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Ten years ago, Techdirt was one of the few sites to be following closely some obscure but important machinations at the UN’s International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to create a top-down regulatory scheme for the Internet. The fact that the two main proponents of this move were Russia and China gives an idea of the underlying […]

The companies were ordered to pay Missouri peach farmer Bill Bader, who said dicamba, a herbicide they produced, drifted onto his orchard and harmed his crops.

For the Culture STL began as the passion project of activist and protester Ohun Ashe. Four years later, the group is staging multiple summer events and boosting Black businesses in St. Louis. Ashe previews those events and reflects on her years-long efforts to support Black businesses in St. Louis.

A University City High School graduate was shot and killed in south St. Louis Wednesday.

Molina may currently be on the IL, but the Cardinals are continuing to celebrate his final season in the majors.

It's hard to believe Dirty Dancing came out almost 35 years ago. To celebrate its milestone anniversary, fans of the romantic film will soon be able to get their hands…

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A 31-year-old St. Louis County man was charged with murder today for beating an elderly woman to death with a baseball bat on Wednesday. A Berkeley Police Department probable cause statement says that yesterday on the 8800 block of Kathlyn Avenue, Isaac Heath allegedly used the bat to beat Eileen Schnitker, 76. Schnitker is listed as living on Kathlyn Avenue.

Isaac Heath said "that felt good" when he stopped swinging the bat, killing neighbor Eileen Benson Schnitker, according to court records.

The National Press Club called Gov. Mike Parsons reaction “a particularly egregious example” of an attack on the free press.

The Summer Fun STL program helps kids ages 5-17 stay off the streets. It's held at eight different locations across St. Louis.

CITY HALL – Children are getting even more options for safe summer fun, with an expansion of youth programming locations and events. Summer Fun STL, a collaboration of the city, …

A high-def analog audio disc featuring a new version of Bob Dylan's classic folk song "Blowin' in the Wind," which Dylan recorded last year, sold Thursday at a Christie's auction in…

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Buckle up, I've got an exciting post for you today! As you know, Gross Domestic Product is the size of the economy. It's calculated by adding up the value of all the goods and services produced in the United States. But you can calculate the same number by adding up all the income needed to ...continue reading "How big is the US economy, anyway?"

For the fourth month in a row, Missouri's medical marijuana industry has raked in more than $30 million dollars in cannabis sales, according to June numbers released by the Department of Health and Senior Services. Missouri cannabis dispensaries did $30.94 million in sales last month, DHSS reports, bringing the total amount of money brought in by the industry to $393.09 million to date. That's a serious chunk of change, to be sure.

The interstate will be closed in both directions so crews can work on the Big Bend Bridge.