The Saint Louis Zoo has earned a spot in the top five of the USA Today Reader's Choice Zoo Lights Event List, underscoring its popularity and recognition as one of the premier zoo lights events in the country. An expert panel nominated the zoos, and readers cast their votes to determine which had the best holiday lights.
Stray Dog Theatre sticks to its tradition of providing theatergoers an alternative to holiday standards and pushes the idea over the edge with the darkly comic Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You. Crisp direction by Gary F. Bell and a talented cast keep the laughs coming as the tension builds.
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that with the holidays approaching, data indicate that the impact of respiratory viruses is being felt across the state with 44 counties now at an elevated level for COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to the CDC’s national COVID Data Tracker , as of the week ending November 25. COVID-19 hospitalization data indicate that 39 counties are at medium level and five are at high level, while statewide, there were 1,039 new hospitalizations reported, an increase of 20% over the previous week. Data also show that broad acute respiratory hospitalizations are increasing across Illinois including COVID-19, flu and RSV. IDPH officials are especially concerned about pediatric ICU (PICU) capacity which is limited in many areas of the state. Additionally, IDPH announced today that it is launching a new, weekly Infectious Respiratory Disease Surveillance Dashboard that will be updated weekly on Fridays after
Funeral services for Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan took place Friday, December 8, in Tipperary, Ireland, and featured performances of the late rocker’s music, as well as readings by such famous names as U2's Bono and Johnny Depp. According…
For many, many years we’ve been calling on companies to enable end-to-end encryption by default on any messaging/communications tools. It’s important to recognize that doing so correctly is difficult, but not impossible (similarly, it’s important to recognize that doing so poorly is dangerous, as it will lead people to believe their communications are secure when […]
This is getting tiresome. The New York Times tells us today that Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard, has apologized for her congressional testimony earlier this week. Here's their summary: Asked during Tuesday’s hearing whether urging the genocide of the Jewish people amounted to defying Harvard policies against bullying and harassment, Dr. Gay replied, “It ...continue reading "Harvard’s president apologizes for being right"
Charlie has been amping up the cuteness lately. Maybe he's having his second childhood a little early? In this picture he's up on the balcony keeping an eye on his domain as he rolls around for the camera.
ST. LOUIS -- Did you get all of your Christmas shopping done yet? What do you get someone who is hard to shop for? Well, FOX 2 Facebook fans came up with a great list of gifts for people in the St. Louis area from many local businesses. List of top St. Louis stocking stuffers [...]
ALTON: State's Attorney Tom Haine has filed for re-election in 2024, and will be running unopposed in the Republican primary. “Thank you to all those who have supported our efforts to strengthen our justice system these past few years,” said Haine. “We are proud of what we have accomplished in the fight against crime, but there is so much more we want to do. Our positive momentum needs to continue so our businesses, families, and neighborhoods can truly flourish in a safe environment. That is why I'm running for re-election: to keep justice working." Here are a few highlights of Haine’s administration since taking office in 2020: We defended the rule of law by rejecting prosecutions in Madison County based on the Governor’s COVID executive orders, which contained no legal basis to criminalize the free and lawful daily actions of our citizens. We restarted prosecutions after the COVID shutdown, secured convictions in major murder cases
Here's an odd thing. Several people suggested that Bard had a hard time with its fun facts about me because, after all, there are multiple Kevin Drums and it can't reliably know which one I was asking about. In fact, LinkedIn lists 20 Kevin Drums! That seems like a lot. I was curious about one ...continue reading "How many Kevin Drums are there, anyway?"
More fans are discovering Tom Petty’s “Love Is A Long Road" thanks to Grand Theft Auto. The song, from Petty’s 1989 solo album, Full Moon Fever, is featured in the trailer for Grand Theft…
Lamont Cambell, who spent more than a decade in custody after being convicted of murder, filed suit Monday against the city of St. Louis and multiple detectives who worked on his case.
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