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A warning that the damage done to the land threatens many species, including our own.

More case law on compelled passcode production and the Fifth Amendment has been generated by a New Jersey appeals court. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do anything to strengthen Fifth Amendment protections against compelled production. And that’s largely because this court can’t. The state’s Supreme Court handed down a ruling in August 2020 that limited the “foregone […]

The family of the late Tyre Sampson has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming negligence in the death of their 14-year-old son.

On this month’s Legal Roundtable, attorneys Booker T. Shaw, Mary Anne Sedey and Bill Freivogel discuss the legal settlements Sen. Steve Roberts Jr. entered with two women who accused him of sexual assault, former Gov. Eric Greitens’ child custody case, race-related strikes on potential jurors and more.

BRIGHTON – The Piasa Southwestern High School baseball team picked up a bounce-back win over the Pana Panthers Monday afternoon by a score of 13-3. It comes after dropping both games of a double-header against New Berlin last Saturday by scores of 12-7 and 28-16. The Piasa Birds’ record remains a positive one though at 12-9 now on the season. Marcus Payne started on the mound for Piasa, and he was able to throw the entire six-inning game. Along the way, he picked up nine strikeouts while only walking one batter. He also recorded a hit and two RBI’s on the day. He found himself in a little trouble in the first inning. The Panthers were able to score a couple of runs early to take off to a 2-0 lead. The Piasa Birds battled back though. Hank Bouillon’s flyout scored a run to cut the lead in half. Payne hit a sac fly in the second inning to tie the game at 2-2. They found themselves trailing again though after Pana scored another run in the third. Southwestern

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BRIGHTON - The Piasa Southwestern baseball team picked up a 13-3 win over the Pana Panthers to remain undefeated in South Central Conference play and boost their season record to 12-9. Sophomore Marcus Payne started on the mound for the Piasa Birds and pitched the entire six-inning game throwing nine K’s along the way while only walking one. Payne is the Altonized Community Federal Credit Union Male Athlete of the Month for Southwestern. “Pretty much everything was working today,” Payne said postgame. His mixture of pitches proved to be troubling for the Panthers as he held them to just three runs. “We were really productive at the plate today, we had a couple of sac flies,” he added. He produced one of them in the second inning that tied the game back up at 2-2 after going down 2-0 in the first inning. Offensively he went 1-2 with a hit and two RBIs. He mentioned that these conference wins are huge saying that Piasa Southwestern hasn’t won th

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After the 2014 protests in Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice found that city’s police department and municipal court had intentionally worked together to increase revenue through fines and traffic tickets. Responding …

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Friday his state's National Guard would send equipment to Ukraine.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page on Wednesday pitched a plan to spend $5 million on transforming the Metropolitan Education and Training (MET) Center in Wellston using funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Page's plan calls for using the funds, alongside possible state-matching funds, to turn the MET Center into "an anchor in innovation for launching new companies and small businesses that can take root in St. Louis County," he said in a statement. The County Council would have to…

Meteorologists from 5 On Your Side, the National Weather Service, and the St. Louis Science Center teamed up once again to host “Weather Day” at Busch Stadium.

A critic of the Robertson Fire Protection District says emergency response may be delayed to his address.

A co-owner of the company said he’s excited about the location of the event space due to its proximity to the under-construction Major League Soccer stadium and other large event spaces like Scottrade Center and Busch Stadium.

Monday was the start of Milky Way season. It was the first time in 2022 that the core of the Milky Way rose at a decent hour (around 1 am) and there was no moon. Since it was a dex night for me, I went out to take some pictures. But I couldn't find it. ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"

Metallica has announced Rye the Lightning, the latest spirit from the band's signature Blackened Whiskey brand. Named after the 1984 'Tallica album Ride the Lightning, Rye the Lightning is a…

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Foreigner's recent eight-show Las Vegas residency at The Venetian Theatre raised more than $100,000 for the American Red Cross' Ukrainian relief efforts as part a partnership with the charitable organization.…

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Today on TAP: Some in the administration are again pushing for tariff cuts. Their approach is bad economics and worse politics.

Update: After this post went up, Tech Review appears to have done a major edit to that article, and added a correction about the completely false claim regarding Section 230 protecting CSAM. The article still has problems, but is no longer quite as egregiously wrong. The post below is about the original article. MIT’s Tech […]

Medical officials say former Missouri state representative Cora Faith Walker’s cause of death was due to a heart disease. First reported by KSDK, St. Louis Medical Examiner Michael Graham says Walker died of a heart condition known as nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Graham explained the condition as a disease of the heart muscle, one that usually affects older people with high blood pressure, but he said that Walker did not have high blood pressure.