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GOP lawmakers push for state control of St. Louis police

2 years 7 months ago
Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time since the Civil War, the city of St. Louis has more murders than ever before — and Missouri's Republican lawmakers are again pressuring for a state takeover of the police force.
DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER, Associated Press

For Uganda’s vanishing glaciers, time is running out

2 years 7 months ago
The loss of the once-sprawling ice fields in the Rwenzori Mountains has profound implications for local communities, uniquely adapted species, and scientists studying the climate record.
John Wendle, Yale Environment 360