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St Louis is nicknamed The River City. The reason for that is very simple. It sits approximately at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, the two biggest rivers in North America. But besides those, other, much lesser known

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A growing legal movement to grant natural entities like rivers and forests legal rights is having a moment in the U.S., as environmentalists set their sights on the Mississippi River.

We’ve noted for years how broadband usage caps are a pointless, unnecessary cash grab by telecom monopolies looking to nickel-and-dime consumers who already pay too much for broadband. The telecom industry’s original claim that the caps were necessary to “manage network congestion” were never true. Companies like Comcast used that claim for years to sell […]

David Beck, 60, was identified as the driver of the motorcycle.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.79% for the week ended June 1 — up from 6.57% the prior week.

The Missouri Highway Patrol said the 17-year-old boy was from Union, Missouri. Police did not release his name.

A $200 million opioid settlement payment is due within weeks.

"Anyone can wear the mask." Such was the rallying cry of 2018's spectacular Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which alighted in an increasingly drab and soulless subgenre like a miraculous bolt of crackling energy.

Organizers say a new world record was set at the weekend event in Independence.

The Madison County, Illinois regional superintendent of schools is hosting a school safety summit Monday morning.

Isolated stormy weather left behind some damage at a church in north St. Louis.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey overstepped his authority when he demanded changes to the cost estimate of an abortion-rights initiative petition, state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick argued in a legal brief filed in Cole County Court last week.  Fitzpatrick, Bailey and Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, all Republicans, were sued last month by the Missouri ACLU over […]

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 As cities, states and our nation face many political, economic and social challenges, who we vote for in upcoming elections carries monumental importance. All we need to do is to look at the state of things to know that we need to change the direction and the unraveling trajectory we are on. Many state legislatures […]

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Two separate decisions limit fossil fuel extraction on public lands, protecting schools and Indigenous sites.

Between two to three out of every 1,000 children in the U.S. are born with some level of hearing loss in one or both ears.

The Beach Boys' iconic 1966 album, Pet Sounds, has just been released with a new mix in Dolby Atmos, so fans can now enjoy an immersive experience while listening to the record. Giles…

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Black and Latino borrowers are more likely to get trapped in cycles of debt, because they have few other options for dealing with structural poverty.

In our final X-Date, we note how Congress is already scheming to avoid restrictions on military spending.

In the 31 years since Elton John established his AIDS Foundation, he's raised millions of dollars for the cause, but their work is far from over. As part of a new…

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