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Bulldozers and crews from the City of St. Louis began removing what was left of a tent Friday afternoon.

Los Angeles may have a gang problem. But so does its sheriff’s department. What’s already toxic about law enforcement culture has been embraced, cultivated, and amplified by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and its leaders, a steady string of shitty sheriffs willing to give deputies the longest of leashes. Still, sheriffs pretend there isn’t a […]

With the St. Patrick's Day parade and the return of the Battlehawks, downtown St. Louis is getting ready for a busy weekend with hundreds of thousands of people.

The leader of Senate Republicans said senators had made progress in negotiations, and said the chamber would return to the topic later this month.

"We're about a week and half or two weeks ahead of schedule," according to a Washington University allergist.

“For her to be rejected and not included really brought disappointment,” Rick Battelle said.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s Chief Trial Assistant Marvin Teer is resigning at the end of this month.

The Ferguson-Florissant School District sent out an email saying they had 37 teachers absent on Thursday due to a number of reasons.

The expected departure of the city's chief trial prosecutor could throw potentially dozens of cases in limbo as an understaffed circuit attorney's office struggles to keep up.

City officials cleared an encampment of unhoused people in downtown St. Louis today after posting eviction notices near the camp 10 days earlier. The encampment near Laclede’s Landing held about 30 to 40 residents earlier this week.

Sid Pandiya, a 22-year-old student at UCLA, has discovered that remote work "can get really isolating and boring.” His answer: Pandiya came up with Kona, a software application aimed at making Slack more than a chatroom focused on tasks and deadlines. Kona greets its users every day with a pop-up that asks a simple yet ...continue reading "Slack now officially the worst app ever"

St. Louis police's homicide division was requested.

We're near the halfway point of spring training. The first full week of March gives the St. Louis Cardinals a chance to closely evaluate young talent as many regulars compete in the World Baseball Classic.

Scientists say that low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations like Starlink continue to pose a dire threat to astronomy and scientific research, and that too little is being done to address the issue. Last fall, scientists declared satellite constellations an “existential threat for astronomy.” In short, the reflection and light pollution (Musk claimed would never happen in […]

Silicon Valley Bank's failure has sent shockwaves across the U.S. startup scene and has left founders scrambling to secure funds for payroll and other expenses. One St. Louis startup was forced to act quickly. Another is thankful it didn't borrow large sums from the institution.