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Cable Giant Charter Once Again Jacks Up Broadband Prices

2 years 8 months ago
Cable giants like Comcast and Charter continue to struggle to retain traditional TV subscribers, so they’re extracting their pound of flesh from their captive cable broadband customers that have no alternative ISPs to flee to thanks to a continued lack of competition in the United States. Both companies were quick to jack up broadband prices […]
Karl Bode

St. Louis Dumpster Watch: Tennessee Avenue and Winnebago Street

2 years 8 months ago
As part of an ongoing investigation into St. Louis' enduring but endearing trashiness, the RFT presents Dumpster Watch, an exhaustive look at our city's oft-neglected and ever-overflowing refuse receptacles. Let's dive in: Date and time: October 27, 4:25 p.m.
Daniel Hill

Fake St. Louis Journalist Juan Thompson Headed Back to Prison

2 years 8 months ago
Juan Thompson is headed back to prison. The 37-year-old from St. Louis attained infamy in 2016 when, as a reporter for The Intercept, it was revealed that he fabricated quotes and sources on multiple stories. One of the most egregious fabrications happened in the wake of the Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, when Thompson created out of whole cloth an interview with shooter Dylann Roof's cousin, Scott Roof.
Riverfront Times Staff

Missouri ballot measures put state investments, National Guard before voters

2 years 8 months ago

In the first four months of Missouri’s fiscal year, the state earned $42.8 million in interest for the general revenue fund, more than in the past two full years combined. The enormous increase is due to two factors — a record surplus in the fund and the rapid rise in interest rates. On Tuesday, voters […]

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Rudi Keller

Jean Shin: Home Base

2 years 8 months ago

New York state-based artist Jean Shin, Laumeier’s 2022 Visiting Artist in Residence, describes her work as “giving new form to life’s leftovers.” Her sculptures and installations transform familiar objects into

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Patrick