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First responders are at the scene of a crash that has taken place on McKinley Bridge.

For decades now, privacy advocates warned we were creating a dystopia through our rampant over-collection and monetization of consumer data. And just as often, those concerns were greeted with calls of “consumers don’t actually care about privacy” from overly confident white guys in tech. Nothing has exposed those flippant responses as ignorant quite like the […]

Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and his team are working tirelessly to understand the longterm impact of long COVID-19.

A “Conversation with Diane von Furstenberg” is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. October 12 at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University.

The University of Missouri is promoting the idea of cattle grazing in forests instead of pastures. Researchers say it’s better for the cattle and the environment.

Chesterfield has so far OK'd several housing developments for an 80-acre walkable community that's centered around a large lake.

The victim’s identity has not been released.

While some leaders caution against rushing to judgment, agitated activists took to the streets to criticize law enforcement for investigating former President Trump.

Left Bank Books raised over $20,000 towards flood recovery. The best part is they didn't even ask people to give, the community just came to them.

The Whittaker 2032 model home features two porches and ample surrounding green space.

Big, national firms posted larger gains in mortgage lending than local firms in 2021. The reason, according to one St. Louis, banker: The big guys were playing catch-up.

For a fleeting moment in the spring of 2020, just about everyone in America came together as to the need for better police accountability. The world had just witnessed, on chilling video, the 8-minute-46-second strangulation murder of a defenseless Black man named George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers. Even as the nation’s streets erupted in spontaneous rage, an oasis of uncommon consensus emerged: Something had to be done to hold bad cops accountable for their misconduct.

In its first days of operation in July, a newly revamped, national mental health hotline was already exceeding Missouri providers’ expectations as a wave of people dialed three numbers: 9-8-8. They ranged from the curious to those seeking help, and several providers across Missouri told The Independent calls had already increased by 50% within a […]

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Journalists have a problem with “conspiracy theories.” I put the phrase in quotes because writers, editors and headline writers have a problem with those consecutive words — “conspiracy theories” — in their writing. It’s not because they are being duped into believing farcical truths about the world. Journalists are lumping all kinds of gaslighting, misinformation, […]

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Regular readers know I have a strong dislike of the interstate highways that were forced through existing dense urban neighborhoods, destroying social networks and dividing neighborhoods. So it’s no surprise I’ve thought about I-64 in Midtown St. Louis for decades. It was August 2021 when I learned MoDOT would be ...

There are at least half a dozen major Western water pipeline projects under consideration, ranging from ambitious to outlandish.

The alarm clocks went off early once again for many metro-east students Monday morning.