ST. LOUIS -- A New York Times columnist and best-selling cookbook author spent five months learning how to properly make a Chicago thin-crust pizza. J. Kenji López-Alt's article about the experience is causing a stir in St. Louis. Did Chicago steal the Gateway city's signature style? Not quite, but he does argue that most Midwestern [...]
Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx is hitting back at an accusation the band performs with backing tapes on their tour. As previously reported, the accusation was made by former Vanilla Fudge drummer Carmine Appice, who claimed that guitarist Mick…
Here's an entire trip from Paris to Los Angeles in four photos. From the top: (a) our plane, (b) the village of Goussainville, about 30 seconds after takeoff, (c) Hudson Bay, halfway home, and (d) crossing the San Diego Freeway, about 30 seconds before landing.
Elizabeth Mackintosh was found murdered in a bathroom at Covenant Theological Seminary in 1990. The decades-old case was the subject of a recent episode of the true-crime series, "Cold Justice."
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ALTON – Alton firefighters had a busy morning Monday with two unrelated serious fires in the city. Alton firefighters just finished work on the second fire at 9 Holly Hill Drive in Alton around 1 p.m. Monday. The call on that fire came in at 7:08 a.m., Alton Deputy Fire Chief Matt Fischer said. Fischer said the fire on Holly Hill is still under investigation, but it appears there could have been a possible gas leak that caused the fire. “Ameren Illinois is still out at the scene investigating,” he said. “It was very chilly fighting this one and the other fire overnight with temps in the 20s. There was pretty significant damage to the home on Holly Hill. One room was fully involved with fire when we arrived that spread through the attic.” Godfrey and East Alton responded with a Box Alarm on that fire. The earlier fire occurred in a single-family residence in the 600 block of Stowell Avenue in Alton, he said. “No one was at home at the time of th
Preparations appear to be underway for the unprecedented scenario that Donald Trump could become the first former president in U.S. history to be indicted. Barricades arrived outside the criminal courthouse in Manhattan on Monday while law enforcement agencies grapple with how to protect the former president. Questions also remain as to whether Trump would be [...]
The people who claim to be confused about social media services and the First Amendment are never truly confused. It’s always the people you expect to claim they’re “confused.” Most social media users understand they’re playing on someone else’s playground. They know that if they act like inveterate assholes, the social media company will repeatedly […]