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Couple’s dream wedding illuminated by rare solar eclipse

2 years 6 months ago
BELLEVILLE, Ill. -- A couple celebrated their love by getting married under a rare and historic solar eclipse, capturing a celestial moment that reflects their astronomical love story. Jonathan Powles and Savannah Powles began their journey together in 2017 during another solar eclipse, inspiring them to plan their wedding for the next one. The proposal [...]
Joe Millitzer

Federal court in St. Louis hears arguments on Arkansas ban on transgender health care

2 years 6 months ago

Federal appeals court judges in St. Louis on Thursday heard legal counsel for the national ACLU and the U.S. Department of Justice argue that transgender minors have a constitutional right to gender-affirming care, while Arkansas’ deputy solicitor general said a state law prohibiting such care was in the best interest of youth and not discriminatory. […]

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Debra Chandler Landis

The 'Rawlings Experience' opens in Maryland Heights today

2 years 6 months ago
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Today marks the grand opening of the Rawlings Experience at Westport Plaza in Maryland Heights, a new attraction set to delight baseball fans in St. Louis. The Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, having moved its headquarters here late last year, is introducing this interactive space where fans can immerse themselves in baseball [...]
Chris Regnier

Civil War Shows a Violent, Fractured America, But Fails to Explain It

2 years 6 months ago
Reflecting the division in the country whose internecine conflict it vividly depicts, Alex Garland’s Civil War splits unevenly in two, alternating brutally effective and disturbing sequences of violence with caesuras of conversation and uneasy respite. The former, with their amped-up urgency and ratcheting suspense, display an impressive filmmaking mastery, but the latter strive for a level of sociocultural insight that they regrettably never quite reach. Garland deliberately withholds the backstory that would explain how a near-future U.S. descends into warring factions, and he provides only the barest hint of what’s transpiring in most of the country.
Cliff Froehlich

What you should know about over-the-counter birth control

2 years 6 months ago
ST. LOUIS – The FDA has approved the first daily contraceptive pill for over-the-counter sale, enhancing access to pregnancy prevention options. Dr. David Eisenberg, Chief Division of Complex Family Planning at Washington University and Barnes-Jewish Hospital, talks about new developments in over-the-counter birth control. Dr. Eisenberg says that the pill, containing an ingredient used in [...]
Joe Millitzer

Nearly 1 in 4 adults dumped from Medicaid are now uninsured, survey finds

2 years 6 months ago

Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring. The first national survey of […]

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Phil Galewitz