risk reports, congressional conflicts of interest, and dark, dark money: Concentration of corporate wealth and power distorts everything we see — and don't see — in the world around us every day.

The victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He was later released.

Legislative progress will take a back seat in the next couple of years. The executive branch will have to implement the Biden agenda on its own.

The new position of White House pandemic preparedness director requires boldness on intellectual property.

The stay was issued Saturday, before the new law was set to take effect.

According to the Anti-Execution Death Penalty Information Center, there is no known case of an openly transgender inmate being executed in the U.S. before.

Tyler Cowen explains today why he's skeptical of the lead-crime hypothesis. It turns out that it's because of a simple bit of confusion. You'll have to click the link and read Tyler's post to understand my reply—so don't blame me if you're too lazy to do it—but the key thing is that the LCH is ...continue reading "Yet more on lead, crime, and Tyler Cowen"

Why is there no name for a unit of momentum? Or for angular momentum? Did we run out of famous people to name things after? How about one sina or one descartes for linear momentum and one foucault for angular momentum? UPDATE: More here.