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When a storm damaged thousands of homes on May 16, 2025, it accelerated a growing vacancy problem in the city's predominantly Black neighborhoods driven by decades of redlining, disinvestment and white flight.

Three displaced St. Louisans share their stories of devastation, slow recovery and finding community in the aftermath a year after the May 16 tornado.

The federal government promised Kansas City $59 million in security funding for the World Cup. The partial government shutdown put funds' release in limbo until the Department of Homeland Security announced last week it would start sending money.