The owners of the now-shuttered Central West End restaurant Brew Tulum have sued their landlords and the site's property manager over the lead contamination they found on site, saying their landlord's negligence caused them to sustain "serious injury and damages." The RFT first broke the news last year that Laura McNamara and Alberto Juarez had closed the eatery in September after finding evidence of lead contamination on site in their Delmar Maker District space. The contamination was discovered after their young son tested positive for exposure during a routine health screening — and after they ruled out the presence of lead at their home, began to eye the commercial space that housed their year-old eatery.
Things become heated and tangled when it comes to free speech, religion, and the government’s attempt to control either of these things. Government entities tend to feel the best way to avoid the appearance of favoring any religion is to stay out of it completely. A wise move by the government, but not the best […]
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Judas Priest is offering up another single from their upcoming album Invincible Shield, which is set to drop March 8. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers just dropped the tune “Crown of…
Nutshell summary: Good news! Long, complicated explanation: Buckle up for this one. No doctors were involved in this analysis. As you know, for years I've been getting M-protein results to check the level of multiple myeloma in my bone marrow. This is done via an SPEP test—Serum Protein Electrophoresis. A successful treatment of my cancer ...continue reading "Health update"
The Major Case Squad has released a detailed timeline on what led up to the disappearance of Donna Eye, a woman found dead more than a week after a sheriff’s deputy dropped her off in the Mark Twain National Forest.
State Treasurer Vivek Malek, who is campaigning this year for a four-year term to the post, wants to require all government-managed pensions to “divest” from foreign adversaries.
The colder weather is set to hit the Midwest again this weekend, prompting the need to consider how to stay warm in case of a power outage. Here is a list of 10 options to consider if your power goes out at home.
This is just a reminder: It's worth noting that corporate profits spiked in mid-2020 and finished their rise by early 2021. It's not obvious from the chart, but this is before inflation—either in consumer prices or producer inputs—had risen more than barely. Since the start of the pandemic, inflation has gone up about 20 points ...continue reading "Corporate profits have skyrocketed since the pandemic"
Van Halen’s David Lee Roth has fired some shots at his replacement Sammy Hagar in a new post shared to his Instagram. In the clip titled “The Ballad of Popsicle Sam,” Roth uses Hagar’s 2011 claim that…