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On March 2, 1917, the United States Congress passed the Jones–Shafroth Act, granting U.S. citizenship to people born in Puerto Rico and reshaping the island’s political relationship with the United States. At the time, it mattered because it changed legal rights and civic life for millions of Puerto Ricans, including how the island was governed and how residents could participate in U.S. institutions. It still matters today because the act sits at the center of ongoing questions abou

Hawley, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, offer bill to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes; also would tax existing holdings

Missouri cannabis regulators want more power to penalize bad actors in the marijuana industry, according to drafts of proposed rules released last week. The sweeping revisions to Division of Cannabis Regulation rules also aim to streamline the process for ownership changes, allow publicly traded companies to own cannabis licenses, and establish recall procedures of marijuana […]

Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder are releasing two new CDs exclusively in Japan to celebrate Vedder's upcoming debut solo tour in the country.One of the CDs is a reissue of…

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Here are some key retail and business openings and closings for the St. Louis area in February:

As the St. Louis area transitions into spring, CEMA encourages residents to prepare for severe storms and tornadoes.

Within hours of the joint US/Israeli attack beginning, St. Louisans gathered in Forest Park to express their opposition to the war.

A Grubville man and a Lonedell teenager were killed Saturday morning in a head-on crash in Franklin County.

A local fire department is conducting an internal investigation after a man's body was found by family members two days after a fire, despite initial search efforts by first responders.

You might recall that when political news website Semafor entered the media industry on the back of $25 million in private money, they made all kinds of promises about how they were somehow going to revolutionize U.S. media. In reality most of their promises were relatively inane, and it didn’t take long before the outlet […]

Begin Again: 50 Years and Counting marks Laumeier’s 50th anniversary by celebrating five decades of artist commissions and exhibitions. Featuring hundreds of artists and rarely seen works from Laumeier’s collection, […]

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More than 3,000 bridge players will compete in St. Louis. “Each hand is a new challenge and a new puzzle."

Police are investigating a break-in at La Taco Cantina in Maryland Heights, where robbers stole money and merchandise and caused extensive damage to the restaurant.

Those cases mostly involved city officers firing their guns, and they range in date from September 2022 to May 2024. Three of those incidents were fatal.

Chinese lanterns will glow at the zoo, while ancient Roman art comes to life at the art museum.

For Scarlett Loomas of Sikeston, the logistics of obtaining day care for her children were half the battle. She would drive southeast for 30 minutes each morning to East Prairie in Mississippi County to drop her kids off at child care. Then she would drive another 40 minutes farther south to work in Portageville in […]

In rapid succession this year, the Washington Post laid off half its newsroom, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution cut 15% of its staff and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced it would close in May. What’s perhaps most alarming is that the collapse of major newspapers no longer arrives as a civic emergency. It’s become routine. Journalism is the […]