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I get letters: It’s flabbergasting to me that such a thoughtful thinker and talented writer would use this imbecilic expression “nothingburger.” Thanks! Thoughtful and talented are great things to be. But what about nothingburger? Is it imbecilic? Or is it a great slang term? I think there's no way to resolve this except by polling ...continue reading "A quick nothingburger quiz"

Once just the concern of pissed off farmers and nerdy tinkerers, the last two years have seen a groundswell of broader culture awareness about “right to repair,” and the perils of letting companies like Apple, John Deere, Microsoft, or Sony monopolize repair options, making repairing things you own both more difficult and way more expensive. John Deere’s draconian repair […]

A 34-year-old Navy lieutenant is currently serving a three-year term for manslaughter in a Japanese prison. Here is a Wall Street Journal editorial explaining how he got there: Lt. Ridge Alkonis, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer the USS Benfold in Yokosuka, was driving his family back from a trip to Mt. Fuji in May 2021 ...continue reading "The Wall Street Journal has a problem with the truth"

Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said no more volunteers are needed for the program.

Marijuana companies will be able to deduct business expenses on their state taxes for the first time this year, a Missouri Department of Revenue spokeswoman confirmed to The Independent.  Missourians voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2018. But under federal law, growing, transporting or selling marijuana remains a crime. Because of this dynamic, marijuana companies […]

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Thousands of Missouri residents are dealing with long COVID. They can't work, and that is adding to the state's labor shortage.

A couple of firefighters are recovering from minor injuries Tuesday morning.

Overnight, a tractor-trailer crashed in north St. Louis.

Two people were injured in an early morning fire on Watson Road in south St. Louis.

St. Louis County will hold its 2023 inauguration for several elected officials later Tuesday morning.

Tragedy overnight in the city of St. Louis as a person was shot and killed on the north side.

Christopher Dunn has served over 30 years in prison for a murder he vehemently claims he did not commit. He stands not only on his word but on evidence that supports alibi witnesses and the recanted statements of trial witnesses in his case. However, the most substantial support for Dunn’s case may come from the […]

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The hearing was the closest Lamar Johnson has come in 30 years to freedom after the unsuccessful endeavors of nearly all of his appeals and habeas corpus petitions.

Stormwater experts shared findings Monday on July’s flash flooding that made University City a regional epicenter of damage — and gave recommendations for better policies, moving forward.

“Kevin McCarthy has ceded his speakership and control of the House Republican agenda to the most extreme fringe faction of his party."

Meet the Frankenstein of greenhouse gases.

As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.

As previously reported, Brian May was knighted as part of the 2023 New Year's Honours List, the first from King Charles. Well, the new honor apparently inspired a lot of fan art, and…

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