Inspection results at Homer G. Phillips
ST. LOUIS – After a Fox2/News11 report two days ago, residents’ complaints about living conditions at the historic Homer G. Phillips apartments for seniors have been confirmed by inspectors for the City of St. Louis Building and Health. Homer G. …
Montana-based mapping startup onXmaps raises a round of funding fit for Big Sky Country
A mapping startup based in Missoula, Mont., which allows users to download sophisticated offline topographic maps outlining public and private lands and a number of other features geared towards hunting, fishing and camping, has pulled in its first major outside …
Facebook forges ahead with kids app despite expert criticism
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is forging ahead with its messaging app for kids, despite child experts who have pressed the company to shut it down and others who question Facebook’s financial support of some advisers who approved of the …
A series of new bills seeks to make Michigan's waste-management system more environmentally responsible.
Michigan has the highest bottle recycling rate in the country. Since 1976, the state’s bottle deposit program has contributed to a 90 percent return rate on pop and beer cans and bottles
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Parolee Who Killed Ex-Girlfriend in Parked Vista Motorhome Gets 75 Years to Life
A parolee who killed his ex-girlfriend in a motorhome parked on a residential property in Vista was sentenced Friday to 75 years to life in prison plus nine years. Nathan Carmello Rivera, 43, was convicted of first-degree murder in the …
School shooter will offer to plead guilty, public defender says
Confessed Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz intends to plead guilty, Broward County Public Defender Howard Finkelstein said Friday. Finkelstein said the object is to avoid a painful trial and for Cruz not to get the death penalty. Prosecutors could not …
Twitter is killing its Twitter for Mac desktop client
On Friday, Twitter announced that it would abandon its lesser loved Mac app, directing users to Twitter.com instead. The company declared that it will refocus its efforts on “a great Twitter experience that’s consistent across platforms” rather than continuing development …
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As the HQ2 announcement deadline nears, consider it a bullet Detroit dodged
As the deadline for Amazon’s HQ2 announcement draws near, it’s worth taking a look at the minority view: avoiding Amazon’s nod may have been a good thing for Detroit.
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10 Ordered to Hand in Guns After City Effort to Curb Violence
Ten San Diego gun owners have been ordered to surrender their firearms after courts determined they were at risk of harming themselves or others as part of an effort launched in January by the City Attorney’s Office to obtain such …