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Is the California Legislature Addicted to Performative Election-Year Stunts That Threaten the Internet?

2 years 8 months ago
It’s an election year, and like clockwork, legislators around the country want to show they care about protecting kids online. This pre-election frenzy leads performative bills that won’t actually help any kids. Today I’m blogging about one of those bills, California AB 2408, “Social media platform: child users: addiction.” (For more on how the California legislature […]
Mike Masnick

Man charged in fatal shooting of teen at St. Louis Greyhound station

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - A man has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting Monday of a teen inside the lobby of a greyhound station. Montrel Alexander, 21, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action. The shooting that killed a 17 or 18-year-old boy happened at 430 South 15th Street at about [...]
Monica Ryan

Felon gets 5 years; police find gun with him in Shaw neighborhood

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Police caught a convicted felon with a gun when they responded to a domestic violence incident in the Shaw neighborhood. Now that man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. In May, De’Aliz’e Jones, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. On [...]
Monica Ryan

Man shot and killed on I-55 Friday identified

2 years 8 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The person killed Friday night on I-55 has been identified. Deolandis Dabney, 27, was shot at about 12:30 p.m. on I-55 at South Broadway. Officers found him inside a four-door silver car suffering from gunshot wounds to his head and torso. The back passenger window was shot out, though it remains unclear [...]
Monica Ryan

Lunchtime Photo

2 years 8 months ago
This is the Long Beach skyline seen through the Seal Beach pier. The roundish building a little left of the midpoint is the Long Beach Arena. You can see the Queen Mary between the farthest left pilings. A cruise ship is docked at the far left.
Kevin Drum

Illinois to auction unclaimed property at the state fair

2 years 8 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -Unclaimed property will once again be auctioned off in Illinois. The Illinois State Treasurer's Office is hosting the auction at the state fair on August 21, 2022. The auction serves the dual purpose of helping the office clean out its vault while also raising awareness of the state's unclaimed property search engine. That [...]
Joe Millitzer

Republican Darren Bailey facing backlash for saying Holocaust 'doesn't even compare' to abortion in 2017 Facebook video

2 years 8 months ago
CHICAGO — Republican candidate for Illinois governor Darren Bailey is facing backlash after saying the horrors of the Holocaust “doesn't even compare” to abortion. On Tuesday, Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, who is Jewish, released an ad highlighting antisemitic comments made by Bailey during his 2017 run for a seat in the Illinois House. The [...]
Melissa Espana