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Protestors block St. Louis Pride Parade
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SIUE alumna, graduate student Kaia Ford joins SIU Board of Trustees
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Firework buyers flock to St. Charles ahead of Fourth of July
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2024 APA Junior Championships Results
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'Queer and BLM' protesters call for a ceasefire in Gaza at Grand Pride Parade in St. Louis on Sunday
Many in the crowd that gathered for the annual Grand Pride Parade on Market Street in downtown St. Louis on Sunday, June 30, were surprised when a group of activists, some affiliated with Resist STL, began to protest Boeing, the lead sponsor of the Pride STLPride Fest 2024 parade. A number of protesters, some with their arms linked through tubes with slogans on them, such as “Black Lives for Palestine,” and “Remember Stonewall” blocked the parade for over an hour while chanting and holding signs proclaiming, "Bombs and war planes are not gay," "Cops out of Pride parade." Self-described as mostly LGBTQIA, the collective, which included five African Americans, protested the war in Gaza and what they consider Boeing’s “pinkwashing” of their production of munitions used by Israel.
Washington University alums conquer maternity industry
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Iconic Drug Store Closing Stores Including Missouri Locations
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St. Louis man who illegally entered U.S. from Mexico stopped by Hannibal police driving vehicle stolen from Ohio
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SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital unveils renderings of new pediatric facility
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital has given a look at their new pediatric facility. The new 14-story hospital will be at Chouteau Avenue and Grand Boulevard. It will have 192 beds, an expanded pediatric intensive care unit, a bone marrow transplant unit, operating rooms, a Dialysis Unit and more.
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