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Anti-abortion groups urge US attorney general to halt mailing of abortion pills

1 week 6 days ago
A group of leading anti-abortion organizations sent a letter to newly confirmed U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche urging him to review the U.S. Department of Justice’s authority to use  a 150-year-old anti-obscenity law to prevent people from obtaining abortion medication or other related materials through the mail. Advancing American Freedom, a conservative advocacy group founded […]
Kelcie Moseley-Morris

Trump urges shift in childhood vaccine recommendations, calls for splitting up MMR vaccine

1 week 6 days ago
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order that aims to reshape guidance surrounding childhood vaccines, standing alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and was met with immediate pushback. The order — which calls on federal programs and funding to “support maximal parental choice over childhood vaccines” — […]
Shauneen Miranda

Schools prepare for cell phone restrictions ahead of return to classes

1 week 6 days ago
ST. LOUIS - Schools are preparing to enforce cell phone bans ahead of students returning to the classroom, as Missouri is under bell-to-bell restrictions and Illinois is moving toward statewide rules of its own. Districts including Parkway and St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) have put strict phone policies in place, and some Metro East schools [...]
Nick Gladney

Federal funding bill could spare Missouri hemp beverages from November ban

1 week 6 days ago
Hemp-derived THC beverages could stay on Missouri shelves past Nov. 12 — the day the state’s ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect — if Congress gives final approval to a short-term funding bill and the president signs it. In an overnight vote Saturday, the U.S. Senate approved a measure to fund federal agencies until […]
Rebecca Rivas

Tuesday, August 11 - Scouting for silos

1 week 6 days ago
Silos have dotted the landscape for 150 years. But the tower-like structures on farms that hold fermented feed for livestock are threatened by development and old age. One “silo hunter” in Illinois has been tracking down her grandfather’s silos before they disappear.