A St. Louis jury ordered Washington University to pay $732,000 to a former employee who said she was pushed out because of her age. The verdict raises fresh questions about employer practices on campus.

Primitivo Antonio Batista of Clermont claimed a $21.5M Florida Lotto jackpot and chose an $11.75M lump‑sum payout. The winning Quick Pick was sold at BJ's in Clermont.

St. Petersburg is lining up free America250 events — fireworks at the Pier, youth art displays and a July 1 flag‑raising at City Hall.

A Grove nonprofit says it won't receive $230,000 in TANF funding, putting after-school programs and family services for hundreds of St. Louis residents at risk.

One year after Old Tent City's closure, residents landed in apartments, motel rooms or back on the street as the cleared riverbank is eyed for a new park.

Washington’s largest Juneteenth festival lands at LeMay in Tacoma on June 19 with national headliners, vendors and family programming. Transit options aim to help visitors skip parking.

Members who paid five‑figure "lifetime" fees say new owners voided their contracts and offered steep new rates; the dispute has spawned multiple lawsuits in the Laurel Highlands.

A $10 million Murrow–Report for America program to place reporters statewide is drawing praise — and pushback from small publishers over pay and content rules. Organizers say new funding and corporate support will expand coverage while insisting editorial independence is protected.

Black Wall Street 314 brings more than 100 Black-owned vendors to the Wellston Loop next Saturday. The festival is part of a push to keep dollars local and support a planned mixed‑use project.

A Pew survey finds most working parents juggle parenting and paid work, with lower-income families least likely to have benefits.

Friends say they followed a video lead to Skid Row months before Daveigh Chase died from meningitis and a bloodstream infection in Los Angeles.

Ruben B. Ortega, a consequential and sometimes controversial leader in Arizona policing, has died at 86. Services are scheduled next week in Glendale.

OutFront Kalamazoo called Israeli-flag outfits at Pride "harmful symbolism," while the volunteers said that label is antisemitic, touching off heated local debate. The dispute has renewed calls for clearer volunteer rules at community events.