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Here are five places to visit in the St. Louis area to satisfy your toasted ravioli cravings.

Rows of trees at Forest Park that have greeted visitors with white blooms for years are getting an overhaul.

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 […]

Armon Burns was convicted in the killing of Trevon Wright, 21, at a gas station in unincorporated St. Louis County.

It's the 20th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War Against the Terrorist Saddam Hussein, and many people think this is a good time for retrospectives. Personally, I'd prefer to forget about the whole thing, but I suppose that's a bad idea. Still, although I've explained before why I eventually turned against the war,¹ I'm not ...continue reading "Why I supported the Iraq War . . . for a while"

With the past weekend's cold, today may not feel like the first day of spring, but it is. Before you know it, St. Louis will be back to its humid, 90-degree summer days. But in between now and then, savor what makes St. Louis spring glorious. There's few better ways to do so than strolling around Missouri Botanical Garden (4344 Shaw Boulevard) to see cherry blossoms in their vibrant bloom.

The March 25 event will include a march through The Grove and a closing ceremony recognizing artists and activists Jordan Braxton, Maxi Glamour, and Akasha Royale.

JERSEYVILLE - A few individuals have been charged over the past week for a range of crimes including aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, theft, and more, according to the latest felony filing report from the Jersey County Circuit Clerk’s Office. David W. Rill, 64, of Bunker Hill, was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (a Class 4 felony), unlawful possession of methamphetamine (a Class 3 felony), operating an uninsured motor vehicle, and improper use of evidence of registration or certificate of title. The incident took place on March 15; a warrant was issued for his arrest on the same day and his bail was set at $25,000. Rill carried an “uncased, unloaded … black Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun” with ammunition at a time when he was not on his property or someone else’s property with their permission, according to the report from Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Tellor. The gun was “immediately

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Metallica's "Enter Sandman" still rung out during Virginia Tech's opening game during the NCAA women's basketball tournament, despite a rule preventing it from being played. As The Roanoke Times explains, even…

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KISS’ Gene Simmons recently announced a chance for U.K. fans to record a song with him at Abbey Road Studios — for a price, of course. Well, now he’s offering U.S. fans a…

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It was a night for frozen asses. Like those of the CITY SC fans downtown.

Dierberg Markets will hold an opening ceremony March 28 for its new Crestwood store, which anchors the $67 million Crestwood Crossing retail development on the site of the former Crestwood Court, and earlier Crestwood Plaza, shopping mall.

Lopez Watson-Simms was accused of murder in a 2018 Spanish Lake home invasion.

An 18-year-old is in custody in connection with a shooting death from last summer in Spanish Lake.

The pills came in a dark salmon-colored envelope sealed with a plastic covering that traveled more than 7,000 miles, over a dozen time zones from Nagpur, India, in almost exactly one week. They were placed partially under the doormat of a home in a state with one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the […]

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Here's the latest from the IPCC on our progress toward reining in climate change: Bottom line: Current policies "lead to warming of 3.2°C." That's about 6°F for real Americans who don't use the metric system. I sometimes think that this whole business of using temperature rises to describe climate change is misguided. In the US, ...continue reading "IPCC6: We are fucked (but don’t say that)"

Sometimes it feels like we need to keep pointing this out, but it’s (1) often forgotten and (2) really, really important. Section 230 doesn’t just protect “big tech.” It also doesn’t just protect “small tech.” It literally protects you and me. Remember, the key part of the law so that no provider or user of […]