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FCC ‘Investigating’ Repeated Broadband Industry Coverage Lies

2 years 9 months ago
After years of criticism about their inaccuracy, the FCC recently spent another $50 million (on top of the $350 million they’d already spent) on supposedly better broadband maps. But the end result is still a bit of a mess, with entrenched telecom monopolies like Comcast being repeatedly caught claiming to deliver broadband in areas that […]
Karl Bode

Janae Edmondson's Parents Urge St. Louis Judge To Keep Daniel Riley in Jail

2 years 9 months ago
This afternoon in a St. Louis city courtroom, 21-year-old Daniel Riley sat a few feet away from the parents of Janae Edmondson as they recounted the painful recovery their daughter is undergoing in a Saint Louis University hospital a week after Riley allegedly struck Edmondson with a car, resulting in the loss of both her legs. "This is not the life she expected," Janae's mother said. She added that in the past few days her daughter has asked her heartbreaking questions like, "Am I ever going to walk again?
Ryan Krull

Comedian Kevin James coming to St. Louis in September

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Comedian Kevin James is coming to St. Louis this fall during his Irregardless Tour. He will be playing the Stifel Theatre on Wednesday, September 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 3 at 10:00 a.m. James is a comedian, actor, and writer who best known for his role as [...]
Joe Millitzer

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 9 months ago
I realize this will seem sort of pitiful to you folks east of the Mississippi, with your frigid weather and routine winter blizzards, but we don't get many blizzards here in Southern California. This weekend we did, and we're all pretty excited about it. So today we have a diptych of Saddleback, a pair of ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum