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TSA won't enforce mask mandate after judge rules against CDC

3 years 2 months ago
A federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled the nationwide mask mandate for airports, planes and other public transportation is unlawful. Hours after Monday's ruling was handed down, the Transportation Security Administration said it will no longer enforce the mandate. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled Monday that the mandate exceeded the statutory authority of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which issued the order. Mizelle's ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed in Julyโ€ฆ
Lauren Ohnesorge

Greitens believes he stands out from the field in Republican Senate primary

3 years 2 months ago
ST. LOUIS -- Over the next six days, we will hear from the leading Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt. We are airing these interviews in alphabetical order, so we start with Eric Greitens. The former Missouri governor resigned in 2018 over accusations of blackmail, bondage, and sexual assault. [...]
Vic Faust

Mississippi River lands on 'Endangered Rivers' list

3 years 2 months ago
A environmental nonprofit has placed the Mississippi River on a list of America's Most Endangered Rivers and is calling for the federal government to fund restortation efforts for all of the waterways on the ranking in order to preserve the local ecosystems and, in doing so, protect the people and businesses that operate along the rivers.
Kevin S. Held

Chasing the Impossible Dream

3 years 2 months ago
I was a St. Louis Cardinal scout starting in 1979 and continued for over 20 years. Each spring, the Saturday before the major league draft, I would travel to Busch Stadium and put on my Cardinal uniform number 11. If it still fit from the year before. I would conduct drills at the pre-draft camp under the direction of scouting director, Fred McAllister, as we would bring in outstanding prospects for possible signing. In June, I would again travel to the stadium for a two-day tryout camp that was open by invitation only. There, we would conduct a tryout camp of “boys” from age 16 to 50. We would start out with over 100 candidates and over two days, we would filter them down to a couple, and offer them a contract. Bernard Gilkey, Cardinal outfielder was one we signed that made it to the major leagues. Another was Art Howe, who eventually managed the New York Mets. I say 50-year-old try-out candidates because occasionally we would get sports celebrities friends like Tom Wheatley,

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