The Illinois section of the St. Louis metropolitan area reported a 3.5% unemployment rate for June — setting a record low for the Metro East. The unemployment rate decreased 1.3 percentage points from ...

Explore St. Louis hosted The dedication of the Dr. Donald M. Suggs Entry and Lobby at the America’s Center Convention Complex ...

Who’s funding a state’s tax credit program for private school tuition is no longer available through Missouri’s transparency portal, following a decision by the State Treasurer’s Office to permanently ...

Let’s call this what it is. The sudden release of over 230,000 pages of FBI files on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — two years ahead of schedule — is not about transparency. It’s a calculated, racially ...

Let’s call this what it is. The sudden release of over 230,000 pages of FBI files on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — two years ahead of schedule — is not about transparency. It’s a calculated, racially ...

Up to 80% of women develop fibroids of some size in their womb by age 50. Black women are up to three times more likely to have them and often at a younger age. The non-cancerous tumors can range from ...

St. Louisan Steve Hall is receiving plenty of preseason accolades ahead of his redshirt sophomore football season at Lindenwood University. The former MICDS standout running back has been selected to ...

It is just after noon inside Your Natural Image hair salon in South Kansas City, Missouri, on a Thursday in July. The 16-year-old Cornelius Mitchell has just come from under the dryer. Mitchell, a ...

More than 3,000 Boeing defense workers went on strike Monday morning after rejecting the company’s latest contract proposal. The workers, mostly based in the St. Louis area, are responsible for ...

It is just after noon inside Your Natural Image hair salon in South Kansas City, Missouri, on a Thursday in July. The 16-year-old Cornelius Mitchell has just come from under the dryer. Mitchell, a ...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries everywhere—including journalism. At The St. Louis American, we’re exploring how AI tools might support our newsroom’s mission: to inform, empower, and ...

The death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner has been confirmed as accidental drowning, according to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ). Warner, 54, was pulled under by a strong rip current on last ...