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Today on TAP: Nobody understands or explains the corruption of the financial system better than the Massachusetts senator.

A St. Louis man appeared in federal court Monday and admitted to assaulting two deputy U.S. marshals and selling methamphetamine.

The 2023 Alzheimer's Association Facts and Figures report highlights the additional burdens faced by families of color.

Bethany Mandel, a conservative writer, had a bit of brain freeze on live TV yesterday and was unable to define woke for her interviewer. This gave us lefties a chance to laugh at her, and fair enough. That's life in the arena. I really don't understand why movement conservatives haven't yet figured out a simple, ...continue reading "What is woke?"

Langford Cunningham had to go blind to see.  Which doesn’t really make sense.

A woman has been charged for a shooting in downtown St. Louis, in which she allegedly fired shots at three people, including a child.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and officials in a handful of other Republican-leaning states left a national system designed to improve the accuracy of voting rolls last week, the likely GOP candidate for governor…

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is hoping to return dozens of stolen vehicles, tools and items to rightful owners, all recovered from investigations within the last two years.

Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

The man shot and killed in Belleville was identified as 38-year-old Paul Kirby. Police are looking for a vehicle of interest in the shooting.

Here's a chart that must be driving all the ex-managers of Silicon Valley Bank nuts: One of SVB's problems was a portfolio of long-dated Treasury bonds that was $15 billion underwater. But 10-year Treasurys have fallen by more than 50 basis points since Peter Thiel's run on deposits put SVB into receivership. Their portfolio has ...continue reading "It was necessary to destroy the bank in order to save the bank"

There’s been a lot of discussion of late, especially because of the various Twitter Files, regarding where the line is between governments simply flagging content for social media websites to vet against their own policies as compared to unconstitutional and impermissible suppression of speech in violation of the 1st Amendment. As we’ve highlighted over and […]

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Investigators have identified a vehicle of interest in connection with a recent homicide case in Belleville, Illinois.

Wright's Tavern (7624 Wydown Boulevard, Clayton; 314-390-1466.) serves a crab cake.

The Missouri Historical Society will open a new exhibit next month to celebrate St. Louis soccer history and the city's storied past as the "First Soccer Capital" of America.

Every time one visits City Foundry STL these days, there's something new to check out: The Alamo Drafthouse, Big Shark Bicycle Company and Sandbox VR are a few of the new additions. As of Saturday, the Foundry is set to get one more new thing to see: City Winery, a winery, restaurant and concert venue combo, will hold its official opening. The 225-seat venue is located adjacent the Food Hall (and can also be entered through the hall) at 3730 Foundry Way, Suite 158.