Video lottery operators on Tuesday promised Missouri will reap a windfall of money for education and other programs if lawmakers will substitute their devices for slot machine-like games currently in thousands of retail locations across the state. But opponents of a bill, which was debated by the House Emerging Issues, said legalizing video gambling in […]
The lawsuit outlines how Hanaway helped defend a scion of a prominent Ladue family in a criminal tax evasion case and suit while she worked in private practice in the 2010s.
At 4:30 p.m., it can feel like the day has already been used up. You glance at the clock, you’ve done a normal amount of work, and yet everything seems to move in slow motion—your energy, your plans, even your patience. It’s not just imagination. Certain months really do feel slower, and there are several reasons your brain and body push that impression to the front. The “slow” feeling is real—even if the clock doesn’t change A day is still 24 hours.
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart just over a minute after liftoff, killing all seven astronauts on board and halting NASA’s shuttle program in shock. The disaster mattered immediately because it ended lives in full public view and forced the United States to stop and reassess a flagship technology it had come to trust. It still matters today because it changed how complex systems are managed, how risks are communicated, and how spaceflight is designed and
A drop in immigration amid President Donald Trump’s enforcement crackdown led to historically slow population growth in the United States last year. Activity at the southern border is at a historic low. The population change reflects the last months of the Biden administration, when immigration controls began to tighten, and the first months of the […]
Outage maps show various streets in Webster Groves, Hazelwood, Woodson Terrace, Hazelwood and St. Ann have experienced disruptions as a bitter cold front sweeps through the region.
This morning starts cold with temperatures near 7 degrees, feeling bitterly cold at around 2 degrees as the day begins partly cloudy. By afternoon, mostly sunny skies will prevail with a high of 31 degrees, although it will feel very cold at 24 degrees. Winds will come from the west at around 8 mph, gusting to 14 mph, keeping it crisp but dry. As evening arrives, expect partly cloudy skies with temperatures dropping quickly into the low 20s and continuing to feel quite cold. Overnight, it will
Our shitty autocrats are nothing if not predictable. As we just got done noting, the Trump administration and their right wing extremist billionaire friend have joined forces to wage war on Netflix’s attempted acquisition of Warner Brothers. Larry wants Warner Brothers (and CNN) as part of his obvious effort to build a new autocrat-friendly propaganda […]
Utility crews are responding to several water main breaks in the St. Louis region, including in University City, Webster Groves and south St. Louis, which may cause low pressure, discolored water, or no water for customers in the affected areas.
Missouri lawmakers were urged Tuesday to make major investments in the state’s social services department in order to comply with new federal requirements and avoid steep penalties. Jess Bax, director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, told a House committee on Tuesday that her agency needs to hire additional contractors to tackle a backlog […]
Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Attorney General’s Office agree on one thing: abortion is legal in Missouri. That’s where the agreement ends. A 10-day trial that wrapped Monday in Kansas City laid bare decades of conflict over the state’s abortion laws. Dozens of restrictions — targeted regulation of abortion providers, or TRAP, laws — are […]
Imagine your physician offering you a new therapy for a serious medical condition—but with several warnings. You are told the treatment has never gone through carefully designed, peer-reviewed clinical trials. There is no professional licensure overseeing its use. And if something goes wrong, there is no clear system of accountability. Is that the care you […]
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