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Bush has announced a livestream of the band's upcoming show in Los Angeles, taking place January 29. You can tune in to watch beginning at 9:15 p.m. PT via the…

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As House members dragged themselves through vote after vote in the tussle over the speakership in the first week of January, viewers got a rare glimpse of the intense negotiations. Cameras captured shouts and whispers between representatives as well as images of Representative-elect George Santos, mired in controversy over his largely fabricated resume, staring at his phone alone on the House benches.

The cameras, controlled by C-SPAN during the negotiations, achieved an unusual and vastly improved level of transparency. Unfortunately, the end of the days-long tussle, in which Republican Kevin McCarthy was ultimately successful, meant a return to the status quo: The political party in charge of the House controls the cameras. C-SPAN was once again restricted to permanent robotic cameras trained at the speaker’s dais and podium.

Today, Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Demand Progress Education Fund, along with a coalition of more than 40 partners, including advocacy organizations and media outlets, submitted a joint letter calling for McCarthy and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to restore C-SPAN’s right to control its own cameras, along with the transparency that Americans enjoyed during the speakership negotiations.

“People on both sides of the aisle agree that it’s un-American for politicians to control news cameras,” said Seth Stern, FPF’s advocacy director. “Transparency is vital to our democracy and there is no reason for House rules to restrict the press and public from viewing the best possible footage of their representatives in action.”

Signatories to the letter include Lincoln Network, TechFreedom, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Press Action, the National Press Club, National Press Photographers Association, PEN America, and Project on Government Oversight.

“When C-SPAN is able to call its own shots, the American public benefits by getting an authentic and transparent view of how Congress functions and the mood of the chamber,” said Daniel Schuman, policy director at Demand Progress Education Fund. “We can see what really happens on the House floor, such as unexpected bipartisan negotiations like when Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Gosar had a one-on-one conversation during the speaker vote-a-rama.”

“That's one reason why I hate crooked cops because I was a victim of that,” said Heatherly.

Five inmates on Tuesday evening escaped the St. Francois County Detention Center and remained at large Wednesday morning, according to authorities.

For years now we’ve written about the problems of the UK’s latest (in a long line) of attempts to “Disneyfy” the internet with its Online Safety Bill. While the bill had faced some hurdles along the way, made worse by the ever-rotating Prime Minister position last year, there was talk last week that some more […]

"We are seeing a child coming to our ER right now shot at the same rate we see a child with appendicitis," said Dr. Lindsay Clukies.

Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) – the St. Louis region’s transit advocacy organization – has announced plans for its next virtual “Talking Transit” event, which is set for Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 8:30 a.m. via ZOOM. This event will highlight the trajectory of transit in the St. Louis region in 2023. The event is free […]

A documentary about Canadian rock band Triumph is set to debut on AXS TV later this month. Triumph: Rock & Roll Machine, debuting January 25 at 9 p.m. ET, tells the true story…

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Gas station surveillance video revealed that Brett Kress chased after a man and shot him after the man tried to steal his car, police said.

Legal challenges to Illinois' semiautomatic weapons ban began Wednesday with a federal complaint that the 8-day-old law prohibits “commonly possessed” and constitutionally protected guns.

Since May 2022, the CEO has invested more than $30 million of his own money to buy shares of the firm. The transactions, involving a public company, are significant not only because of the buyer, but also because they add to an already outsized — and atypical — ownership stake that carries risks.

Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a 1990 murder he did not commit in St. Louis. The two witnesses whose testimony led to his conviction have recanted, leading to a dramatic moment in 2020, when a Missouri judge ruled: “This court does not believe that any jury would now convict Christopher Dunn under these facts.” Yet Dunn remains in prison on a life sentence, doomed to die behind bars. Christopher Dunn, his wife Kira, and attorney Kent Gipson discuss the case and why Missouri law is uniquely blind to Dunn’s case for innocence.

The driver returned fire and believes he might have struck the suspect, Hillsdale police said.

Crime is certainly one issue to tackle on our pathway to becoming more vibrant, but it seems like we’re waiting for urban St. Louis to achieve the same crime rates as the quiet suburban communities we live in. No other urban area meets that bar, nor can we, writes St. Louis resident Jeff Leonard.

Several people were sent to the hospital on Wednesday after overdosing at the Graham Correction Center in Hillsboro, Illinois.

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Check out the latest numbers for PPI inflation: PPI is basically inflation at the wholesale level: it's the price that domestic producers get for the initial sale of their products, and it's often a forerunner of consumer inflation. As usual, I'm showing monthly inflation that's been annualized. Headline PPI came in at -5.8% and core ...continue reading "Today brings yet more evidence that inflation is falling"

Former St. Louis Rams head coach Mike Martz and FOX 2 Sports director Martin Kilcoyne are teaming up for a charity event next week.

Major updates to Interstate 70 in Missouri were announced during Gov. Mike Parson's State of the State address on Wednesday.