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As the streaming sector has consolidated and new subscriber growth has slowed, it has increasingly started chasing the bad habits of the industry it once disrupted: cable TV. Gone is stuff like encouraged password sharing and risk-taking programming. In its place is endless price hikes, weird efforts to nickel-and-dime users, lower-quality programming, annoying new consumer […]

The proposed acquisition of United States Steel Corp. by Nippon Steel Corp. on Monday cleared another regulatory hurdle, this time with the European Commission.

“This election, we will be talking about change you can see,” the mayor wrote in an email to supporters.

A tornado watch has been issued for the St. Louis metro area until 8 a.m. Tuesday. Heavy rain and lightning will be common during the early morning hours. Damaging wind and hail are expected in spots and a couple tornadoes…

Green has been outspoken in her advocacy for Palestinians amid a wave of campus demonstrations across the country denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza.

Missouri lawmakers must approve a budget by Friday at 6 p.m.

Perficient, a Town and Country-based consulting firm, has sold to a private equity group for $3 billion, the companies announced Sunday evening.

A St. Louis-based supplier of high-calcium lime products and technical solutions has hired a new financial chief.

Negotiations between Israel and Hamas are going great: Netanyahu refused to send a delegation to Cairo for ceasefire talks and spent the weekend trying to ratfuck the deal, and now Israel is complaining it didn't know what was happening with said talks and spinning a story about America stabbing it in the back https://t.co/VAAtTrT0sG — ...continue reading "Benjamin Netanyahu is no ally"

Ronnie Wiggs made his first appearance Monday on a second-degree murder charge and was referred to the public defender’s office.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - A tornado is responsible for severely damaging One More Pub and Grub, a popular local spot in Sullivan. The storm that hit the area overnight has left the bar in ruins. The building, known for being a bar for 25 years and existing for over 40 to 60 years, was well-known [...]

(The Center Square) – A bill headed to the Illinois House that aims to provide financial lending protections for businesses is being criticized as being bad for business. Senate Bill 2234 from state Sen. Christopher Belt, D-Swansea, would provide protections for small businesses when taking out a loan by requiring financial terms such as the amount financed, fees and the annual percentage rate be clearly disclosed at the time an online or non-bank provider makes an offer for a loan. “There…

Warren "Butch" Taylor, a longtime councilman, used the word to identify the women on a Zoom call. He didn't realize he wasn't muted.

One week after the RFT broke news about infighting within the nine-person group tasked with re-imagining the charter for the City of St. Louis, the chairwoman of the group was removed from her position after a vote of no confidence by the other members.  Last week, the RFT reported that five members of the Charter Commission had sent Chairwoman Jazzmine Nolan-Echols an email calling on her to apologize for comments she made during an April meeting to Christine Ingrassia, director of operations for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen and a non-voting member of the Charter Commission. At yesterday's meeting, the chair’s removal was begun by commission member Travis Sheridan, who initially called on Nolan-Echols to resign.

Randy Heisner and Chuck Powers, who hope to open a new bar on South Kingshighway in a few months, have the perfect origin story for two would-be saloon keepers: For 20 years, they hung out together at the bar that used to be located on site. For pretty much their entire friendship, the bar was Cotter's Sports Bar, a low-key St. Louis neighborhood spot at 4610 South Kingshighway in Bevo Mill. As Heisner tells it, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the bar's longtime owner sold it, but the new owner wasn't able to make it work.

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene plan to meet privately Tuesday amid her calls for him to resign or face a floor vote that could, but likely won’t, remove the Louisiana Republican from leadership. Greene announced the meeting Monday evening after she and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie met […]

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Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said former the St. Louis circuit attorney is dodging subpoenas, ignoring calls and refusing to answer questions for an audit of her former office.

While brunch and flowers are classic ways to fete Mom, there are plenty of other options this weekend.

St. Louis Cardinals fans who watch the games on Comcast X-finity were thrown a curveball last week when the Bally Sports Midwest channel disappeared from their TV service. Comcast and Diamond Sports Group couldn’t come to an agreement to keep Bally Sports Midwest and eleven other regional sports channels on the cable tv provider by the May first deadline. St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Moline spoke with Evan Drellich, senior writer for The Athletic about this dispute and how it’s indicative of larger issues for Major League Baseball’s television rights.