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Comcast Forces Users To Buy Comcast Hardware If They Want Faster Upload Speeds

2 years 8 months ago
For decades, consumers have mostly wanted one thing from their ISP: a semi-affordable dumb pipe connection for the Internet. For just as long, US ISPs have bucked this demand, routinely trying to saddle users with higher costs and additional services consumer never asked for, while finding strange new ways to make an additional buck on […]
Karl Bode

In Missouri's Bootheel, Reproductive Health Care Options Are Few

2 years 8 months ago
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Reproductive Rights Reporting Fund. Christy Mershon has heard her fair share of horror stories. As the proprietor of a haunted house in Cape Girardeau, she's heard, and lived, literal spine-tinglers of doors slamming and unseen children laughing.
Monica Obradovic

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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100 firefighters battle fire at vacant warehouse near riverfront in St. Louis

2 years 8 months ago
St. Louis firefighters on Tuesday night were on the scene of a large fire at a vacant warehouse near the Mississippi River, just north of the Gateway Arch. The St. Louis Fire Department said the fire was at a warehouse near the intersection of North First Street and O'Fallon Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. The first call for the fire came out at around 7 p.m. As of 8:30 p.m., the fire department said 100 firefighters responded to the scene and were fighting the fire. They said…
Sam Clancy, KSDK

Boeing posts $3.3B loss on costs tied to defense programs

2 years 8 months ago
Boeing reported a surprising $3.3 billion loss for the third quarter Wednesday, as revenue fell short of expectations and it took huge losses for fixed-cost government programs including new Air Force One presidential jets. The company blamed higher manufacturing and supply-chain costs for driving the losses in government programs. CEO David Calhoun said Boeing remains [...]
DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press