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Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump's health chief after a close Senate vote

2 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance programs for roughly half the country. Nearly all Republicans fell in line behind Trump [...]
AMANDA SEITZ, Associated Press

Police investigating smash-and-grab theft in north St. Louis County

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Police are investigating a smash-and-grab robbery overnight Thursday morning in north St. Louis County. The robbery took place at the St. Louis Tax Pros Office on Natural Bridge in North St. Louis County. A witness told our Nissan Rogue Runner that a pickup truck driver backed into the building and stole an [...]
Nick Gladney

No injuries reported in fire in north St. Louis

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - A vacant house caught fire overnight Thursday morning in north St. Louis. The fire happened a little after 1 a.m. on Arlington Avenue in north St. Louis' Hamilton Heights neighborhood. According to firefighters, the house was vacant at the time the fire started and no one was left injured.
Nick Gladney

A quiet and cold Thursday, Next storm comes with Friday warm-up

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - The snow has moved out and our skies are beginning to slowly clear Thursday. Breezy and cold out the door Thursday, with temperatures in the teens and wind chills in the single digits. We will see a nice amount of sunshine Thursday afternoon and clear skies into this evening. Highs only in [...]
Angela Hutti

WashU, others could soon feel impacts of NIH funding changes

2 months 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Billions of dollars for medical research remain up in the air for institutions like Washington University. This week, a judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's plan to cut billions of dollars in funding for medical research through the National Institutes of Health—which could have a huge impact on local institutions like WashU [...]
Max Diekneite

Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial

2 months 1 week ago
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago Democrat who once set much of Illinois’ political agenda as the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was convicted of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud Wednesday in a split verdict in his high-profile corruption trial. In a packed courtroom, jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of 10 counts [...]
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press

Pritzker delays $1.2B invasive carp project over concerns Trump won't cover federal share

2 months 1 week ago
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has decided to delay work on a $1.2 billion project meant to prevent invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes out of concerns that the Trump administration won't pay the federal government's share of the costs. Illinois, Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been planning to install a gauntlet of technologies in the Des Plaines River near Joliet, Illinois, to deter approaching fish.
TODD RICHMOND