Filipino American artist Ria Unson portrays personal and historical representations of Filipinos within frames used by colonial powers—from Western Literature to World Fairs—to challenge the origin and scope of the
A shooting Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others, police said. The suspected lone shooter was also dead.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democratic leaders vowed to defend reproductive rights and abortion access Saturday, less than a day after a federal judge in Texas ruled the federal government needs to pull the abortion pill off the market within a week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, of New York, and Washington Sen. Patty Murray, the […]
Criminal defense attorney David Mueller says he will run for St. Louis Circuit Attorney, making him the first challenger to announce a campaign against embattled incumbent Kim Gardner. Mueller, a 37-year-old St. Louis native and political newcomer, tells the RFT he feels called to run for the city's top prosecutor job because, after decades of population decline, he thinks the city is at an inflection point.
Montana is currently one of seventeen states that have passed laws—usually ghost written by telecom monopolies—banning local community broadband networks. As a result in many states, entrenched incumbent monopolies see zero incentive to lower rates, expand access, or improve service, thanks to muted competition and regulatory capture. COVID lockdowns highlighted the counterproductive stupidity of such […]
Grant’s Farm, the south St. Louis County estate of the Busch family that currently serves as an animal preserve and tourist attraction, is adding a new high-tech drone show to its attractions this summer.
The soccer standout and Olivette-native is a key figure in an equal-pay agreement between the national women's team and the U.S. Soccer Federation. She discusses the fight for the same pay as male players in advance of tomorrow's exhibition match in St. Louis against Ireland.
The latest apartment complex in The Streets of St. Charles mixed-use development started leasing last week and will finish construction in the next few months.
Barb Anderson, director of Haven House in Jeffersonville, Indiana, works with homeless people to place them into housing. It’s a job that has shown her firsthand the severe health issues facing unhoused people in southern Indiana, where many people live in tents in the woods and under bridges. She is currently working with an older […]
A bill that seeks to crack down on distracted driving has cleared the Missouri Senate — and has just over a month to achieve passage in the House before the close of the session. The Siddens Bening Hands-Free Law (Senate Bill 56 and 61), named for two victims of distracted driving, would bar people from holding their phone in their hands while driving — which includes texting but also holding a phone up to your ear. The Missouri Senate gave the bill its approval just over a week ago.
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has been undertaking extensive repairs on a stretch of I-44 in Eureka, causing major traffic backups since March. The repairs are being carried out on the bridge deck over the Meramec River, and MoDOT has closed off one lane of I-44 eastbound at Lewis for the [...]
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