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Tuesday, January 17, 2020 - Helping fourth graders discover Lewis and Clark
Officials at the Gateway Arch National Park say a recently renovated museum is giving students a much broader story of the country’s history.
Emergency crews respond to school bus accident Tuesday morning
Emergency crews were at the scene of an accident involving a school bus.
Emerson reveals $7.6B buyout bid for Texas-based public company
The Ferguson-based automation and software business made public its offer to buy Texas-based automated testing equipment maker in a deal giving the acquisition target an enterprise value of $7.6 billion.
MA Automakers Stall Right To Repair Reform After Running Ads Claiming Improved Repair Options Would Aid Sexual Predators
The auto industry in Massachusetts has successfully stalled consumer technology repair reform in the state, after repeatedly and falsely claiming that shoring up consumer repair options would be a massive boon to the state’s sexual predators. In late 2020, Massachusetts lawmakers (with overwhelming public support) passed an expansion of the state’s “right to repair” law. The original […]
Fast-food chain closes a Crestwood location
Overnight spots for a family of four?
Grocer lays off St. Louis support staff, to close 2 distribution centers
Funeral for businessman Frank Bommarito happening today
The funeral is Tuesday, January 17, for the late businessman Frank Bommarito.
FEMA open house explains Illinois flood maps today
Starting Tuesday, January 17, locals in the metro east will have the opportunity to view new flood insurance studies.
Woman involved in shooting with police released from custody
A woman who exchanged gunfire with police on Friday, January 13, in downtown St. Louis, was released from custody.
Three homicides in St. Louis City in under 2 hours
Two and a half weeks into the new year, the fifth, sixth, and seventh homicides of 2023 happened on Martin Luther King Jr. Day., taking place in less than a two-hour timespan.
Central Visual and Performing Arts High School returns to in-person learning Tuesday, Jan. 17
Nearly three months after a fatal campus shooting, students at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in south St. Louis return to in-person learning Tuesday morning.
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Advocates, providers scramble as Missouri’s new homelessness law goes into effect
Audra Youmans says most people living on the streets of St. Louis have nowhere else to go. As a volunteer and advocate with St. Louis Winter Outreach, she made over 40 calls to the city’s referral service for homeless shelters last year — recording and compiling a video to demonstrate the problem. “Every single time […]
The post Advocates, providers scramble as Missouri’s new homelessness law goes into effect appeared first on Missouri Independent.
The secretive legal weapon that fossil fuel interests use against climate-conscious countries
Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.
Guns in St. Louis are increasingly semi-automatic — with higher caliber bullets, too
Police in recent years have seen a sharp rise in both semi-automatic guns and higher-caliber ammunition in St. Louis — so shooters fire more rounds in a short amount of time, with guns that are more likely to be loaded…
Brazil’s new president faces ‘scorched earth scenario’ left behind by Bolsonaro
For environmental protections in Brazil, a long rebuilding process lies ahead.
FEMA invites Metro East flood victims to flood map info sessions
This New York crypto lawsuit aims to settle a key climate law loophole
The lawsuit could determine whether the state's Public Service Commission must consider emissions in its decision making.
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