8 Dead Including Gunman In Rural Missouri Shooting Spree
A 36-year-old shooter killed seven people in rural Missouri Thursday night before turning the gun on himself. In a news conference Friday morning, Sgt. Jeff Kinder of the Missouri State…
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Tom Schweich, Missouri Auditor And Gubernatorial Candidate, Dead At Age 54
Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican candidate for governor, has died. According to his office, the 54-year-old Schweich died Thursday. He was taken to the hospital after what his staff…
This Is What It Means To Be Afro-Latino
In a Q&A for his 2011 PBS documentary “Black In Latin America,” Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. said: There were 11.2 million Africans that we can count who survived…
St. Louis County Prosecutor: ‘I’m Pretty Sure All Lives Matter’
ST. LOUIS — A couple dozen protesters were escorted out of an event at St. Louis University on Friday after disrupting a speech by St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch….
Why St. Louis Should Move To Illinois
The great city of St. Louis has a major problem with gun violence. Even as homicide rates have continued to decline elsewhere in the country, they have surged in St….
Louis Jourdan, Dashing Star of ‘Gigi,’ Is Dead at 93
Louis Jourdan, a handsome, sad-eyed French actor who worked steadily in films and on television in Europe and the United States for better than five decades, as a romantic hero…
Actor Louis Gossett Jr. Opens Up On His Experience With Racism In Hollywood (VIDEO)
Last year, Beverly Hills police department came under fire following the arrest of television producer Charles Belk who was reportedly mistaken as a bank robbery suspect. Similar to Belk’s run…
Protesters Arrested At Demonstrations After 6-Month Vigil For Michael Brown
FERGUSON, Mo. — Six months after unarmed teenager Michael Brown was killed by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, the tensions between police and demonstrators have not eased, as seven protesters…
Saint Louis University Students Object To Campus Speech By Ferguson Prosecutor
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An upcoming law school lecture by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch is drawing criticism from some Saint Louis University students and professors who object to…
Lawsuits Claim Ferguson And Another Missouri Town Are Jailing Poor People For Profit
Feb 9 (Reuters) – Ferguson, Missouri and a second St. Louis suburb are being accused in separate lawsuits of operating a “debtors’ prison scheme,” illegally jailing poor people who are…
Hundreds Of St. Louis Pets Strut Their Stuff At Mardi Gras Parade
ST. LOUIS — In celebration of Mardi Gras, St. Louis dogs (and one pig) gathered in the historic French neighborhood of Soulard to strut in the 22nd Annual Purina Beggin’…
6 Bosnian Immigrants Indicted For Using Facebook, PayPal To Faciliate Extremists In Syria
Six Bosnian immigrants accused of sending money and military equipment to extremist groups in Syria used Facebook, PayPal and other readily available services to communicate and transfer funds, according to…
Protesters Target Municipal Court In St. Louis Suburb That Survives On Traffic Tickets
PINE LAWN, Mo. — Dozens of demonstrators briefly blocked access to a municipal court in this tiny, troubled St. Louis suburb on Thursday night, protesting a local government that relies…
Hot New Haircuts Of 2015 And How To Ask Your Hairstylists For The Look
celebrity hairstylist Ted Gibson, Devachan expert Rick Mahoney and Vanessa Douglas of Louis Licari salons — for the best cuts and how to communicate what you want to your hairstylist. …
St. Louis City Hall Meeting Reportedly Interrupted By Brawl
A brawl broke out at a St. Louis City Hall meeting on civilian oversight of police on Wednesday night, according to reports from the scene. Meeting on proposed civilian oversight…
7 Jokes From Louis C.K.’s New Special, ‘Live At The Comedy Store’
Louis C.K.’s latest special, “Live At The Comedy Store,” covers a lot of ground. We’re talking everything from flying with a baby to the intricate sex lives of NYC subway…
Mother, 8-Year-Old Son, Shot By Home Intruder: Police
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An 8-year-old St. Louis boy went to school and told an office worker he had been shot, after his mother exchanged gunfire with a man who…
Louis C.K. Releases ‘Live At The Comedy Store’ Special, Sends ‘Very Long’ Email To Fans
He may have disappointed fans by canceling his fourth performance at Madison Square Garden, but Louis C.K. made up for it by releasing a new stand-up special, “Live at The…
Louis C.K. Cancels Historic MSG Show Due To Historic Snow Storm Headed For New York City
At least one thing is going to be making history this week. Louis C.K. announced in an email to fans on Monday that he will not be performing at Madison…
Police seek hundreds in Ferguson-area looting
Surveillance video released by the St. Louis County Police Department on Wednesday shows looters at the Dellwood Market just outside Ferguson, Missouri, following the November 24 grand jury decision not…
Get texts from your ‘Invisible Boyfriend’
Yes, the Internet has a solution for everything, and Invisible Boyfriend (or Girlfriend, they’re not fussy) can take care of those pesky privacy-invading questions by supplying an actual person to…
Activists Seek To Improve Community-Police Relations In St. Louis Area
UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. — Amid broader discussions about improving police tactics across the country, a local Missouri group is working with a national police research organization to take a look…
North Korea did it: FBI not budging on Sony hack culprit
FBI officials and data scientists with the U.S. cybersecurity firm Norse met Monday in St. Louis, according to Norse Vice President Kurt Stammberger and an FBI source. During the three-hour…