Author: Layla Halilbasic
Layla Halilbasic
has 6.8% among authors.
BS Score: 1.4%.
Articles analyzed: 7.
Words analyzed: 14,874.
Analyzed articles
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
- By Layla Halilbasic
- 7/1/2026, 2:02 PM
Availability Heuristic 19.3% - Appeal to Emotion 18.9% - Optimism Bias 17.4%
As the U.S. and Bosnia and Herzegovina prepare to face off in a FIFA World Cup Round of 32 knockout game on Wednesday in San Francisco, some in St. Louis will support both countries. Elvir Kafedžić, founder of the St. Louis Dragons youth soccer club and a Bosnian American, said this match is an opportunity to celebrate dual identities.... more
STLPR
- By Layla Halilbasic
- 6/26/2026, 5:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 16.6% - Overconfidence Bias 9.3% - Optimism Bias 8.7%
Nearly two weeks after a 30-foot-wide collapse under Interstate 44 in downtown St. Louis, crews are almost finished with stabilization. The effort must be complete before officials can determine exactly what caused the cave-in. The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, among other agencies, has been working to secure the area and... more
STLPR
- By Brian Munoz, Chad Davis, Layla Halilbasic
- 6/7/2026, 10:00 AM
Hasty Generalization 17.1% - Anecdotal 17.1% - In-Group Bias 13.3%
Saturday’s Bosnia and Herzegovina match against Panama wasn’t a regular match for Mila Mujdzic and her son Nermin Hajrizi. Mujdzic came to the St. Louis area from Bosnia in the 1990s fleeing the Bosnian genocide. While she’s called St. Louis home since then, Saturday's match also felt like a home game. “This is my home, and I'm... more
STLPR
- By Layla Halilbasic
- 6/4/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 27.6% - Optimism Bias 22.1% - Anecdotal 17.1%
Read this story in English. Za mnogu bosansku djecu, prva igračka koju dobiju je fudbalska lopta. „Pošto se s igrom upoznaju u veoma ranom uzrastu, često razviju duboku ljubav prema fudbalu, a kako odrastaju, ta ljubav se nerijetko pretvori u cjeloživotnu strast prema sportu“, rekao je Elvir Kafedžić, pomoćni trener St. Louis City 2 i... more
STLPR
- By Layla Halilbasic
- 6/4/2026, 5:00 AM
Optimism Bias 19% - Anecdotal 16.6% - Overconfidence Bias 14.7%
For many Bosnian children, their first gift is a soccer ball. “Because they’re introduced to the game at such a young age, they often develop a deep love for the game, and as they grow older, that love frequently evolves into a lifelong passion for the sport,” said Elvir Kafedžić, St. Louis City 2 assistant coach and founder of St. Louis... more
St. Louis Public Radio
- By Layla Halilbasic
- 4/22/2026, 12:54 PM
Appeal to Emotion 19.5% - Appeal to Authority 8.1% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 7.2%
During the COVID-19 pandemic, as masked visitors kept their distance while moving through his outdoor exhibition, German Italian photographer and UNESCO Artist for Peace Luigi Toscano watched a heated argument unfold over whether the Holocaust happened. Then, one of the people captured in Toscano’s portraits stepped forward: a survivor.... more
STLPR
- By Layla Halilbasic
- 4/17/2026, 5:00 AM
Indoctrination 15.5% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 13.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 13%
Nancy Schnell’s life was forever changed in 2001, when a student walked into her Ferguson-Florissant biology classroom and laid a newspaper on her desk that announced a slaughter of local Canada geese. They asked her, “What are we going to do about this?” That moment — along with growing concern from St. Louis residents — led Schnell to... more