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Missouri officials to discuss cleanup challenges at Weldon Springs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

ST. CHARLES – A town hall is being held tonight to discuss cleanup challenges at a former chemical plant in St. Charles County. The meeting will be held at New Mele Community Center, 4700 State Highway Z on Wednesday Aug. 2 at 6:30 p.m.Officials plan to share historical documents from federal and state agencies to show there are more toxin runoffs at the Weldon Springs Site on Highway 94. They will also bring in experts to talk about how these toxins damage people's health, the economy, and infrastructure. Illinois village keeps flooding and no one knows why The Weldon Spring Site is 30 miles west of St. Louis, in St. Charles County. The Weldon Spring Chemical Plant was used in the Manhattan Project. Newly released papers show how the United States' push for the atomic bomb caused St. Louis to have a long-term problem with radioactive waste. St. Louis was part of a national attempt to build the first nuclear bomb that was spread out across the country. 

2024 Battlehawks season tickets on sale now

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

ST. LOUIS -  It's time to get your 'Ka-Kaw' going.Season tickets for the 2024 St. Louis Battlehawks season are now on sale. Ticket packages start at $25 per game for each five home games. End of an era: Cardinals trade Jack Flaherty to Baltimore in deadline buzzer beater Season ticket holders also receive exclusive benefits, including access to special events, Priority access to purchase playoff, Championship tickets, and much more.

DeSantis says ‘Americans’ shouldn’t be tried in D.C. after Trump indictment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to former President Trump’s latest indictment by saying that “Americans” could not get a fair trial in the political “swamp” of Washington, D.C.“As President, I will end the weaponization of government, replace the FBI Director, and ensure a single standard of justice for all Americans,” DeSantis wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday evening.“While I’ve seen reports, I have not read the indictment,” DeSantis wrote. “I do, though, believe we need to enact reforms so that Americans have the right to remove cases from Washington, D.C. to their home districts. Washington, D.C., is a ‘swamp’ and it is unfair to have to stand trial before a jury that is reflective of the swamp mentality.”The District of Columbia’s population is 45% African American, according to 2022 U.S. Census estimates. It also is dominated by Democratic voters unlikely to support Trump but also DeSantis, a Republican who’s running agains...

El Paso County officials arrest six juveniles in February Falcon homicides

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

El Paso County officials in late July arrested six juvenile suspects connected to two Falcon homicides that happened in February, officials announced Wednesday.On Feb. 5, deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple reports of shots fired in the 12200 block of Point Reyes Drive in the Falcon subdivision of unincorporated El Paso County.When deputies arrived on the scene, they found multiple victims with gunshot wounds. Five individuals were transported to the hospital, where two juveniles — Javier Lopez and Caleb Nickerson — later died from their injuries.According to a Wednesday news release from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, multiple persons of interest were identified, but most of them were minors, which complicated the investigation.The investigation team identified two juvenile male suspects in the Falcon homicides after the sheriff’s office joined other local law enforcement agencies in a multijurisdictional operation in late...

Striking Hollywood writers and studios to resume talks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

Union leaders told striking Hollywood writers Tuesday night that they plan to meet with representatives for studios to discuss restarting negotiations after the first official communication between the two sides since the strike began three months ago. The Writers Guild of America sent an email to members saying that the head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents major studios, streaming services and production companies in negotiations, requested a meeting on Friday to discuss the resumption of contract talks. “We’ll be back in communication with you sometime after the meeting with further information,” the email read. “As we’ve said before, be wary of rumors. Whenever there is important news to share, you will hear it directly from us.”Actor Joely Fisher, from left, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator, take part in a rally by striking writers and actors outs...

Taylor Swift SoFi ticket prices are dropping

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

Taylor Swift’s historic run of six shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood is officially sold out, but there are thousands of tickets still available on the resale market. And prices appear to be going down, at least for some sections.Many “nosebleed” seats in the 500 level for Thursday’s opening night were listed in the $400 range as of Wednesday morning on Vivid Seats and StubHub - two of the most popular ticket exchange platforms.On Tuesday, 500-level tickets were significantly higher - in the mid-to-upper $600s and $700s.Obviously, tickets get more expensive as you get closer to the stage. Seats in SoFi’s 400, 300, 200 and 100 levels, and on the floor, generally ranged from $500 to nearly $7,000 on Wednesday, before fees.Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (John Medina/Getty Images)Fluctuations in the resale ticket market are common and it is likely that Taylor Swift ticke...

A visit to Samsung's HQ in Seoul, South Korea

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

While it's common for Apple events to be held in Cupertino, this was the first time Samsung held an event at its home in South Korea.Samsung brought me to Seoul to attend the event and get a behind-the-scenes look at their headquarters and the city."The culture here is one, I think, of love for technology, there's a love for, for fashion and new things, and I think a lot of that comes together with our foldables, so it's a really unique time to be able to announce that in Korea," said Drew Blackard, Vice President of Mobile Product Management at Samsung Electronics America.Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro with Samsung's Drew BlackardSamsung's presence here is massive - their name is on buildings, signs, and tens of thousands of employees stroll the company's sprawling Digital City campus.There's even a Samsung Innovation Museum (SIM for short) that chronicles over 60 years of electronics history. The campus also houses research and development buildings, plus things like a rock-climbing li...

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‘Unmovable’ jurors say they are deadlocked over whether San Jose State’s athletic trainer guilty of inappropriately touching athletes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

SAN JOSE – On the second day of deliberations, the jury deciding the fate of San Jose State’s former athletic trainer accused of sexually assaulting female athletes during treatment sessions told the judge it is deadlocked on at least some of the counts.“We are deadlocked with at least one, and quite likely more, unmovable jurors on each side (guilty vs. not guilty,)” a jury wrote in a note to the judge Tuesday. “What do we do now?”“Continue your deliberations,” U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman responded.By Wednesday morning, the eight women and four men were back in the jury room, reviewing testimony of one athlete in particular, a former soccer player who said that in 2019 Scott Shaw inappropriately touched her breast when he tucked her t-shirt under her bra and dragged his hands along the side of her breasts to treat a shoulder injury, and cupped her buttocks with his hands when he was placing a stimulation pad.The jury foreman requested testimony of a second former athlet...

Pac-12 survival: The downside risks, potential benefits and missing pieces within an Apple deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:45 GMT

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff presented a media rights contract to the schools on Tuesday, with nothing less than the future of the century-old conference at stake.Details are sparse as the presidents and athletic directors digest the proposal, save for an ESPN report indicating Kliavkoff’s plan featured a heavy presence on Apple and a revenue structure that tied cash to subscriptions.Our reaction …1. Any chance to link arms with the richest, most influential, most innovative, savviest, smartest company in the world is something the Pac-12 should seriously consider, especially when that company is rapidly expanding its portfolio of sports properties and positioned to dominate the sports media landscape in the near future. But in this case, the details mean everything.2. The lean into streaming comes as no surprise. Kliavkoff signaled his strategy 18 months ago, telling a sports media podcast: “Whatever deal we do, it’s my goal to have our content available on any ...