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The UMass professor details a reduction in wage inequality unseen in the U.S. in half a century.

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Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Until now, however, those disclosures and connections haven’t been mapped, aggregated and made searchable. Using our new database, you can now search for organizations and people that have paid the justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.

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The $215 million deal made headlines, but the industry pay gap persists, along with new cases of sexual harassment.

The country may have a long way to go in its decarbonization goals, but these stories show signs of progress.

The Fosen wind farm was built illegally. Now the Norwegian government is paying to keep it running.

More than two dozen countries pledged to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050. But experts say the promise is “meaningless.”

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Here's the latest chatter inside the beltway: The Biden administration is discussing raising tariffs on some Chinese goods, including electric vehicles, in an attempt to bolster the U.S. clean-energy industry against cheaper Chinese exports, people familiar with the matter said. What's the point of this? We already have 25% tariffs on Chinese EVs, which means ...continue reading "Why do we need higher tariffs on Chinese EVs when no Chinese EVs are sold in America?"

Cardinal Ritter has around 450 students. St. Mary's has 225. That comes to a $170,000 investment, just for the students.

Five days after one of the largest nursing homes in the St. Louis area suddenly shut down, workers, residents, and their families are still searching for answers.

Christmastime is the season of giving. That often extends beyond just friends and family to those most in need.

The NHL and Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks, have reached an agreement that will keep local broadcasts for 11 teams on Bally Sports through the end of this season. The agreement, which was contained in a court filing made Wednesday, is subject to court approval. Diamond Sports has been in [...]

Earlier this year we discussed a trademark fight between rapper Eminem and two stars of The Real Houswives of Potomac, Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon. At issue was the trademark application for Bryant and Dixon’s podcast, which is entitled “Reasonably Shady.” Em’s legal team opposed that application, arguing essentially that all things “shady” belong to […]

As he rounds out his first year in the United States Senate, Republican Eric Schmitt sat down with FOX 2’s Andy Banker this week for a one-on-one interview.

Robert Glasper is the leader of a new sonic paradigm with a career that bridges musical and artistic genres. To date, he boasts 5 Grammy wins and 12 nominations across […]

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FOX 2 spoke with the alleged owner of the company promoting the bar crawl. He told us the St. Louis event was now cancelled. When pressed with questions about the event and the company, he hung up.

Even Missouri's governor is asking why police bodycam footage can't be released after a St. Louis police SUV crashed into an LGBT+ bar, which ended with the owner's arrest.

Six people were rushed to the hospital following a head-on collision in Hazelwood.