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As reading scores fall, states turn to phonics — but not without a fight

2 weeks 5 days ago
As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not whether reading instruction needs fixing, but how to fix it. More than a dozen states have enacted laws banning public school educators from teaching youngsters to read using an approach that’s been popular for […]
Robbie Sequeira

T-Mobile Responds To Lawsuits That Its ‘Price Lock’ Is Meaningless, With A New Meaningless ‘Price Lock’ Offer

2 weeks 5 days ago
In the wake of the Sprint T-Mobile merger, data suggests that wireless carriers immediately stopped trying to compete on price (exactly what deal critics had warned the Trump administration would happen when you reduce sector competition). Recently, T-Mobile imposed another $3-$5 per month price hike on most of its plans — including customers who believed they were under a […]
Karl Bode

Air quality worsened in Missouri from 2021 to 2023

2 weeks 5 days ago
Missouri’s air quality worsened from 2021 to 2023, with wildfires, warmer temperatures and dangerous air pollutants fouling the air Missourians breathe. The American Lung Association’s 2025 State of the Air report found that the St. Louis and Kansas City areas both had poorer outcomes for some measures of air quality compared to previous years. St. […]
Meg Cunningham

In Your Neighborhood: FOX 2 News in Maeystown

2 weeks 5 days ago
MONROE COUNTY, Ill. - The Power of Two is live in your neighborhood, Maeystown. FOX 2’s Blair Ledet and John Pertzborn visit Maeystown, highlighting the people, places, and stories that make the area special. Visit FOX 2’s YouTube channel to check out the locations the trio visited while in Maeystown.
Nick Gladney

U.S. Senate Dems seek Trump administration report on human rights in El Salvador prison

2 weeks 5 days ago
WASHINGTON — Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains in prison in El Salvador after he was mistakenly deported more than a month ago, and Senate Democrats said Thursday they will file a privileged resolution that would require the State Department to report on human rights conditions in CECOT,  the brutal 40,000-capacity facility where Abrego Garcia was first […]
Ariana Figueroa

Friday, May 2 - Searching for answers in a tragic loss, and finding a new story in classic work

2 weeks 5 days ago
A Colombian man from St. Louis died in ICE custody last month after being detained in a Missouri jail. He left his country seeking a better life with his family. Now his mother is searching for answers. Plus, a huge ensemble of musicians, actors and singers will perform a classic work in St. Louis this weekend, including some of the most famous music you may not realize you already love.

1 dead, 1 injured in fatal shooting in south St. Louis

2 weeks 5 days ago
ST. LOUIS - A man was left dead and a second was injured after a shooting in south St. Louis Thursday night. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD), the shooting took place just after 9:45 p.m. in the area of Tennessee Avenue and Miami Street in south St. Louis' Gravois Park neighborhood. [...]
Nick Gladney