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The union has extended its master contract with the United States Maritime Alliance as negotiations continue.

A devastating tornado destroyed property and took lives in Joplin in 2011. The city has made a remarkable recovery in the years that followed.

Prepare for traffic woes.

A nonprofit that has transformed the lives of local young people is among those now getting a second chance from a troubled St. Louis grant program. Over $35 million in federal pandemic relief, known as ARPA funds, have been set aside to help revitalize north St. Louis. 

DETROIT (AP) — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports reached a deal Thursday to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract. The union, the International Longshoremen’s Association, is to resume working immediately. The temporary end to the strike came after [...]

ST. LOUIS - One pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle Thursday night. According to St. Louis Metropolitan Police, the crash occurred at Delmar and N. Kingshighway Boulevards around 7:30 p.m. Accident reconstruction crews have been called to the scene. This is a developing story. More will be posted as it comes into [...]

Suppose you are walking through an airport at a steady 2 mph. You get onto a slideway that's also moving 2 mph. You're now moving 4 mph. Nope. Your speed is 3.999999999999999964 mph. That's about 4 minus one-quadrillionth of a mile per hour. Welcome to our universe.

The American Red Cross is in need of more volunteers to help with hurricane disaster relief efforts. The agency deployed resources and volunteers before Hurricane Helene made shore and is committed to providing long-term assistance as well.

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

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Former President Donald Trump’s media company has forced out executives in recent days after internal allegations that its CEO, former Rep. Devin Nunes, is mismanaging the company, according to interviews and records of communications among former employees.

Several people involved with Trump Media believe the ousters are retaliation following what they describe as an anonymous “whistleblower” complaint regarding Nunes that went to the company’s board of directors.

The chief operating officer and chief product officer have left the company, along with at least two lower-level staffers, according to interviews, social media posts and communications between former staffers reviewed by ProPublica. The company, which runs the social media platform Truth Social, disclosed the departure of the chief operating officer in a securities filing Thursday afternoon.

ProPublica has not seen the whistleblower complaint. But several people with knowledge of the company said the concerns revolve around alleged mismanagement by Nunes. One person said they include allegations of misuse of funds, hiring of foreign contractors and interfering with product development.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Trump Media did not answer specific questions but said that ProPublica’s inquiry to the company “utterly fabricates implications of improper and even illegal conduct that have no basis in reality.”

“This story is the fifth consecutive piece in an increasingly absurd campaign by ProPublica, likely at the behest of political interest groups, to damage TMTG based on false and defamatory allegations and vague innuendo,” the statement said, adding that “TMTG strictly adheres to all laws and applicable regulations.”

Trump Media’s board comprises a set of powerful figures in Trump’s world, including his son Donald Trump Jr., former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and the businesswoman Linda McMahon, a major donor and current co-chair of Trump’s transition planning committee.

Nunes was named CEO of the company in 2021, with Trump hailing him as “a fighter and a leader” who “will make an excellent CEO.” As a member of Congress, Nunes was known as one of Trump’s staunchest loyalists.

After the internal allegations about Nunes were made at Trump Media, the company enlisted a lawyer to investigate and interview staffers, according to a person with knowledge of the company.

Then, last week, some employees who were interviewed by the lawyer were notified they were being pushed out, the person said. The employees being pushed out include a human relations director and a product designer, along with Chief Operating Officer Andrew Northwall and Chief Product Officer Sandro De Moraes. The person with knowledge of the company said Trump Media asked the employees to sign an agreement pledging not to make public claims of wrongdoing against the company in exchange for severance.

On Thursday afternoon, Northwall posted on Truth Social announcing he had “decided to resign from my role at Trump Media,” adding that he was “incredibly grateful” to Trump and Nunes “for this opportunity.”

“As I step back, I look forward to focusing more on my family and returning to my entrepreneurial journey,” the statement said.

De Moraes now identifies himself on his Truth Social bio as the “Former Chief Product Officer” of the company.

Some word of the departures became public earlier this week when former Trump Media employee Alex Gleason said in a social media post that “Truth Social in shambles. Many more people fired.”

Trump personally owns nearly 60% of the company. That stake, even after a recent decline in the company’s stock price, is worth nearly $2 billion on paper, a significant chunk of Trump’s fortune. He said last month he was not planning to sell his shares. What role Trump plays, if any, in the day-to-day operations of the company is not clear.

Since it launched in 2021, the company has become a speculation-fueled meme stock, but its actual business has generated virtually no revenue and Truth Social has not emerged as a serious competitor to the major social media platforms.

Among Nunes’ moves as CEO, as ProPublica has reported, was inking a large streaming TV deal with several obscure firms, including one controlled by a major political donor. He also traveled to the Balkans over the summer and met with the prime minister of North Macedonia, a trip whose purpose was never publicly explained by the company.

Trump Media has a formal whistleblower policy, adopted when the company went public in March, that encourages employees to report illegal activity and other “business conduct that damages the Company’s good name” and business interests.

Do you have any information about Trump Media that we should know? Robert Faturechi can be reached by email at robert.faturechi@propublica.org and by Signal or WhatsApp at 213-271-7217. Justin Elliott can be reached by email at justin@propublica.org or by Signal or WhatsApp at 774-826-6240.

Although the dockworkers’ union has agreed to suspend its planned strike until January 2025 to allow more time for negotiations, that has not stopped consumers from panic buying home goods and supplies, specifically toilet paper.

Anyone with information about Emily Strite's case is asked to call the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau at 636-797-5515.

FLORISSANT, Mo. - St. Louis County Police have issued an Endangered Silver Advisory for an 80-year-old man Thursday. Police issued the advisory for J C Bryant. He reportedly dropped his wife off an appointment at 2 Grandview Plaza in Florissant but never returned to pick her up. According to authorities, Bryant has dementia. He is [...]