The Most Affordable Cities for First-Time Homebuyers

thestreet.com EDITOR: EMBARGOED UNTIL JUNE 6 AT 9 AM ET, (6AM PACIFIC) Things aren’t looking much better for Americans in the market for their first home. Homes were listed at prices…

Oakland A’s fans raise $27,000-worth of shirts for reverse boycott

siliconvalley.com Oakland Coliseum denizens are planning a reverse boycott on June 13 to tell the world that Oakland A’s fans won’t go down silently amid plans to move the team to Las Vegas…

Police investigate alleged pellet gun shooting outside Kansas City LGBTQ bar

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article Kansas City, Missouri police are investigating an alleged…

Two teens fatally shot and four injured at party in vacant Missouri home, authorities say

nbcnews.com Two teenagers were fatally shot and four others injured after a shooting broke out at a party held in a vacant Missouri home, authorities said. Deputies were called to the…

A millennial family earning $170k who has been living ‘monk-like’ to build wealth fears a ‘pending financial storm’

fortune.com More than a decade after starting their careers, Robert and Gail say they finally have a handle on their finances. The couple lives in Kansas City, and they’ve done…

A look at India's hacking-for-hire industry, which has a tacit alliance with the government and is unusually brazen, with firms publicly touting their services

newyorker.com In the summer of 2020, Jonas Rey, a private investigator in Geneva, got a call from a client with a hunch. The client, the British law firm Burlingtons, represented an…

Hollywood’s writers go on strike

economist.com Editor’s note (May 2nd 2023): On May 1st the Writers Guild of America chose to go ahead with the strike after late talks with American film studios broke down. O years ago,…

Apartment construction is booming, but it probably won’t last

marketplace.org New numbers out from the Census Bureau this week on construction spending in the month of April. Overall, builders spent a bit more than they did the month before — and…

BJC, St. Luke’s hospital merger would be one of the area’s largest. It may not be the last

stltoday.com The combined organization would have more than two-dozen hospitals in three states. BJC reported $6.3 billion in revenues last year, and Kansas City-based St. Luke’s…

Train carrying hazardous materials derails and closes highway in Minnesota

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article A train containing some hazardous materials derailed…

America’s Most Stressed City

247wallst.com Stress levels can be measured in several ways. Among them are the effects of where people live. A new study shows that this includes poverty levels, unemployment, crime…

‘It’s a story of market failure’: Why these tenants are fighting for rent control

fastcompany.com Activists are pushing the federal government to protect renters who are in buildings with federally backed loans. When he moved into a unit in a Kansas City apartment…

BJC and Saint Luke’s health systems announce merger

kmov.com Two major Missouri hospitals have announced they have agreed to join forces to help expand access to healthcare needs for patients across the state. BJC HealthCare of St.…

BJC Healthcare to merge with KC-based St. Luke’s Health System

fox2now.com ST. LOUIS – St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare and Kansas City-based Saint Luke’s Health System are planning to merge and form an integrated Missouri-based health system. The…

BJC HealthCare to combine with Kansas City-based St. Luke’s

stltoday.com The health systems will keep their own names, and operate from dual headquarters: One in St. Louis serving eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, and another in Kansas City…

Beige Book Shows US Economy Turning More Sluggish

zerohedge.com Beige Book Shows US Economy Turning More Sluggish The Fed's latest beige book released this afternoon was a boring affair, one signaling the US economy remained sluggish at…

BJC to combine with Kansas City-based St. Luke's

stltoday.com The health systems will operate from dual headquarters: One in St. Louis serving eastern Missouri and southern Illinois, and another in Kansas City serving western Missouri…

DeSantis' relatability tour kicks off in Iowa

politico.com Left unsaid inside Port Neal Welding was whether there was any security detail tailing the Florida governor. But this was DeSantis on his first big swing through Iowa after…

The 10 best cities to become a homeowner, where houses are affordable relative to incomes and property values tend to go up

businessinsider.com Raleigh, North Carolina. Getty Images LendingTree identified the best and worst places for homeownership in the US. North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia metros top the…

Janelle Monae Is Hitting the Road for The Age of Pleasure 2023 North American Tour: See the Dates

billboard.com Janelle Monáe is gearing up to take her forthcoming album, The Age of Pleasure, on the road. The singer revealed details for a 2023 North American tour on Wednesday (May…

Ted Lasso turned a lovable soccer team into a bunch of boring therapists

polygon.com Ted Lasso has ended, and everyone is handling it great. We don’t see the moment when Ted (Jason Sudeikis) announces he’s leaving AFC Richmond and England to head home to…

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Was Unbearable

variety.com SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers from the series finale of “Ted Lasso,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Here’s a scoop: There will be a fourth season of “Ted Lasso.”…

Wally Backman, Who Managed Las Vegas 51s Four Seasons, Says A’s Franchise Would Thrive In Desert

forbes.com Wally Backman remembers many nights driving back home from Cashman Field after managing a Las Vegas 51s game, the desert heat still sweltering even after the sun went down…

Nun whose body shows little decay since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri

nbcnews.com Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed since 2019. Some say it’s a sign of holiness in…

Kansas City Chiefs Star Travis Kelce Signs With CAA for Off-Field Representation (Exclusive)

hollywoodreporter.com The Kansas City Chiefs star and two-time Super Bowl champion has signed with CAA for representation off the field. News of his new agency comes on the heels of a…

Burger King Adds a Failed McDonald's Comfort-Food Menu Item

thestreet.com Fast-food burger chains deal in the familiar. They sell comfort food, meals that make their customers feel good (even if that feeling soon enough turns to regret). When one…

Tyson Ritter Claims Machine Gun Kelly ‘Went Ballistic’ When He Made a Provocative Suggestion to Co-Star Megan Fox

billboard.com Tyson Ritter is used to making audiences go wild as the frontman of All-American Rejects. But during a chat with radio host Stryker on his Tuna on Toast podcast, the…

Elon Musk Visit To Beijing Highlights Business Role In U.S.-China Ties

forbes.com The appearance of Tesla billionaire entrepreneur icon Elon Musk in Beijing this week underscores the continuing importance of the China market to the U.S. amid geopolitical…

Joe Burrow Can Prepare For ‘Sizable’ Slice Of Pie From Cincinnati Bengals

forbes.com The Cincinnati Bengals have earned a reputation as one of the more frugal franchises in the NFL. However, their brass has made it clear the Bengals will not be penny…

Anti-hunger advocates slam the expanded work requirements for SNAP participants included in the debt limit deal

nbcnews.com The debt ceiling agreement includes an expanded work requirement provision that would create unnecessary barriers for more low-income households, with negligible savings for…

Las Vegas Or Not, A’s Continue To Be An Albatross Around MLB’s Neck

forbes.com Whether it’s past, present, or future, the story of Major League Baseball’s Athletics has been one of an albatross around the league’s neck. The A’s have been a nomadic team…

Ralph Yarl walks at brain injury event weeks after getting shot in head

pbs.org Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot in the head and arm after mistakenly ringing the wrong doorbell — walked at a brain injury awareness event in his first major…

Ralph Yarl, shot for ringing wrong doorbell, walks at brain injury event

nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ralph Yarl — a Black teenager who was shot…

Nevada lawmakers consider new MLB stadium in Las Vegas for Oakland A's

cbsnews.com Nevada lawmakers on Monday will hear a financing proposal to build a new Major League Baseball stadium in Las Vegas as Sin City prepares to be the new home of the Oakland…

Nevada Legislators weigh plan to put MLB stadium on Las Vegas Strip

apnews.com Lawmakers are considering a proposal to finance and incentivize construction of a Major League Baseball stadium on the Las Vegas Strip, with an initial public hearing…

When Walt Disney cheated his animators, they changed the world

polygon.com The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike just shy of a month now, with no foreseeable end in sight. Motivated by a breakdown in negotiations with Hollywood…

Gen Z teens are so unruly in malls, fed by their TikTok addition, that a growing number are requiring chaperones and supervision

fortune.com Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his friends and then hang…

With Distress on the Rise, How Worried Should We Be?

commercialedge.com Conditions are ripe for a spike in commercial mortgage delinquencies. Rising interest rates have pushed loan coupons significantly higher, lenders are cutting back to…

More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence

go.com PARAMUS, N.J. -- Jennifer Sepulveda used to drop off her 14-year-old son, Jorden, at the local mall on a Friday or Saturday night, where he would catch a movie with his…

Miss Manners: Friendly visits to my old office solicit comments like ‘Why are you here?’

oregonlive.com DEAR MISS MANNERS: I worked for a small company until recently. During my time there, I formed many wonderful personal and professional relationships. I left for a…

Column: These companies cynically used global crises to juice profits

latimes.com What’s responsible for the high prices you’re still seeing at the store? Corporate “greedflation.” Throughout all the debate in the last year over what has caused higher…

Why Israel is becoming a partisan cause in the United States

economist.com T partnership between America and Israel stems partly from the friendship between just two men. After the first world war broke out, Edward Jacobson, a son of Lithuanian…

New bill to build Oakland Athletics stadium on Las Vegas Strip caps Nevada's cost at $380 million

go.com CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A bill introduced late Friday in the Nevada Legislature would give the Oakland Athletics up to $380 million for a potential 30,000 seat, $1.5 billion…

Last chance to see "miracle" body of nun draws huge crowds to Gower, MO

newsweek.com The body of an exhumed nun whose remains were found undecayed four years after she died in Missouri is drawing crowds of pilgrims who believe a miracle has occurred. Sister…

Perspective

washingtonpost.com Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. These days, it’s common to see a sushi joint on the same street as a McDonald’s.…

More American Cities Considering Free Public Transportation

nakedcapitalism.com When I was last in New York City, I heard a sadly common display of class privilege when a woman waiting in my chiropractor’s office initiated a rant on the topic of free…

Five things to know about air travel at MSP this summer

startribune.com Minnesotans this weekend are expected to open the summer travel season by taking to the skies and roadways in droves. Here are five things to know about air travel at…

Jason Sudeikis Publicly Hated on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Before He Joined: ‘I Was Just Protecting Myself’ (Video)

thewrap.com Before he was a cast member of “Saturday Night Live,” Jason Sudeikis used to “hate on” and belittle the iconic sketch comedy series, he admitted on Thursday’s episode of…

Target on the defensive after removing LGBTQ+-themed products

chicagotribune.com NEW YORK — Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Now that status is tarnished after it removed some LGBTQ+-themed products and…

Target on the defensive after removing some LGBTQ+ themed products from stores

theglobeandmail.com Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Now that status is tarnished after it removed some LGBTQ+-themed products and relocated…

It’s Back! MoviePass Launches Nationwide at 4,000-Plus Theaters

variety.com MoviePass, after emerging from bankruptcy under new ownership, is launching its movie-theater subscription service nationwide ahead of the Memorial Day weekend. The service…

Target has been a leader in catering to LGBTQ+ shoppers

apnews.com Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. It risked losing that status on Wednesday after removing some LGBTQ+-themed products,…

Transgender ban sparks fight between police, attorney general

newsweek.com Missouri officials are caught in a tense debate over whether or not a state ban blocking transgender youth from accessing gender-affirming care can be enforced in the…

Train engineers deal with Union Pacific will improve schedules and address quality-of-life concerns

apnews.com Engineers who operate trains for Union Pacific will soon have much more predictable schedules allowing them to plan when they are going to be off, a change that addresses…

A's, Nevada legislative leadership reach tentative agreement for new ballpark

apnews.com Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a tentative agreement between his office, legislative leaders in the state and the Oakland Athletics for a stadium…

VMLY&R CEO Jon Cook Had His Own ‘Damar Hamlin Moment.’ This Is His Death-Defying Story

adweek.com Brandweek will feature live discussions with marketing pros at ULTA Beauty , Converse , UPS and more. Meet us in Miami Sept. 11–14 to boost your business and elevate your…