The storm that’s coming to the area today is so bad that meteorologists have been predicting it since earlier this week. They’ve been saying all along that it would be potentially very dangerous, but as it gets closer, it looks like this storm will be even worse than feared.
NBC News reports on Audrey Hale, the shooter in the Nashville school shooting earlier this week: Even before authorities said Hale was transgender, users on extremist websites spent hours sharing their hopes that the shooter was trans or nonbinary, the primary targets of hate and harassment campaigns by the infamous extremist site 4chan over the ...continue reading "Audrey Hale might not be transgender at all"
As a rule, it’s a good idea to be particularly suspicious of defenses of censorship that — coincidentally — materially benefit the people espousing them. In this case, the argument in favor of censorship is coming from founder and CEO of AI image generator Midjourney, David Holz. And Holz makes clear that he is willing […]
The Police’s Andy Summers is heading out on a solo tour this summer. The guitarist just announced dates for his A Cracked Lens + A Missing String tour, which hits the U.S.…
With its intuitive, immersive training method, Rosetta Stone will have you reading, writing, and speaking new languages like a natural in no time. You’ll start by matching words with images just like when you learned your native language as a child. Then you’ll move onto interactive lessons where speech recognition technology works to evaluate and […]
Prosecutors dismissed charges against a former Berkeley mayor and in return the 84-year-old councilman agreed to not seek re-election or any other public office.
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri sued Attorney General Andrew Bailey today over his “sham” transgender care investigation.
St. Louis police received 2,677 reports of stolen vehicles in St. Louis during a three-month peak last summer. During that time, only 23 adults were charged with car theft-related crimes, according to a Post-Dispatch analysis.
By Dana Rieck and Erin Heffernan St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ALTON - The YWCA of Alton hosted a forum last week to allow the public to see and hear from the candidates running for the Alton School Board. Candidates introduced themselves and shared more about their backgrounds and experience at the forum, which was held on March 22. Six total candidates are running for three four-year-term seats on the Board of Education in the upcoming April 4 election. Those candidates are as follows: Vivian Monckton, Jarvis Swope, Beverly Velloff, Alfred “Al” Womack Jr., David Fritz, and David Lauschke. Christina Milien is also running unopposed for a two-year term and did not attend the event. Vivian Monckton, an incumbent member of the Alton School Board since 1999, was the first candidate to speak at the event. She said she’s proud of the work she and the School Board have accomplished so far and looks to continue that success if re-elected. “I’m very proud of our school district and what we have to offer,” Monckton
Night Ranger fans are going to have to wait a few extra weeks to see the band back on the stage. The "Sister Christian" rockers just announced that two more shows have been…
The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the St. Louis Metropolitan area to a Level-4 risk for severe weather Friday, with some Missouri and Illinois counties an hour-plus north at a Level 5 risk on a scale up to five.
Present: Fatimah Muhammad, Brian Krueger, Donna Lindsay, Kim Osborne, Jeff Wheeler, Jenny Birge, Rebecca Kaner, Tom Naggel, Rashean Aldridge, Regina Dennis, Janice Dozier, Annie Rice, Denean Vaughn, Angelica Were, Bobby Bonner, Samantha Smugala, Pam Ross, Mark Pappas, Shirley Jackson, Patrick Deaton, Brandon Bosley, Veronica Ross-Mikan, Khylil Chestnut, Karla Brown, Larry Cohn, Ebony Washington, Doug Eller, […]
Present: Fatimah Muhammad, Brian Krueger, Donna Lindsay, Kim Osborne, Jeff Wheeler, Jenny Birge, Rebecca Kaner, Tom Naggel, Rashean Aldridge, Regina Dennis, Janice Dozier, Annie Rice, Denean Vaughn, Angelica Were, Bobby Bonner, Samantha Smugala, Pam Ross, Mark Pappas, Shirley Jackson, Patrick Deaton, Brandon Bosley, Veronica Ross-Mikan, Khylil Chestnut, Karla Brown, Larry Cohn, Ebony Washington, Doug Eller, …
CHICAGO - Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of attorneys general, urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to adopt stringent standards under the Clean Air Act that protect public health against particulate matter (PM) pollution. These standards, known as the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), are critical to efforts to improve air quality and the health of residents disproportionately impacted by higher PM levels. “Particulate matter pollution has been proven to be harmful to human health,” Raoul said. “It is urgent that the EPA establish sufficient guidelines to address the health threat posed by these contaminants, especially for populations that are disproportionately exposed.” Particulate matter is a pollutant emitted from a variety of sources including vehicles, factories and construction sites. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is required to set NAAQS for several pollutants, including PM, at a level that protects
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