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Just as a minor historical note about the debt ceiling, it has been killed off before—for nearly 15 years. Dick Gephardt did it in 1979: He consulted the parliamentarian. "I asked if there was a way that when we pass the budget [the debt ceiling] can be deemed 'raised' to accommodate the budget people are ...continue reading "We haven’t always had a debt ceiling"

Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a Black nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it's a sign of holiness in Catholicism, while others say the lack of decomposition may not be as rare as people think.

The St. Louis Cardinals take on the Kansas City Royals at Busch Stadium.

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Police said the man had been shot multiple times.

A new study of online news in 2020 has produced some dramatic—if unsurprising—results about consumption of misinformation between conservatives and liberals. It's a little complicated so I've split it into multiple simpler charts. Here's the first one: The top set of points shows raw exposure: it's what Google shows you when you perform a search. ...continue reading "Conservatives actively want to believe only lies"

People honored those who died for the United States of America.

Next stop on the tour, Modern Brewery in the Kings Oak Neighborhood.

Events include ceremonies at cemeteries, parades and a fireworks display.

The St. Louis Cardinals are hosting the Kansas City Royals for a two-game series as the teams renew the I-70 rivalry.

The area's fallen service members are receiving a long-delayed acknowledgement of their sacrifice.

Go Greek this weekend! For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Louis County Greek Festival is in-person at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Des Peres.   The

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Torkwase Dyson’s artwork engages urgent issues regarding architecture, infrastructure and the social and political impacts of the climate crisis, bringing them into conversation with historical and contemporary reflections on the

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On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until July 24, “Killing The Buddha”: Reconstructing Zen is the 2023 Arthur Greenberg Undergraduate Curatorial Fellowship exhibition, located in the Teaching

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On view at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum until Aug. 6, African Modernism in America is the first major traveling exhibition to examine the complex connection between modern African

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