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After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. In honor of this year’s Juneteenth, The Conversation reached out to Wake Forest University […]

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Kwofe Coleman explains how, for a couple hours on a given summer night, 11,000 people from all walks of life can share a common experience.

The elderly, children, those with heart conditions as well as people with lung conditions such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema should reduce prolonged or heavy outdoor exertion Saturday, according to the EPA.

In a 7-2 ruling, Supreme Court ordered that mixed-race couple from St. Louis could buy a home.

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June 17 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of The Police’s fifth studio album, Synchronicity. The band’s most successful record, Synchronicity went to #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, and topped the chart in…

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Authorities have arrested two people accused of stealing a vehicle in broad daylight Friday in St. Louis County while a child was inside.

A Georgia man accused of stealing from slot machines at small St. Louis area businesses is known to some as a cross-country game cheater.

Nearly a year ago, 17-year-old Matthew Nikolai was hit by a car and killed near Ted Drewes Frozen Custard on Chippewea Street.

"We are super excited about the progress. This has been a priority for the school district," said Jeffry Faust.

Over at Politico, Rich Lowry has joined the throng of Republicans saying that President Biden should pardon Donald Trump. It has a chance of "sapping some of the poison out of the system," he says. That poison, Lowry says, is largely due to conservative anger over unpunished Democratic wrongdoing in the cases of Hillary Clinton ...continue reading "Let’s not forget the history behind the Mueller investigation"

The child was unharmed and is safe, police said.

Beginning last year, Ameren partnered with recycler Blackwood Solutions. Ameren continues to remove old poles and pile them in the St. Louis metro.

Amazon-owned Twitch appears to be running something of an experiment to see just how much it can piss off its creative community before a mass exodus occurs. Reading back through our posts on the platform, you will be left with the understanding that there are two types of policy rollouts when it comes to Twitch. […]

The New York Mets beat the skidding St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on Friday night in a series opener between two of baseball’s most disappointing teams.