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The federal Surface Transportation Board has approved the $31 billion merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads, saying Wednesday the combination will reduce travel time, incentivize investment and enhance efficiency while providing safety and environmental benefits. The STB said that while approving the merger, it also is imposing a number of conditions and […]

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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Wednesday for the federal authority responsible for determining the causes of transportation casualties to investigate the safety culture at all major North American freight railroads. Following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern derailment that caused a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, Schumer, a New York Democrat, said […]

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Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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March Madness is here! Here is what to know, including the favorites and underdogs as well as key games and how to watch the NCAA Tournament. Oh, and how to fill out your brackets! HOW TO WATCH Every game of the men’s tournament will be aired — here is a schedule — either on CBS, [...]

Leaders in this historic suburb of 24,000 maintain they have no choice. City expenses are rising more quickly than revenues, they say, leaving a $4 million deficit in five years if nothing is done.

Def Leppard is going orchestral. The band is set to release a brand new album, Drastic Symphonies, featuring some of their classic tunes reimagined with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. The album features audio from…

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Silicon Valley Bank's failure set off a weekend of questions, phone calls and emergency meetings in St. Louis' entrepreneurship community.

As a result of the recent fatal cases of strep, concerns are high across the state.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) on Wednesday released what officials call the "shocking results" of a February 2023 undercover investigation at Nuggets Night Vision Coyote Hunt, a wildlife-killing contest in Mendon, Illinois. According to the HSUS, similar hunts take place in the Quad-Cities region (for a list of communities, see "Background" below.) [...]

The Clayton location will be the chain's first in Missouri for St. Louis–based Millstone Capital Advisors, which hired noted local vegan chef Chris Bertke as executive chef to spearhead menu development.

Terrence L. Allen, 75, was killed a crash shortly before 4 p.m. on Route C when a car in the opposite lane swerved into oncoming traffic and hit his vehicle head-on, according to a Highway Patrol crash report.

St. Louis moved to the forefront of American cities when Mayor Tishaura O. Jones signed an executive order establishing a Reparations Commission in December 2022.

What would St. Patrick's Day be without consuming too much green beer and Irish whiskey? It's hard to even imagine. Plus, who would want to?

Greater Than the Sum of its Parts, Amazing Art from Pieces and Pixels, features Pysanky by Katherine Alexander, Digital Art by Matt Bryan, Mosaics by Brenda Fra-ser, Assemblage by Nell

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Renewed bipartisan efforts to eliminate the sales tax on grocery food this legislative session have hit roadblocks.

We’ve noted for a while that the performative histrionics surrounding TikTok are really just a distraction from our corrupt failure to police dodgy data brokers or pass even a basic privacy law for the internet era. U.S. companies don’t want to lose money by empowering consumers or being ethical, and the U.S. government doesn’t want […]