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Massachusetts Prepares To Ban The Collection And Abuse Of Cell Phone Location Data
For more than a decade now, app makers, phone makers, wireless companies — and pretty much everybody else — has been collecting and monetizing your daily movement habits. There’s genuinely no reason most of these companies (like, say, your light bulb maker) need this information, but because the U.S. is too corrupt to pass a […]
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Chemicals from Missouri lawns, farms add to Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ where little but algae grows
In an effort to breathe life back into the Gulf of Mexico’s "dead zone," where a lack of oxygen kills or drives away most sea creatures, Missouri is requiring major wastewater treatment facilities to significantly limit the amount of phosphorus…
Hearing on replacing snow days with virtual learning today in Collinsville, Illinois
A different kind of weather concern Monday in the Collinsville school district. Removing snow days is up for consideration.
Paper and packaging company WestRock to shutter St. Louis-area facility, lay off dozens of workers
A paper and packaging manufacturer plans to shutter a St. Louis-area facility, laying off dozens of workers.
Crews responding to overturned car crash on I-270 NB
Crews are responding to an overturned car crash Monday morning.
Monday, July 17, 2023 - Astronomer and astrobiologist finds new meaning to life in memoir
Aomawa Shields' fascination with the stars started with the 1986 film "SpaceCamp." Shields' new book details her unconventional path to becoming a leading scientist in her field.
Illinois woman having surgery to remove needle in spine today
A woman from southern Illinois is having a high risk surgery in St. Louis Monday to remove an epidural needle in her spine.
Lincoln County man dies in head-on crash with teenage driver
The Missouri Highway Patrol said 81-year-old Gary E. Krieg died after his vehicle was hit head-on by a 17-year-old driver.
From 1966: Comedienne Phyllis Diller carries on
This article ran on March 8, 1966; Phyllis Diller was born July 17, 1917.
Police: 65-year-old woman missing since Sunday night
St. Louis County Police issue an endangered person advisory for 65-year-old Denise Cummins.
St. Louis police have failed to solve nearly 60% of homicides committed since 2017
Man killed in rollover crash in St. Louis County
Curtis Saahir, 63, of St. Louis, died in the crash about 6 a.m. Friday on westbound Interstate 270, east of Highway 67.
'Clayton Restaurant Week' starting today
A tastier treat this week.
MoDOT lanes closures on I-64 taking place today
MoDOT is closing lanes starting Monday night at a busy intersection.
U.S. mortgage rates leap again
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.96% for the week ended July 13 – up from 6.81% the prior week.
Man gunned down in south St. Louis Sunday night
Crash involving fire truck in north St. Louis
A St. Louis fire truck on the way to a call was involved in a minor crash with a car early Monday morning.
Eureka girl, 15, dies in crash of off-road utility vehicle
A 15-year-old girl from Eureka died Sunday after crashing an off-road utility vehicle in northeast Missouri, authorities said.
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