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FCC Approval Of New Starlink Satellites Should Help Growing Congestion Issues

2 years 10 months ago
While Space X’s Starlink is a promising broadband option if you’re out of range of traditional options (and can afford the $710 first month price tag), many users who’ve pre-ordered aren’t having a great time. Some say they’ve been waiting for service more than a year, during which time Starlink has often refused to answer basic […]
Karl Bode

St. Louis Board of Aldermen approves guaranteed basic income program for more than 400 families

2 years 10 months ago
More than 400 families living in poverty will soon see direct cash payments from the city of St. Louis for at least a year and a half under a new bill approved by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. The board on Tuesday approved a bill to allocate millions of dollars in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and includes $5 million for a guaranteed basic income pilot program for parents living in poverty.  The bill now heads to Mayor Tishaura Jones' desk for final approval. Jones has signified support…
Mark Maxwell and Sam Clancy

First Look: Wright's Tavern in Clayton Celebrates Steakhouse Classics

2 years 10 months ago
Matt McGuire and Cary McDowell may have opened Wright's Tavern (7624 Wydown Boulevard, Clayton; 314-390-1466)  just a little over a week ago, but the restaurant has been in the making for much longer — about 23 years. "I met Matt 23 years ago at King Louie's; I met my wife, Holly, there, so my love affair with Matt began with my love affair with Holly," McDowell says. "I started holding court there, and we became best friends.
Cheryl Baehr

How MoBot used plant DNA to convict a Missouri killer

2 years 10 months ago
Conservation geneticist Christy Edwards never expected to use her knowledge of plant phenotyping to help solve a murder. The experience seemed more akin to a script of “Law and Order” or “CSI”: A young wife and new mother disappears, the investigators suspect her husband of foul play, and they just need the evidence to prove it. Instead of blood, mud and juniper needles become the focus — and Edwards and her colleagues at the Missouri Botanical Garden rush to collect samples and analyze over 100 trees around Mengqi Ji’s burial site, evidence that ultimately ties her husband to the crime.