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.
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:
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 [...]
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 […]
Alaska Airlines officials said in January they would hold the aerospace giant financially accountable for the temporary grounding of its 737 Max 9 fleet.
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…
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 […]
WASHINGTON — An anti-obscenity law enacted in 1873 that hasn’t been enforced in decades shot to the forefront of the nation’s abortion debate in the past week thanks to two U.S. Supreme Court justices, amid expectations a future Republican president would use the law to order a nationwide ban on medication abortion. The Comstock Act, […]
ST. LOUIS -- The Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis is unveiling a new tool to help kids improve their reading skills. Thanks to a partnership with Noir Bookshop, the club is releasing a free public book vending machine. The machine will be located at the Boys and Girls Club's Herbert Hoover Facility [...]
ST. LOUIS -- Downtown is gearing up for a weekend full of sports events, with three of the city’s four pro-sports teams slated to play at home, with an estimated crowd of 100,000 fans expected. The police say they are ramping up security to make sure the public is safe. The St. Louis Cardinals are [...]
Alonzo Harris knows the dangers of St. Louis streets more than most. He's a postal carrier, which means a lot of time on foot, and with a route that extends from Montana to Chippewa, he sees the worst of Dutchtown drivers. "It's like a NASCAR track down Louisiana," he says, smiling as he walks his route at Osage and Louisiana streets.
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