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Interstate 44 reopens in downtown St. Louis

4 months ago
Both lanes of Interstate 44 through downtown St. Louis will reopen Friday after a massive sinkhole shut down a busy stretch of the interstate for nearly two weeks, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.
Joey Schneider

Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to mishandling sensitive documents

4 months ago
John Bolton, a national security adviser to President Donald Trump in his first term, pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of mishandling classified information, the Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. The plea resolves an 18-count indictment against Bolton, who lives in Bethesda, Maryland. He has agreed to pay a $2.25 […]
Jacob Fischler

College sports bill making headway in US Senate but obstacles remain

4 months ago
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill to set national standards for college athletes’ compensation has cleared a major legislative hurdle but still faces roadblocks, including opposition from the largest college sports conferences, to becoming law.  The bill, which supporters say would “restore order in college athletics” after a chaotic few years following an explosion of payments to athletes, […]
Shauneen Miranda

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The Ctrl-Alt-Speech Reading List (Teaser)

4 months ago
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes with additional coverage, support us on […]
Mike Masnick

Alton Nearing Gordon Moore Sinkhole Resolution, City Attorney Says

4 months ago
ALTON – Two years after a mine collapse created a large sinkhole on the Gordon Moore Park soccer field , Alton officials are moving closer to resolving the situation. Corporation Counselor Heidi Eckert said at the City Council meeting on June 24, 2026 that documentation of costs incurred by the city has been compiled and will soon be sent to an attorney for New Frontier Materials. She estimated the situation would be resolved within 30 to 60 days. “It is moving along,”

States show their stuff: The Great American State Fair opens in D.C.

4 months ago
WASHINGTON — Visitors from across the United States traveled to the National Mall Thursday for the opening day of the Great American State Fair, a days-long event that is part of President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration of the nation’s semiquincentennial. States and territories showed off cultural and agricultural exports at exhibits stretching nearly a […]
Ashley Murray

SLMPD Seizes More Than 3,000 Pounds of Illegal Fireworks, Arrests Suspect

4 months ago

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, working alongside the St. Louis Regional Bomb & Arson Unit and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), executed a search warrant Thursday morning at a vacant residence in the 5000 block of Terry as part of an investigation into the illegal storage and sale of fireworks. […]

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Mitch McCoy