A fourth teen was indicted yesterday for the April shooting death of a St. Louis County cab driver. Trishawn Jones, of St. Louis County, was 17 when he allegedly shot and killed Dewight Price, 54. In explaining why Jones would be tried as an adult, U.S. Attorney Sayler A. Fleming said in a statement today that "the juvenile system would not provide a range of punishment commensurate with this crime."
I read a piece in the Washington Post last night about a couple who took their baby to the ER and subsequently had both their kids taken away by Child Protective Services. Why? Because an X-ray on the kid in the ER showed a healed fracture on his rib cage, which is taken as all ...continue reading "Raw data: Child maltreatment in the United States"
The people who are here to help are still in harm’s way. The Supreme Court may have mitigated a bit of this damage in its 2021 Van Buren decision, but its limitations on readings of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act’)’s (CFAA) language means more on paper than it does in real life. All this […]
You may have had some fun toys growing up, but even the most nostalgic adult would admit that the Toybox 3D Printer blows their childhood toys out of the water. Designed as an easy-to-use, 3D printer, ToyBox empowers both kids and adults alike to design and print their very own toys. It can be controlled […]
This article originally ran in the St. Louis Business Journal on Dec. 7, 2022. Chick-fil-A Supply, an affiliate of quick-service restaurant chain Chick-fil-A, plans to open a market distribution center in Maryland Heights, officials said Wednesday. The company is investing $16 million in the new facility, which will service more than 40 Chick-fil-A restaurants in the region, according to a press […]
Derek Schaefer, pre-construction manager at IMPACT Strategies has successfully completed the Design-Build Institute of America’s comprehensive education and certification testing program to achieve the design-build industry’s highest designation as a nationally certified Design-Build Professional®. Two to six years of substantial, documented direct project experiences in design-build project delivery experience is an additional prerequisite for Designated […]
While trees have long inspired artists with their wonder and natural beauty, Forest Through the Trees takes a new look at this familiar subject matter. As a park and a
The Office of Diversity Equity & Inclusion at the University of Missouri – St. Louis (UMSL) along with the MU Extension Equity Diversity and Inclusion Council will begin a program surrounding equity and inclusion in January 2023.
Metallica's new single, "Lux Æterna," has debuted at #2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart, the best start for any song on the ranking in over 15 years. The last…
In the same piece about Facebook and wokeness that I wrote about earlier, Matt Yglesias talks about the initial vision of Vox: One of the things that a lot of us old-time blogger types are good at is writing a lot of words across a broad range of subjects....And we thought this was scalable — ...continue reading "Great bloggers are rare, weird, and not team players"
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