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This address is listed on an official police website back in China as an “Overseas Police Service Center,” but the locale appears abandoned. 

China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says

The Madrid-based nongovernmental organization Safeguard Defenders says that China has an extended police network in dozens of countries around the world, with the goal of coercing criminal suspects to return home to China. Beijing doesn't deny they exist, but says they are legitimate and used for legal purposes.

China has a police network that stretches across some 30 countries, NGO says
Norway's World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen competes in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, India

The cheating scandal rocking the chess world

The cheating scandal rocking the chess world
Some of the younger boys of newly arrived Afghan refugees play in their own game at a St. Louis sports facility. The weekly get-together is a chance to exercise and make new friends.

Amid chaos, young Afghan refugees find something familiar in St. Louis — soccer

Amid chaos, young Afghan refugees find something familiar in St. Louis — soccer
Phương Tâm performs at the Miss Vietnam Beauty Pageant with the Khanh Bang band at the Hung Dao Theatre in Saigon in 1965.

A St. Louis woman discovered her mom’s secret past — as a Vietnamese rock star

A St. Louis woman discovered her mom’s secret past — as a Vietnamese rock star
Weedie Braimah's "The Hands of Time" features the power and range of the djembe.

Musician Weedie Braimah lets the djembe speak for itself

Musician Weedie Braimah lets the djembe speak for itself
Burger King patrons in St. Louis were greeted by a somewhat confusing menu: A Whopper with no beef.

The meatless Whopper’s ‘Impossible’ goal: To save the planet

The Whopper is an icon of American culture. But the Whopper is getting a complete overhaul. And when we say complete, we literally mean complete.

The meatless Whopper’s ‘Impossible’ goal: To save the planet
Abandoned homes in Hyde Park neighborhood.

St. Louis’ poorest residents ask: Why can’t our houses be homes?

Trump’s housing agenda looms large over Missouri’s critical US Senate race.

St. Louis’ poorest residents ask: Why can’t our houses be homes?
confetti

Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti

An artist finally lets the Clinton victory confetti fly.

Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti
Midnight Scan Club

The Midnight Scan Club sheds new light on the human brain

Most of our knowledge of the human brain comes from the group average of thousands of MRI scans. Dr. Nico Dosenbach felt he could gain more knowledge by collecting detailed individual scans. But with few resources at his disposal, he and his colleagues had to be creative.

The Midnight Scan Club sheds new light on the human brain
Karen Aroesty standing in front of the headstones of Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery

St. Louis repaired its historic Jewish cemetery. But the city is still looking for answers.

“We won’t call something anti-Semitism until we really know it’s anti-Semitism."

St. Louis repaired its historic Jewish cemetery. But the city is still looking for answers.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton shaking hands after their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on Sept. 26.

After all that, Trump and Clinton are having a debate tonight

Donald Trump walks into tonight's debate with many in the Republican Party calling for him to quit over his predatory remarks about women. Hillary Clinton heads into it after leaked emails discuss her controversial Wall Street speeches and "open trade and open borders" ideas.

After all that, Trump and Clinton are having a debate tonight
Portrait of man, outdoors

Muslim refugees of another era could put Missouri in play for Clinton

If Missouri’s race is as close as recent polls suggest, some observers think it could be St. Louis’ “Bosnian vote” that gives the state’s 10 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton.

Muslim refugees of another era could put Missouri in play for Clinton
Yogi Berra

The neighborhood that taught Yogi Berra to take those forks in the road

The neighborhood where Yogi Berra grew up is an American story in itself. And it's not over.

The neighborhood that taught Yogi Berra to take those forks in the road
A mock-up of an atomic waste barrel is pictured at the entrance of the annual meeting of German utility giant E.ON in Essen on May 3, 2012.

‘It’s worse than any site I’ve been to:’ radioactivity and a Missouri neighborhood

An underground waste dump on fire is rapidly approaching the site of a landfill with radioactive waste in a small town in Missouri. Environmental activists say the results could be disastrous. Childhood cancers in the area are already on the rise, so why isn't anyone doing anything about it?

‘It’s worse than any site I’ve been to:’ radioactivity and a Missouri neighborhood
Norwegian chess world champion Magnus Carlsen in a suit and holding a bottle a Champagne  while attending the Norwegian Sports Gala in Oslo January 4, 2014.

The Italian Bobby Fischer is making chess history in St. Louis

A tournament in St. Louis has everyone in the chess world mesmerized. Norway's glamorous, 23-year-old World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was the favorite. But a younger upstart has won a record-setting seven games ... and could unseat him.

The Italian Bobby Fischer is making chess history in St. Louis