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WASHINGTON (AP) — The State of the Union address tends to have a ritual rhythm. Grand entrance. Applause. Platitudes. Policies. Appeals for Unity, real or imagined. President Joe Biden checked those boxes, and a few more, during his speech to a joint session on Congress on Tuesday night. In part, he seemed to be laying [...]

It’s always fun when the USPTO demonstrates its internal multiple personality disorder on intellectual property concerns. That’s probably a tad harsh; after all, the USPTO is made up of people, and different people will view similar situations differently. Unfortunately, part of what the USPTO is supposed to uphold and set are standards for intellectual property […]

Apparently President Biden is fond of the British Parliament's tradition of Question Time, because that what tonight's State of the Union address resembled. The crowd heckled him and he heckled them back—with a big grin on his face. Biden's finest moment came about halfway through, when he baited Republicans about Social Security and Medicare. Some ...continue reading "A very, very brief review of tonight’s State of the Union speech"

A St. Louis family has been trying for more than a year to get a woman to stop making racist threats against them at their south city home. She first broke in with a hammer, and has repeatedly harassed them…

U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-St. Louis) did not say a word at tonight's State of Union, but she still spoke volumes. Her guest to the State of the Union address was Michael Brown Senior, the father of Michael Brown, the unarmed Black teenager who was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson in 2014. The incident was the impetus for Bush's involvement in activism as she pointed out in a tweet yesterday.

Officers responded to shots fired in the 800 block of Surrey Lane.

Campbell made a deal after the state’s only witness, who identified Campbell as the gunman, refused to testify, according to a St. Louis court press release.

Mayor Dan Borgmeyer and City Councilman Tom Besselman were the top 2 vote-getters in St. Charles' mayoral primary and advance to the April 4 runoff election.

"In his State of the Union today, the President will announce a new set of policies to continue to make progress advancing his Unity Agenda."

The Saint Louis Billikens men’s basketball team will play the University of Rhode Island on Feb. 7.

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A St. Louis County man who claimed he was nearly 2,000 miles away from the quadruple homicide for which he was convicted was executed tonight at a Missouri prison in Bonne Terre. Leonard Taylor, 58, died by lethal injection at 6:15 p.m.

What's the best way of comparing violent crime between countries, as I did yesterday? Lots of people are asking me this—in Twitter's usual polite fashion—so maybe you'd be interested in a brief primer. The short answer is that it's really hard. The two biggest problems are both ones of measurement: Different countries put different sets ...continue reading "Murder vs. violent crime: Which is more reliable?"

Eight-hundred residents live in Flordell Hills. About 53.9% of those residents live below the poverty line, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Legislation aimed at the LGBTQ community continues to be a major topic at the Missouri State Capitol. 

Officials said Joshua A. Vaughn knew one of the defendants from when he worked at the state Division of Youth Services.

Stop in every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 for Trivia Night with Mack and Mace at Steve’s Hot Dogs. Stop at the table to sign up. Come back every week,

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WINCO Window Company announces the retirement of Bill Krenn, president of WINCO. Krenn has been with WINCO since 1996 and has served in various capacities, including director of human resources, treasurer, vice president, and chief financial officer before being appointed as the company’s president in 2017. As WINCO’s president, Krenn ensured that the overall direction […]