Bitcoin rival Ripple is suddenly sitting on many billions of dollars worth of currency

Blockchain start-up Ripple is in a precarious position for a five-year-old company. The business is still in its very early days but suddenly has billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency on its balance sheet. Ripple, which built a digital payments network for...

For Army Infantry’s 1st Women, Heavy Packs and the Weight of History

For Army Infantry’s 1st Women, Heavy Packs and the Weight of History By DAVE PHILIPPS May 26, 2017 Pvt. Kayla Padgett, right. By DAVE PHILIPPS May 26, 2017 FORT BENNING, Ga. — The first group of women graduated from United States Army...

Few in St. Louis Knew Confederate Memorial Existed. Now, Many Want It Gone.

By JULIE BOSMAN May 26, 2017 ST. LOUIS — The angry, divisive fight over public symbols of the Confederacy has swept through Columbia, S.C., Birmingham, Ala., and New Orleans. This week, the debate made its way some 600 miles north, up the Mississippi...