A St. Louis restaurant imposes age restrictions: no women under 30 or men under 35 A restaurant in St. Louis has been getting attention online for a unique rule: nobody under the age of 30 is allowed in. Is this an effective marketing strategy? Read more on NPR

Kindergartners are missing a lot of school. This district has a fix In many places, kindergarteners are as likely to be chronically absent as high school seniors, but one school district in rural California is doing something about it. Read more on NPR

Wisconsin’s uninstructed movement plans to keep pushing for an end to the war in Gaza Uninstructed voters in Wisconsin didn’t have a strong enough primary showing to gain delegates to the Democrat’s convention, but they say they can still pressure the president to end the war in Gaza. Read more on NPR

What communities are doing about missing historical markers across the South Many historical markers that told stories of Black history have been damaged or stolen in recent years. Communities are struggling with their absence. Read more on NPR

Over the next month, 24 countries vie to be the men’s European football champion NPR’s Rob Schmitz speaks with FIFA agent Jeremy Pastel about the 2024 UEFA Men’s European Football Championship, which kicks off Friday with Germany vs. France Read more on NPR

Alex Jones faces day of reckoning over what he owes Sandy Hook families A judge is expected to tell Jones to sell off assets. But the families are likely to get only a tiny fraction of the nearly $1.5 billion in damages Jones owes for lies about the 2012 school shooting. Read more on NPR

Bill Gates is going nuclear: How his latest project could power U.S. homes and AI The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He’s putting his own money behind the project. Read more on NPR

Snubbed! Banned! Rejected! And that’s just the first 3 questions of this week’s quiz This week, Hunter Biden was convicted, G7 is happening and flash floods are, too. None of those things made the quiz, though, elbowed out by plant-based topics such as gardens, bananas and “meat.” Read more on NPR