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US East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but region escapes sweeping damage

2 years ago
NEW YORK (AP) — An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt the midmorning quake with a preliminary magnitude [...]
JENNIFER PELTZ and MIKE CATALINI, Associated Press

St. Louis Aldermen Vote Down Bill to Ease Process for New Shelters

2 years ago
A contentious debate that took up more than two hours of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen meeting today led to a tie vote that effectively killed a bill that would make it easier to place shelters for the unhoused in the city. Board Bill 227, sponsored by Ward 7 Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier and co-sponsored by Aldermanic President Megan Green, would reform the city’s plat and petition process for approving shelters.  After a lengthy discussion at today’s meeting, seven alders voted in favor of the bill, seven against it, with one person voting present.
Kallie Cox

Fashion icon Karlie Kloss emphasizes Missouri's role in national abortion rights fight

2 years ago
Webster Groves native Karlie Kloss took the modeling world by storm in the 2010s before launching a highly successful effort to connect young women with computer coding and, more recently, helping relaunch Life magazine. On this episode of the Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air, she discusses another passion: her advocacy for abortion rights in Missouri and around the Midwest.