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Every year the boffins at the USDA Economic Research Service tot up the amount we spend on food from different kinds of outlets. On Tuesday they released final figures for 2022. Adjusted for inflation, here's the growth in nine categories since 1997 for food eaten at home: In absolute terms, grocery stores remain by far ...continue reading "Raw data: Spending on food eaten at home"

A Webster Groves business gives students a college alternative that pays.

Golf tournaments can be competitive. But they can also bring out the community in the best way possible.

Residents in Soulard have complained about speeding for years, but now they’re one step closer to feeling their safety concerns are eased as new speed humps are in place to curb problems.

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is asking for help finding two suspects connected to a homicide that occurred in the early morning hours of Memorial Day.

To say that developments in the realm of artificial intelligence are coming fast at this point is a wild understatement. There’s a ton going on in the space, some of it showcasing amazing things we can now do using AI, some of it showing where humans are still very much needed, and much of the […]

Flood damage closed Heman Park Pool in July 2022, it's set for a late season opening this year.

A new St. Louis beer and a beer maker originally from St. Louis are waiting for the Cardinals in England.

If you asked any St. Louis City SC fan before the season started if they'd be here atop the Western Conference, they likely wouldn't have believed you.

The St. Louis Fire Department says it’s nearly done inspecting abandoned homes that can be death traps for firefighters.

5 On Your Side asked police about a strategy for keeping patrons safe during big events.

The Bank of America lease listed in bond documents, valued at $13.4 million, is officially scheduled to end in June.

Yesterday I mentioned that government bureaucracies were no worse—and probably better than—corporate bureaucracies, which are "frequently set up explicitly to help customers as little as possible without losing them." Today, by chance, we get a perfect example of this: Amazon Prime, whose parent is being sued by the FTC for making it just a little ...continue reading "Amazon is being sued for making it ridiculously hard to cancel a Prime subscription"