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In Dev Patel’s Monkey Man, Vengeance Is a Bloody Beast

2 years ago
When we are first introduced to the protagonist of Monkey Man — who is identified only as “The Kid” (Dev Patel) — he’s taking a savage beating in an underground fight club. Each night, he dons a ragged ape mask and plays the heel, allowing the fan-favorite champion to pummel him into a pulp, all to the enthusiastic cheers of a bloodthirsty crowd. If pressed, the Kid would probably insist that he’s just trying to make a buck in a world where the odds are stacked against the have-nots.
Andrew Wyatt

Zillow Names St. Louis the Best Market for First-Time Home Buyers in 2024

2 years ago
The results are in — and it turns out there's no better place to be a first-time home buyer this year than in St. Louis. That's according to real estate marketplace company Zillow, which analyzed cities across the U.S. with eye towards both affordability and camaraderie. It used the following four metrics to assess the conditions facing first-time buyers in 2024:
Sarah Fenske

Police search for suspect in deadly Cahokia Heights crash

2 years ago
CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Illinois State Police need help in a deadly hit and run case. A woman was found dead on March 30th, on Interstate 255 near Cahokia Heights. She appears to have been hit and killed in the traffic lanes, but no vehicles reported the crash. Evidence leads investigators to believe the vehicle [...]
Joe Millitzer

NYC Officials Are Mad Because Journalists Pointed Out The City’s New ‘AI’ Chatbot Tells People To Break The Law

2 years ago
Countless sectors are rushing to implement “AI” (undercooked language learning models) without understanding how they work — or making sure they work. The result has been an ugly comedy of errors stretching from journalism to mental health care thanks to greed, laziness, computer-generated errors, plagiarism, and fabulism. NYC’s government is apparently no exception. The city […]
Karl Bode

Bill ending Illinois' tipped wage advances but prospects uncertain amid pushback

2 years ago
An Illinois House committee advanced a measure that would end the state’s subminimum wage for tipped workers amid bipartisan opposition this week, but the bill’s sponsor said she’d seek further compromise before presenting it for a vote. Current Illinois law allows employers to pay their tipped workers 60% of the state’s minimum wage. That amounts to $8.40 hourly, compared to the minimum wage of $14 per hour. If their wages plus tips do not equal minimum wage, the employer must make up the…
Cole Longcor

What the KC stadium tax defeat says about teams, their subsidies and Jackson County voters

2 years ago

The Royals and the Chiefs had everything. Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce — fresh off of a Super Bowl victory — endorsed a “yes” vote in ads airing on TV and on YouTube. Endorsements rolled in from the city’s top political players: Mayor Quinton Lucas (belatedly), U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver and nearly every union in […]

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Meg Cunningham