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September 2nd has long been a date marked by pivotal moments that have shaped the course of history across the globe. One of the most impactful global events on this day dates back to 1945, when World War II officially came to an end. On September 2nd, Japan formally surrendered to the Allied forces aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, marking the conclusion of one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. This moment not only ended years of devastating warfare but also set the stage for a new world order, fostering international cooperation through institutions like the United Nations. The ceremony was solemn yet hopeful, symbolizing a commitment to peace and rebuilding. Going further back in time, September 2nd, 1666, witnessed a critical moment in London’s history: the Great Fire of London started and raged for three days. The fire destroyed large parts of the city, including thousands of homes and many landmarks, drastically altering London’s landscape. Although

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One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Villa Ridge, Missouri on Tuesday morning.

District 5 is investigating a shooting that injured a 1-year-old on September 1, 2025 in the 1500 block of Clara.

The post 1-year-old Shot in Wells-Goodfellow, Circumstances Unknown appeared first on St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

Businesses rely on the period between Black Friday and Christmas for a significant portion of their annual revenue.

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis will have its lights turned off for the month of September to reduce light pollution and help migrating birds.

The rushed integration of half-cooked automation into the already broken U.S. journalism industry simply isn’t going very well. There have been just countless examples where affluent media owners rushed to embrace automation and LLMs (usually to cut corners and undermine labor) with disastrous impact, resulting in lots of plagiarism, completely false headlines, and a giant, completely avoidable mess. As U.S. news outlets […]

According to a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson, the crash happened around 9:50 p.m. on Gravois and South Compton avenues in the city's Tower Grove East neighborhood.

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

The Gateway Cup, Missouri's premier cycling competition, concluded over Labor Day weekend, drawing professional and amateur cyclists to the metro area for a weekend of racing and camaraderie.

A crash involving a vehicle and semi-truck shut down all lanes on westbound I-55/70 near the Martin Luther King Bridge early Tuesday morning.

The Pentagon is a city unto itself, a city the size of Webster Groves. Here's where they eat.

The panel established by Gov. Mike Kehoe to write rules for how long people who break the law must stay in prison may be violating the law itself by meeting in secret. As one of his first acts as governor in January, Kehoe ordered the Department of Corrections and the Division of Probation and Parole […]

As President Trump threatens a federal deployment to Chicago to combat crime, the former leader of Illinois’ National Guard is admonishing that prospect. St. Louis Public Radio’s Will Bauer speaks with former Adjutant General of Illinois and Democratic Congressman Bill Enyart.

If Missouri Republicans go through with a plan to gerrymander the state’s congressional map to do away with a Democrat-leaning seat in Kansas City, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver said Monday he will see them in court.  Speaking to reporters at a Labor Day event in Kansas City on Monday, the 11-term Democratic congressman said he […]