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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 10 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 10 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 10 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

Bailey in 2017: abortion ‘doesn’t even compare’ to Holocaust

2 years 10 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WCIA) – Before running for statewide office, Republican candidate for Governor Darren Bailey argued abortions are worse than Holocaust in a Facebook Live. “I believe that abortion is one of the greatest atrocities of our day and I believe it’s one of the greatest atrocities probably forever,” Bailey said in the video about six [...]
Danny Connolly

The Kabul Execution: Action Without Actors

2 years 10 months ago
Today on TAP: Who needs SEAL Team Six when a drone can do it all? Eventually, who’ll need any manual labor? And what will become of those who work with their hands?
Harold Meyerson

SIUE Alumnus Brett Sheroky Breaks into the Country Music Industry 

2 years 10 months ago
EDWARDSVILLE – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville alumnus Brett Sheroky is returning to his hometown of Belleville to showcase his musical talents, which have caught the attention of multiple top country music artists. “I have had artists like Blake Shelton, Granger Smith, Jake Owen, and 2022 American Idol winner Noah Thompson record my songs,” said Sheroky, who moved to Nashville to pursue his passion for songwriting. “Matt Stell currently has my song ‘Man Made’ on country radio.” Sheroky earned a bachelor’s and master’s from SIUE in speech language pathology in 2006 and 2008, respectively. For a decade, he worked as a speech therapist by day and perfected his songwriting by night. In 2020, Sheroky signed his first publishing deal with SeaGayle Music, gaining the attention of artists and record labels. Sheroky will be performing at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 26-27 at the Venue on Main in Belleville. The show will be

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How much can Tyler O'Neill bench? TikTokkers find out

2 years 10 months ago
ST. LOUIS - "Is Tyler O'Neill the strongest player in the MLB?" That's the question the guys from @batboysbaseball asked the Cardinal's right fielder. O'Neill said in the video that about five years ago he hit his personal record on bench press at 425 pounds, but he commented on the video saying he made a [...]
Monica Ryan

Police ask for help identifying Central West End robbery suspect

2 years 10 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Detectives are asking for the public's help identifying and locating a robbery suspect. Police said three people were robbed on Wednesday, July 27 at 12:15 a.m. in the 10 block of South Euclid. The three victims reported this incident to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Central Patrol Division. They told police "they [...]
Monica Ryan

Twitter Reports Spike In Government Data Requests, Including Double The Amount Targeting Journalists

2 years 10 months ago
Governments love targeting Twitter for user data requests, but apparently now more than ever. The latest Twitter transparency report says new records are being set in the data request sector. The social network saw “record highs” in the number of account data requests during the July-December 2021 reporting period, with 47,572 legal demands on 198,931 […]
Tim Cushing