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Illinois Gov. Pritzker takes his fight for abortion access national with a new self-funded group

1 year 6 months ago
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking his abortion-rights advocacy nationwide, introducing on Wednesday a political organization to fund similar efforts outside Illinois, a state that legalized abortion by statute even before the Supreme Court invalidated the right to undergo the procedure. Think Big America has already funded support for constitutional amendments [...]
JOHN O'CONNOR, Associated Press

Jason Momoa dines at one of St. Louis' best new restaurants

1 year 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- There are a lot of people excited about Jason Momoa's visit to the St. Louis area. The movie and TV star greeted hundreds of fans during scheduled visits to St. Louis County stores Tuesday and Wednesday. There are some images on social media of the actor at some St. Louis locations not [...]
Joe Millitzer

This St. Louis restaurant's reels of flying rice are Insta-famous

1 year 6 months ago
A viral Instagram video featuring a hibachi chef performing tricks for customers catapulted Kobe Steakhouse to overnight popularity. These days, most people who want to become hibachi cooks learn by doing. At Kobe, they train their chiefs. A lot of them start in the kitchen and work their way up. 
Liz Dowell

Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court

1 year 6 months ago
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war was being remembered as a kind child, while multiple authorities investigate the attack that has become a symbol of larger struggles with hate crime in the [...]
CLAIRE SAVAGE, MELISSA PEREZ WINDER and SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press