Nashville, TN

San Francisco, CA

Axios

If you want some tasty brunch, consider checking out Mr. East Kitchen, Lapisara Eatery or Lokma in San Francisco. State of play: Today, Yelp on Monday released its list of the 100 best brunch spots in the country, featuring those three restaurants in San Francisco. Lokma (No. 80), located in...

The best brunch in San Francisco, according to Yelp

Chicago, IL

Pharmacists at Walgreens across the Chicago area are demonstrating at stores to call for better pay and hours. The big picture: The protests follow labor disruptions at pharmacies nationwide — dubbed "pharmageddon" — in response to understaffing and growing workplace demands that they say put patients' health at risk.

Walgreens pharmacists to rally outside Chicago-area stores

Texas State

San Antonio, TX

Comfort Cafe and Full Goods Diner made Yelp's annual list of Top 100 Brunch Spots nationwide, released Monday, just in time for Mother's Day planning. Driving the news: Yelp released a survey alongside the ranking, which found that along with flowers, solitude and a break from personal tasks, "dining out" was what moms craved most on their special day.

San Antonio brunch spots included in Yelp's new list

Half Price Books will close its Broadway store by Brackenridge Park on Sunday after 45 years at the site. Why it matters: The location, beloved by and iconic to many locals, is the chain's only store inside Loop 410 — with all other stores on the North or Northwest Side.

Half Price Books on Broadway closes Sunday

Portland, OR

WorldOregon's 2024 international speaker series "Mending the World" opens Wednesday. Four speakers over the next few weeks will address weighty world issues that also hit home in Portland. Zoom in: Ben Westhoff, an investigative journalist and author of the 2019 book "Fentanyl, Inc." opens the series tonight. The former music...

WorldOregon series starts Wednesday in Portland

Charlotte, NC

Axios Charlotte

Families experiencing homelessness are finding refuge in a readapted motel off Sugar Creek Road and I-85.Why it matters: Repurposing motels can be an impactful and relatively cheap way to create much-needed affordable and transitional housing.Low-income families often get stuck spending hundreds per week living in motels, struggling to save enough for permanent housing.Driving the news: Heal Charlotte received a $2.25 million grant from the city to help master lease the former Baymont Inn on Equipment Drive. The nonprofit will house up to 100 families in the motel, which was renovated in 2019.Families in the program have to have a source...

Tour nonprofit Heal Charlotte's new transient housing motel off Sugar Creek Road

Utah State

Mendon, UT

We thought May Day was all but dead in Utah. Surprise! At least one town still goes all out. Thanks to readers Lynnette H. and Mark L. for alerting us. Driving the news: Mendon, a hamlet of 1,300 people in Cache County, has a May Day festival each year on the first Saturday of the month.

Head to Mendon in Utah for the biggest May Day around

Philadelphia, PA

Tracey Syphax is a numbers guy — he remembers his inmate number, 226926, and the first time he saw seven digits in his bank account. The big picture: Syphax, a Trenton-based real estate developer who co-owns Booker's restaurant in Philadelphia with his wife, remade himself from a drug-addicted hustler who spent seven years in prison into an entrepreneur.

Philly restaurateur Tracey Syphax found success after prison

Salt Lake City, UT

Axios Salt Lake City

Utah Pride Center leaders plan to rein in spending at the annual pride festival after the LGBTQ+ advocacy group has dealt with financial turmoil and two rounds of layoffs in the past year.State of play: The center will scale back on staging and production planned for the 2024 event and hire local talent to "mitigate some of the performance fees," the nonprofit's new executive director Chad Call told reporters Wednesday from its new downtown Salt Lake City headquarters.Call also announced the festival's theme will center around building unity in Utah.Between the lines: Call was previously announced as the center's interim...

Utah Pride Center to reduce spending on upcoming festival

North Carolina State

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Bloomington, NY

CJ Coombs

The Henry Miller House is located at 106 Cape Road in Bloomington, Missouri (Stoddard County). It was listed on Missouri's Most Endangered List (Places in Peril) in 2013, 2014, and 2018. It was listed as a watched property in 2015-2017 and 2019.

The Henry Miller House is believed to be the oldest house in Stoddard County, Missouri

Arizona State

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix Christian Preparatory School has big plans for the former Asbury United Methodist Church, including its iconic "cupcake chapel." Catch up quick: Asbury United Methodist Church built the chapel in 1967, according to a 2002 article in the Arizona Republic. It's probably best-known as the "cupcake chapel" but has also...

"Cupcake chapel" part of Phoenix Christian's plans for a new school

32 highly anticipated restaurants, bars and breweries are opening in Charlotte in the next year or so. Here's our list of the most anticipated openings, in chronological order. State of play: Restaurant opening dates are notorious for being pushed back, especially because of permit approval delays and supply chain issues...

The 32 most anticipated new restaurants and bars in Charlotte

Colorado State

Golden, CO

JoAnn Seaman, executive director at Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden, tells us she's recently noticed more visitors to the tranquil space overlooking Denver. Zoom in: Seaman credits the increase to the movie "Cabrini," which released in theaters in March, and chronicles the Catholic sister's life. What they're saying: "We have...

Film release prompts more visitors to Mother Cabrini Shrine in Golden

Massachusetts State

Scituate, MA

Dianna Carney

The Scituate Animal Shelter of Massachusetts recently introduced Chewbacca, nicknamed Chewy, who they describe as a funny fella who loves everyone. “This adorable mutt is built like an oversized Shih Tzu and weighs 25 lbs. Since he was found as a stray and never claimed, we don't know much about his past.” Chewy has a personality as unique as his looks. "He is overly friendly with all, dogs included. He can come on a bit strong but in the kindest way. He wants everyone to be his friend!" states the Scituate Animal Shelter of Massachusetts, who is currently caring for Chewy until he finds his forever home.

Meet Chewbacca: The "Funny Fella" Looking For Love

Louisiana State

New Orleans, LA

When the latest census estimates revealed that the New Orleans metro is leading the nation in population loss, a lot of focus swirled around where people are going. Why it matters: That attention ignores what might be the biggest problem, says New Orleans Data Center chief demographer Allison Plyer, which is that too many people are dying.

Too many people are dying in Louisiana

Houston, TX

Axios Houston

Another hotter-than-usual summer is in store for Texas, per federal forecasters.Why it matters: Extreme heat is a major public health threat and plays a role in droughts and wildfires.Hot weather, particularly heat waves, also threatens the reliability of the increasingly strained electricity grid.Threat level: The ways climate change is altering the character of American summers increasingly stands out.2023 was the warmest summer on record for Houston, according to the National Weather Service, with 45 days with temperatures of 100 or higher. The highest temperature in Houston last year was 109°F.What they're saying: Extremely hot days were "rare in the 1970s...

An unusually hot summer looms for Houston

The City of Houston is attempting to keep secret the personnel file for a police officer who has been involved in four fatal shootings since 2022.Catch up quick: Axios filed an open records request with the City of Houston on April 15 for two officers' personnel files after the Houston Police Department released security and bodycam footage of a March shooting that identified officer Devin Inocencio as one of the shooters.The other personnel file requested was for officer Shaun Houlihan.Driving the news: On Monday, the city sent a letter to the Texas Attorney General's Office asking to withhold the files...

City seeks to withhold Houston police HR files

Raleigh, NC

The ZIP codes in the Raleigh area experiencing the highest home appreciation in the past year include areas in exurban Johnston County as well as some of the most desirable neighborhoods in town. Why it matters: Fewer homes on the market kept prices growing in most areas, meaning affordability dwindled,...

The hottest ZIP codes for home appreciation in the Triangle

Madison, TN

Whites Creek, TN

Antioch, TN

Hermitage, TN

Old Hickory, TN

Brentwood, TN

Goodlettsville, TN

Joelton, TN

Hendersonville, TN

Pegram, TN

Franklin, TN

La Vergne, TN

Ashland City, TN

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Nashville again listed as possible WNBA city

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert reiterated this week the league's desire to expand and once again listed Nashville as a possible new market. Why it matters: Interest...

Nashville again listed as possible WNBA city

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