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CNN has a remarkable story today about the vast difference in cost between warships built in the US and those built in Japan: The country’s newest Maya-class destroyers are armed with 96 VLS cells that can fire both anti-ballistic and anti-submarine missiles, while the “quality of its sensors and systems stands at the very top ...continue reading "US warships cost at least twice as much as they should"

Michael Tisius is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday at Bonne Terre.

A woman was hurt in a drive-by shooting Friday afternoon on Interstate 70 in St. Louis.

Yesterday I noted that although the number of jobs was up, the number of employed people was down considerably while the number of unemployed people was up. This divergence represents one of the ongoing mysteries of the labor market. Is it strong or is it weak? Here's another mystery: aggregate hours worked: Through the end ...continue reading "Employment is up, but hours worked are down. Why?"

Five Years Ago This week in 2018, the core Vevo product flopped in yet another example of record labels underestimating and misunderstanding technology, while the industry was displaying its hypocrisy in its latest legislative push. EU Parliament members were also playing hardball on their terrible copyright policies, while we looked at how Swedish copyright trolls […]

One man died after a highway crash Friday evening in Lincoln County, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his body was found in an Arkansas lake. But the case remains shrouded in mystery as investigators have released few details to his family or the public.

The incident took place at Vandeventer Avenue and Chouteau Avenue at around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The Deaconess Foundation has established its Institute for Black Liberation, an effort towards “healing the hurts of internalized racism.”

The incident happened at about 5 p.m. on Interstate 70 near Madison Street, police said.

It begins: When ChatGPT came out last November, Olivia Lipkin, a 25-year-old copywriter in San Francisco, didn’t think too much about it....In April, she was let go without explanation, but when she found managers writing about how using ChatGPT was cheaper than paying a writer, the reason for her layoff seemed clear. ....For some workers, ...continue reading "The beginning of the end of work"

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Norway on Thursday to announce the most remote US diplomatic post in the world: Blinken said the U.S. would open what is known as an “American Presence Post” in Tromso, about 215 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The post will open this year and be staffed by ...continue reading "US adds consul to remote Norwegian town"

According to the CBO, interest payments are going to hit a postwar high within ten years: The previous postwar record was set during the Reagan era and peaked at 3.1% of GDP. CBO estimates that interest payments will attain that level again in 2028 and then keep climbing until they reach 3.7% by 2033.

Cori Bush: “In order for this country to not default on its bills, we then turned and made our most vulnerable communities default.”