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Demetrious Johnson, the St. Louis native who played for five seasons in the NFL and in retirement helped thousands through a charitable foundation that bore his name, died Saturday. He was 61. Family members said Johnson died of an aortic dissection, a rare condition in which a tear occurs in the inner layer of the body's main artery, at a St. Louis hospital. "His family and friends are saddened by this loss. His big heart and love for his community will never be forgotten," his daughter, Ashley…

Holiday/Christmas Cactus tips from P. Allen Smith Want to attract birds to your yard but not invasive Starlings? Here are some ideas. Thru Friday Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets Cabin Fever Cure in St. Louis. Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a tropical getaway during winter (or any … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

“Defendant Northside is insolvent and too undercapitalized to maintain the Property or otherwise provide relief to Plaintiff,” the lawsuit says.

Webster University’s Kooyumjian Gallery Presents…Beginnings 2022: Juried High School Photography   Reception & Gallery Talk Friday, December 2, 2022 5:30-7:30pm   This exhibit showcases the artistry and talent of High

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1972 Fischer/Spassky: The Match, its Origin, and Influence celebrates the 50th anniversary of the American Robert “Bobby” Fischer’s historic win over the Russian Boris Spassky in the legendary 1972 World

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Time to see what your neighbors are doing to help us all in #WhatYouAreDoingAboutIt.

Celebrate the life and work of Dr. Jane Goodall, who braved the unknown to provide a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives – chimpanzees.   On Oct. 7, the

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Let Circus Harmony, the circus school located at City Museum in downtown St. Louis, entertain your kids after the holidays.   The only social circus in St. Louis, Circus Harmony

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This featured exhibition in the Great Hall of the St. Louis Public Library – Central Library explores how iconic characters both reflect and influence American culture from the 1960s to

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The UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office published new piracy guidance this week claiming that Netflix password sharing is illegal. Back when Netflix was a pesky upstart trying to claw subscribers away from entrenched cable providers, the company had a pretty lax approach to users who shared streaming passwords. At one point CEO Reed Hastings went so far […]

On December 31, SLAM will host an in-person community celebration of Kwanzaa alongside Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., St. Louis Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter.

More than half of the states in the U.S. will raise their minimum wages next year. Will yours?

SPRINGFIELD – The Family Bereavement Leave Act will go into effect on January 1, 2023, expanding unpaid leave rights for employees across the State. As the New Year approaches, employers should be aware of the new requirements under the Act. The Family Bereavement Leave Act (FBLA) is an amendment to the Child Bereavement Leave Act (CBLA) that expands leave time requirements to cover pregnancy loss, failed adoptions or surrogacy agreements, unsuccessful reproductive procedures, and other diagnoses or events negatively impacting pregnancy or fertility. The FBLA also requires employers to provide leave time after the loss of family members previously not covered by the CBLA, including spouses, domestic partners, siblings, grandparents, and stepparents. Employees may take up to two weeks, or 10 working days, of unpaid leave time for any of the events covered by the FBLA to grieve, to attend a funeral, or to make arrangements necessitated by the death of a family member. Employers

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In November, Today Show weatherman Al Roker was hospitalized after a blood clot that formed in his leg sent clots to his lungs. After being discharged on Thanksgiving he was readmitted almost immediately because he started showing more symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), blood clots are a serious and growing health issue affecting an estimated 900,000 Americans each year resulting in nearly 100,000 deaths. Blood clots are a normal response to an injury where a blood vessel gets broken. If it doesn’t clot, you will continuously bleed causing a hemorrhage. The problem is when blood clots occur for the wrong reasons such as a piece of plaque breaking off in the artery to the heart which can cause a heart attack. According to Mark Meeker, D.O., an internal medicine physician and vice president of community medicine at OSF HealthCare, another example is in the legs. He says blood usually flows relatively rapidly through our body but if something

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This comes via Neville Medhora and shows what we've been searching for on Google during 2022: NFTs got a fair amount of sustained attention, but I'm heartened to see that the biggest and longest attention-grabber was Wordle. This is not because I care about Wordle one way or the other, but it seems nice and ...continue reading "Google search trends for 2022"

Even if you're not a regular hiker, there are few better ways to set the tone for the new year than getting outside, getting your body moving and checking out the (undoubtedly frozen) glories of Missouri. The St. Louis area is flush with excellent parks, but one of the best is the Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park (800 Guy Park Drive, Wildwood; 636-458-3813), which is hosting a First Day Hike.