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Editorial: If Twitter gets (more) toxic, big-name tweeters can threaten to take millions of users

Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter on Friday, barely a week after he acquired the company, should serve as an all-but-literal announcement: Whatever assurances he offers to the contrary, he may in fact plan to open the content floodgates to the worst in hate speech and toxic disinformation. Why else…

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Editorial: Holding corporations and abusive countries accountable for slave-labor practices

Various prominent U.S. corporations, including Walmart and Intel, might be shying away from principled stances condemning foreign uses of slavery and child labor for the production of cheap consumer goods. An importation rule change proposes to eliminate declarations on imported goods that offer insights into where goods come from and…

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Blues hang around, but lose 3-1 to Boston to equal team futility mark

BOSTON — The Blues made history Monday night, but not the kind you want to make. In losing 3-1 to the Boston Bruins at TD Garden, they tied the franchise record for consecutive losses in regulation time — seven.

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Best Bites: Romesco by Ronda's Fine Foods

Romesco sauce is one of those condiments so bursting with flavor that you can find dozens of ways to use it. Problem is, it takes a while to make. Well, not if you buy it. This Romesco sauce (there's also a spicy version) from Ronda's Fine Foods in California is…

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Editorial: GOP hopes inflation will help them win. So they should say how they'd fix it

Recent polls show, as they often tend to, that Americans trust Republicans more than Democrats on economic issues — this despite decades of evidence that GOP economic stewardship has been worse for all but the richest Americans and more prone to increase the deficit. The political mileage the party is…

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Editorial: Republican leaders invoke imagery of violence, then express shock at its use

The violent attack on the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with an alleged threat to kidnap the third most powerful elected official in America, is absolutely the result of escalating violent rhetoric by Republican politicians. They will deny it, but the cause-and-effect evidence is simply too abundant to ignore.…

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Cardinals' Nolan Arenado, rookie Brendan Donovan win Gold Gloves

ST. LOUIS — In his first year as a big-leaguer, rookie Brendan Donovan on Tuesday was awarded the utility Gold Glove in the first year that the award has been handed out.

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Editorial: Progressives' Ukraine letter makes life difficult for their Democratic colleagues

The Congressional Progressive Caucus last week issued, then quickly withdrew, a poorly timed letter to President Joe Biden urging stepped-up efforts to negotiate a settlement to the war in Ukraine, putting their fellow Democrats in the awkward position of appearing hand-wringing and indecisive ahead of midterm elections. The letter’s wording…

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Editorial: Missouri lawmakers made sure teen gunman faced minimal obstacles to arm himself

The more detail that emerges about the assailant in last week’s St. Louis school shooting, the more clear it becomes that his deadly violence was, in real ways, abetted by Missouri’s Legislature. Conservative lawmakers have spent more than a decade preventing or assertively tearing down every legal safeguard that might…

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Quick hits: Struggling Blues drop fifth game in a row, this time 5-1 to Kings

ST. LOUIS — Monday night was not a step in the right direction for the Blues.

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I'm always on the lookout for a good sugar substitute. My family and I need to cut down on sugar, and this is a great way to do it. Purecane offers a variety of sweeteners, and my favorites are its brown sugar variety and this, a spoonable canister perfect for…

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‘Excited for future’: Nolan Arenado’s choice to stay with Cardinals reflects shared commitment

A trade so complex and yet so mutually desirable that both Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals had to bend a little to get a lot has become a commitment to each other for years to come.

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Near-epic collapse turns 3-1 lead into 7-4 Blues loss

ST. LOUIS — Fashion model Karlie Kloss, who once dated St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, was in the stands — wearing a Blues jersey.

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Mizzou football starts fast, finishes strong in win at No. 25 South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Cody Schrader bounded into the end zone Saturday, the only sound coming from an otherwise silenced and stunned Williams-Brice Stadium was a faint M-I-Z-Z-O-U chant billowing from the southeast corner.

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St. Louis school shooter failed a background check. Why didn't police take his gun?

ST. LOUIS — Police officers were called to the home of Orlando Harris on Oct. 15, nine days before he went on a shooting rampage inside a St. Louis high school. Harris’ mother had asked officers to remove the weapon, an AR-15 rifle, from her home, citing her son’s mental…

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Nolan Arenado opting in to remainder of 5-year contract with Cardinals

ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals will have their star third baseman Nolan Arenado back for 2023 and for every season after that through 2027.

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St. Louis shooter had list of targets, wanted the deadliest school attack in US history

ST. LOUIS — The teen who carried out the fatal shootings Monday at a St. Louis high school had a list of names of people he planned to target, wanted to be the deadliest school shooter in U.S. history and had planned his assault for weeks, he wrote in a…

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A rough night from all sides for Blues as they fall 6-2 to Nashville

NASHVILLE — The Blues dropped their third game in a row on Thursday, falling 6-2 to a well-rested Predators team on a night when the struggling offense was joined by its previously stalwart defense.

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Police: FBI background check blocked licensed gun dealer's sale to accused St. Louis school shooter

ST. LOUIS — The man accused of killing a teacher and teen earlier this week in a south St. Louis school shooting bought the AR-15-style gun from a private seller after an FBI background check blocked his attempted purchase from a licensed dealer in St. Charles.

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Benjamin Hochman: Something must change with how Cardinals build playoff-ready roster

John Mozeliak didn’t like the way it was phrased. That’s fair. To his credit, his Cardinals front office has built a perpetual winning culture — the Cards have had a record above .500 in each of the past 15 years.

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Aisha Sultan: St. Louis radio host was on air when she learned of shooting at daughter’s school

MOX radio host Debbie Monterrey still hasn’t broken down and wept.

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Editorial: Deny terrorists like Orlando Harris their weapon of choice? Hell no!

A national epidemic of mass shootings, with a particular focus on schools as targets, shows no signs of abating anytime soon as the volatile mix of guns and mental health continues to go unaddressed legislatively. It’s time to redefine what’s happening here: Monday’s school shooting in St. Louis wasn’t just…

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Editorial: Once again, America is reminded that the Supreme Court is a broken institution

Two minor but telling developments this week provide dismal reminders that the U.S. Supreme Court is mired in a crisis of legitimacy because of what certainly looks like overt partisanship by its conservative majority. Chief Justice John Roberts should add these to the multiple other examples of broken trust by…

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Offense once again eludes Blues, who lose 3-1 to Oilers

ST. LOUIS — The Blues have been playing strong defense this season, and Wednesday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers was no exception. But you have still have to score goals to win hockey games, and the Blues’ normally reliable offense struggled to light the lamp at Enterprise Center.

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Gun used in St. Louis school shooting is the same one his family took away from him

ST. LOUIS — The gun Orlando Harris used to kill two people at his former high school Monday was the same AR-15-style rifle his family had asked authorities for help removing from him nine days earlier, police said Wednesday evening.

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