Charlotte Dubois, 14, is in a dangerous Catch-22: too sick to find a home, but unable to get the transplant she needs because she doesnβt have a home.
Six police officers quit, saying Mayor Mike Cornell and village trustees in May cut $8,000 from police pay without notice, according to a statement from the officers. The mayor contests what the officers are saying.
By Kelsey Landis and Daniel Neman St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The poor health care for Bilal Hill while he was in jail resulted in an $8.5 million verdict. A law firm will now pursue more cases like his across the country.
A Congressional committee held hearings on the riot and blamed manipulative industrialists, a corrupt city government and the "savagery" of the white mob on July 2, 1917.
Storms swept through the metro area Saturday afternoon, mixing heavy rains with lightning and gusting winds to topple trees, utility poles and knock out power in spots.
A man has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree trespassing after being arrested Friday after a police officer fired several shots at him on the border of the city's DeBaliviere Place and West End neighborhoods.