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Earlier this year you may have heard that there were a few lawsuits filed over generative AI platforms, with two big cases targeting Stability AI, makers of Stable Diffusion, in particular. I’d been meaning to write about these cases, and why they’re so problematic, but things have been busy and I didn’t get a chance. […]

WASHINGTON —  Every public school kid in the United States was eligible for free school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of family income, thanks to the federal government. While that’s now ended, a growing number of states across the country are enacting universal school meal laws to bolster child food security and academic equity. […]

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Allegations that physicians at the Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital failed to inform patients of potential side effects of treatment and overlooked their mental health needs are “unsubstantiated,” according to an internal investigation conducted by Washington University and released Friday. Washington University oversees the Transgender Center and has been under fire since Jamie […]

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This is Hilbert licking an unfortunate lizard in our backyard. I don't know why, since neither of our cats ever shows any interest in actually eating a lizard. They just like to play with them. This one looks extremely dead, but no. After I hauled the cats indoors, he flipped over and made a getaway. ...continue reading "Friday Cat Blogging – 21 April 2023"

Today on TAP: Her recent speech reassuring Beijing was oddly soft-line and ill-timed.

Kenneth M. Smith was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the 2020 fatal stabbing of 26-year-old Jason Slater.

ALTON - Caleb Lewis with Alton Odyssey Tours discussed the company’s growth and all-new tour lineup for 2023 on an episode of Our Daily Show! on Riverbender.com . This year’s lineup will include the brand-new Prohibition Tour, “Behind the Bricks” Walking Tour, Historical Craft Beer Walk, and more. Lewis explained that when he and his fiancé bought the business from his mother, Marlene, he had a vision to expand the company beyond just doing haunted tours as they had before. “Even during our purchase agreement, I kind of mentioned that I was expecting the haunted business to be one section of our total portfolio moving forward,” Lewis said. “Traditionally, it’s only been a haunted tour business and I wanted to diversify it, so we really brought some new ideas to life.” This year’s tour lineup reflects that diversification as it dives less into the haunted side of Alton and more into the historical side. After doin

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The deadline to raise the debt ceiling is getting closer, and investors are getting more jittery: According to the Wall Street Journal's experts, the current cost of insuring treasury debt corresponds to a belief in a 2% chance of default. There are a whole lot of caveats about this, but the conclusion nonetheless is that ...continue reading "Investors are getting nervous about the debt ceiling"

Metallica's new album, 72 Seasons, has debuted at #1 on the U.K.'s Official Albums Chart. The record is the metal legends' fourth chart-topper across the pond, following 1991's Black Album, 1996's…

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A new study ranked Missouri and Illinois as two of the worst US states for single parents to raise a family.

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Leaders say PFAS contamination from military bases is threatening Indigenous lives and rights.

Julian Lennon continues to try to raise awareness of the many issues plaguing the environment, and he’s doing so with a brand new project. The singer and his White Feather Foundation…

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St. Louis-based venture capital firm Cultivation Capital has raised more than $50 million for a new technology investment fund.