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As ICE presence at World Cup looms, fans and local leaders prepare

4 months 2 weeks ago
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On a recent weekday evening, Avram Kline kicked a soccer ball to his son on the bright green pitch in Brooklyn Bridge Park, where the skyscrapers of Manhattan loom just across the East River. Kline is a self-described soccer superfan who founded the Newcomers Football Club, a mutual aid group to support […]
Shalina Chatlani

Wak’a Garden

4 months 2 weeks ago

Begin Again: Wak'a Garden is the second installment in Laumeier’s Begin Again series, honoring the Park’s 50-year history of collaborating with artists and supporting new commissions and exhibitions. The organic, amphitheater-shaped sculpture, built […]

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Myranda Levins

2 men injured in double shooting in north St. Louis

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Two men were injured after a shooting Thursday night in north St. Louis. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 1500 block of N. Kingshighway Blvd., near Dr. Martin Luther King Dr., in the city's Kingsway East neighborhood. Both men were critically injured [...]
Nick Gladney

Strong candidates in Alaska, Ohio seen as moving US Senate races toward Dems

4 months 2 weeks ago
Democrats’ prospects in a trio of key U.S. Senate races are improving, an influential elections forecaster said Thursday, though Republicans are still favored to retain control of the chamber after the midterm elections. Sabato’s Crystal Ball, which predicts election outcomes, moved three races — in North Carolina, Alaska and Ohio — in Democrats’ favor. After the […]
Jacob Fischler

Missouri courts keep rewriting ballot language as fights over direct democracy intensify

4 months 2 weeks ago
As Missouri secretary of state, Denny Hoskins is often responsible for reducing complicated ballot measures to a few sentences voters can understand. In his first year and a half in office, judges have repeatedly found those sentences unfair, insufficient or misleading. Courts have rejected or rewritten Hoskins’ descriptions five times on measures involving abortion, redistricting, […]
Jason Hancock

PortKC’s oversight failures are now Missouri lawmakers’ problem

4 months 2 weeks ago
In June 2025, I wrote that PortKC, Kansas City’s ubiquitous subsidy-granting agency, was too powerful, too poorly run, and subject to too little oversight. Evidence from the past year has only strengthened that conclusion. If Kansas City’s leaders are unwilling to demand more, state legislators must. PortKC’s portfolio has grown far beyond its original mission. […]
Patrick Tuohey

Friday, June 12 - Culture goals

4 months 2 weeks ago
Today, the region boasts one of the largest Bosnian communities in the world. And that community has had a lot to boast about recently, with the city hosting the Bosnia-Herzegovina national soccer team in the lead-up to the World Cup. Plus, how St. Louis is showing up this World Cup.

Temperatures drop Friday, storms return Saturday

4 months 2 weeks ago
ST. LOUIS - Our cold front continues to move southeast Friday morning, taking the precipitation, cloud cover, and sweltering temperatures with it. We're expecting sunshine on Friday, with afternoon highs only in the low-to-mid 80s. It'll be quiet Friday evening into the overnight, but an area of showers and storms arrives before sunrise Saturday morning [...]
Haley Fitzpatrick