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What the Spring Equinox Really Means for Daylight, Seasons and the Sky

4 months 2 weeks ago
Twice a year, the Sun seems to “hit the reset button” on Earth’s daylight. For a brief moment, the line between day and night looks almost perfectly balanced—yet the details are stranger than the slogan “equal day and night” makes it sound. The spring equinox matters because it’s one of the cleanest, most reliable markers we have for how Earth moves in space. It shapes calendars, traditions, and even the way we notice light in our daily routines. It

March 20 in History: Iraq War, Einstein's Breakthrough and Other Turning Points

4 months 2 weeks ago
The most significant global event linked to March 20 is the 2003 start of the Iraq War, when a U.S.-led coalition launched a military invasion of Iraq. The immediate goal was to remove Saddam Hussein’s government and address claims about weapons programs and regional security. At the time, the invasion reshaped alliances, triggered major debates about international law and the use of force, and set off rapid changes inside Iraq. Its effects still matter today because it influenced the balanc

Chuck Norris dies at 86, family announces

4 months 2 weeks ago
Chuck Norris, a martial artist and actor known for his appearances in “The Way of the Dragon” and “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died, his family announced Friday.
Michael Bartiromo

HHS to investigate 13 states that require insurers to cover abortions

4 months 2 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced an investigation into 13 states that require health insurance plans to cover abortion care.  In a news release, the agency said the investigation is based on allegations that the states are coercing health care entities to provide coverage of abortion “contrary to conscience” and in […]
Sofia Resnick

Nearly $100M in Missouri marijuana tax revenue sits unused despite voter mandate

4 months 2 weeks ago
About $95 million in Missouri marijuana-tax revenue that voters set aside for veterans services, public defenders and drug-addiction treatment programs sat unspent at the end of the last fiscal year.  And budget projections show that unused pile of cash would still be more than $60 million over the next two years unless lawmakers authorize the […]
Rebecca Rivas, Rudi Keller

Brendan Carr Crafting ‘Patriotic’ Call Center Onshoring Plan To Provide Cover For Mass Looming Telecom Layoffs

4 months 2 weeks ago
When he’s not busy trampling free speech, crushing the First Amendment, and destroying media consolidation and consumer protection standards, Brendan Carr has other hobbies. Like helping the telecom industry patriotically sell a brutal coming wave of new layoffs caused by the kind of industry consolidation he regularly rubber stamps. Carr recently began circulating plans for […]
Karl Bode

In rural Missouri classrooms, a new approach to reading is taking hold

4 months 2 weeks ago
In early 2026, a small group of first-grade students at Lucy Wortham James Elementary School in St. James, Missouri, sat together sounding out words. Kim Williams, the school’s principal, watched as they worked through the lesson. One young boy caught her attention. “This student had struggled significantly the year before and often avoided reading tasks,” […]
William Hehemann

Counties with heaviest pesticide use see higher late-stage lymphoma rates

4 months 2 weeks ago
Seventy-one percent of counties that spray the most glyphosate have late-stage non-Hodgkin lymphoma incidence rates above the national average, according to a new data analysis from the advocacy group Food and Water Watch. Last month, Investigate Midwest, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship, published an investigation that found 60% of the top […]
Ben Felder

Fans celebrate SLU's win over Georgia in NCAA tournament

4 months 2 weeks ago
St. Louis University's men's basketball team celebrated a record-breaking 102-77 victory over the Georgia Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, marking their first win since 2014 and setting a new school record with 29 victories in a single season.
Nick Gladney

Friday, March 20 - CEMA's struggles

4 months 2 weeks ago
This week marks 10 months since a deadly tornado tore through parts of St. Louis. As the region enters what has recently been the busiest months for tornadoes, St. Louis’s Emergency Management Agency, which leads disaster response and helps prepare the city in case of emergencies, remains underfunded and understaffed. St. Louis Public Radio's Hiba Ahmad breaks down how long the funding issues have been in place and what the future looks like for the agency.

Wildly misguided farm policy creates oceans of red ink for taxpayers

4 months 2 weeks ago
“Check here if you, or your spouse if filing jointly, want even more of your money to go into the Farm Subsidy Kitty. Taxes might have to increase in the future to pay for it.” Let’s face it: $1.4 trillion dollars is a lot of dough. Adding $20 billion, $10 billion and then $12 billion […]
Greg Frazier