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In Wisconsin, Biden underlines plans to help college students with ‘unsustainable debts’

1 month 1 week ago

WASHINGTON — During a speech in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, President Joe Biden touted his administration’s efforts to provide student debt relief through several new proposals, such as canceling accrued interest. “While (a) college degree still is a ticket to the middle class, that ticket is becoming much too expensive,” Biden said. “Things are a […]

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Ariana Figueroa

PHOTOS: 2024 Solar Eclipse

1 month 1 week ago
ST. LOUIS - Thousands of people across Missouri and Illinois stood outside Monday afternoon to observe the solar eclipse. Some saw complete totality in the southern part of the state, and others outside the path of totality still saw nearly 100% of the sun covered by the moon. Many sent in photos of friends, families, [...]
Megan Mueller

Meta’s Dumb Deletion Of Links To Journalism Shows Why Attempts To Tax Platforms That Link To Journalism Is Even Dumber

1 month 1 week ago
As Mike has already chronicled, Meta has managed to alienate itself from reasonable people by first suppressing links to an independent Kansas journalism outlet, then links to others reporting on the suppression, and eventually entire accounts discussing the episode. I tend to be of the view that what happened was an error caught in a […]
Cathy Gellis

Understanding how solar eclipses have shaped civilizations — and how STLPR journalists are covering the one on April 8

1 month 1 week ago
For millennia, humans have looked to the sky to check out a total solar eclipse. In this episode, we listen back to our conversation with Manel Errando, an assistant professor of physics at Washington University, about how humans have kept track of and tried to understand what solar eclipses mean. Then, we checked in with STLPR journalists in Illinois, Missouri — and on a Southwest Airlines flight — about how they’re taking in the April 8 eclipse.

Trump says abortion policy should be left to the states, backing away from national ban

1 month 1 week ago

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced a shift in his views on abortion laws Monday, releasing a video advocating for state legislatures to make those decisions, not Congress — and was immediately met with strong criticism from an influential anti-abortion group that said it should remain a national debate. “My view is now […]

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Jennifer Shutt