March is Women’s History Month, there are a wide variety of ways to celebrate. There are educational events, exhibitions, and a variety of social events happening now until the end of March honoring women from both the past and present. This year’s theme is “Women who Advocate for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion”. St.Louis County Libraries…
STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says up to 500 structures may have been destroyed by wildfires. The Republican governor cautioned in a news conference Friday that the number of lost properties could rise and that damage assessments were still underway. The Smokehouse Creek fire, which started Monday, has burned about 1,700 square…
Two national non-profit organizations have announced their support of the Missouri Champion of Children Coalition. On Tuesday Mission Readiness, made-up of retired military leaders, and Fight Crime:Invest in Kids, a group of 5,000 law enforcement leaders, including 120 from MO, announced in letters sent to state lawmakers, their support of the MO Champion of Children…
NEW YORK (AP) — Chatbots are spitting out fabricated and misleading information that risks disenfranchising voters leading up to the 2024 U.S. election. That’s according to a report published Tuesday based on the findings of artificial intelligence experts and a bipartisan group of election officials. Fifteen states and one territory will hold Democratic and Republican…
The United Way of Greater St.Louis has announced a new partnership with baseball legend Adam Wainwright. Wainwright had an 18 year career with the St.Louis Cardinals, and founded Big League Impact, an organization that creates volunteer opportunities for Major League players in every market to raise money for causes that they care about. With this new…
AT&T says it has restored wireless coverage after an outage knocked out cellphone service on its network across the U.S. for hours. A statement from the Dallas-based company Thursday says it has service to all its affected customers. Outage tracker Downdetector noted that outages began at about 3:30 a.m. ET and peaked at around 73,000…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of saturated California remains under threat of floods as the latest winter storm blows through, but so far the state has escaped the severity of damage spawned by a recent atmospheric river. While the rainfall was focused on Southern California, thunderstorms and strong winds are expected across wide swaths of…
A charge of Discrimination has been filed against St.Louis County on behalf of former State Senator and Representative Maria Chappelle-Nadal. A statement released Tuesday by Nadal’s attorney says the County violated the anti-retaliation provision of the MO Human Rights Act, relating to alleged leaks to the media about the 2023 settlement agreement between Chappelle-Nadal and…
February is Earthquake Awareness Month, and the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is working to educate residents about the risks, and they’re insurance coverage options in preperation for a predicted large scale New Madrid Seismic Zone Quake. The MO DCI issued a press release this week stating that the threat of a major earthquake…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell sharply after disappointing data on inflation made investors confront the bitter possibility that interest rates will stay high for months longer than they were hoping. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% Tuesday after clawing back part of a larger intraday loss. The worse-than-expected inflation report may have put the final…