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Update: Deceased Is Identified: Police Investigate Triple Shooting, Homicide, In Ferguson, Mo.

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS COUNTY - St. Louis County Police detectives are investigating a triple shooting that left an adult man dead and two adult women injured Sunday evening in a parking lot in the 10900 block of New Halls Ferry Road in Ferguson, Mo., authorities said. Officers from the Ferguson Police Department responded at about 6:26 p.m. April 19, 2026, to a call for service reporting a shooting in the parking lot, police said. When officers arrived, they found three victims with apparent gunshot injuries

Federal Medicaid rule targeting abortion providers set to expire

4 months 2 weeks ago
A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it. Leaders in Congress in recent days have insisted that a new federal spending bill needs to be as stripped down as possible and focused on funding related […]
Sofia Resnick

How Symbols Gain Power Through Shared Meaning, Habit and Authority

4 months 2 weeks ago
A red octagon can stop a two-ton car with no physical force at all. The paint doesn’t block the road. The metal doesn’t slow the wheels. Yet most drivers hit the brakes without thinking. That’s the strange power of symbols: they do real work in the world, even though they’re made of nothing more than shared meaning. Symbols are everywhere—logos, flags, emojis, wedding rings, religious objects, even the way you knock on a door. They help us communicate fast, show

Columbine and Deepwater Horizon: Why April 20 Stands Out in History

4 months 2 weeks ago
The most significant global event linked to April 20 is the 1999 Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, United States. Two students carried out a planned attack at their school, killing 13 people and then themselves, and injuring many others. At the time, it shocked communities far beyond the U.S. because it showed how quickly violence could spread in a familiar, everyday place. It still matters today because it changed how schools think about safety, how many countries talk about youth

Night Comfort

4 months 2 weeks ago

The High Low Gallery presents a new exhibition, Night Comfort, featuring works by St. Louis artist Jeremy Rabus, opening Friday, March 27 and running through Sunday, June 14. Night Comfort explores nostalgia through […]

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Myranda Levins

Wak’a Garden

4 months 2 weeks ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins