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As entry restrictions lifted on Monday on U.S. border crossings for some tourists from Mexico, the Biden administration is continuing to deny entry to asylum-seekers from Mexico and Central America under a Trump-era emergency public health rule. Lisandro, a migrant from southern Mexico using a pseudonym to protect his identity, tried to request entry to […]

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Welcome back to the Big Mad, the RFT's weekly roundup of righteous rage! Because we know your time is short and your anger is hot:

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Separated by security glass in a visiting room in the St. Louis Workhouse, Mike Milton looked into the face of a broken system. It was a weekday in early April 2019, and the face belonged to Samuel Lee Scott.…

Three women slowly make their way into a gallery, their arms and legs stretching down and up to a low, pulsing synth from the speakers. Their bodies are dressed in repurposed cotton in loose-fitting pastels.…

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Tuesday offered details about how money from the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill would be spent, emphasizing the pending law’s potential to add clean energy capacity. Department of Transportation officials highlighted the $1.2 trillion bill’s record funding for public transit like buses and subways, as well as for Amtrak. They […]

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Aerosmith must be experiencing some sweet emotion with the news that their 1975 album Toys in the Attic has now been certified nine times Platinum by the RIAA for amassing…

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With help from social media star Charlie Rocket, Florissant bakery Made. by Lia was temporarily transformed into Lyla's Dream Bakery to help raise funds for Lyla McCarty's medical treatment.

Check out the highlights of Ben Frederickson's weekly chat with St. Louis sports fans.

In 1979, Laclede’s Landing was turned into an ice cream lover’s paradise, when everything within a nine-block radius was dedicated entirely to ice cream! You name it, they had it at the festival—ice cream building, root beer floats, fried ice cream, astronaut ice cream, watermelon sherbet, ice cream “trees,” ice cream omelets, spumoni, and turtle …

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Joseph Bates of St. Louis, MO became a Real Rock Hero in the Real Rock Army today

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The environmental group suing for further review of a Spire pipeline said it wants service to remain through winter and accuses Spire of "fear-based tactics"

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"I don't think they really fully understand the story. They know parts, but they don't know all of it and I'm excited to kind of release that to everybody."

"We continue to see the need grow and grow, so it’s at a steady pace and our response is needed more than ever."

With the holidays approaching, the funding holdup is likely to delay construction bidding on the project until next year, officials said.