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American borders reopen to tourists, but remain closed for those seeking asylum

2 years 11 months ago

As entry restrictions lifted on Monday on U.S. border crossings for some tourists from Mexico, the Biden administration is continuing to deny entry to asylum-seekers from Mexico and Central America under a Trump-era emergency public health rule. Lisandro, a migrant from southern Mexico using a pseudonym to protect his identity, tried to request entry to […]

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Laura Gómez

White House touts clean energy, transit, rail projects in sprawling infrastructure bill

2 years 11 months ago

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Tuesday offered details about how money from the recently passed bipartisan infrastructure bill would be spent, emphasizing the pending law’s potential to add clean energy capacity. Department of Transportation officials highlighted the $1.2 trillion bill’s record funding for public transit like buses and subways, as well as for Amtrak. They […]

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Jacob Fischler

St. Louis Screams for Ice Cream (Sundaes)

2 years 11 months ago
In 1979, Laclede’s Landing was turned into an ice cream lover’s paradise, when everything within a nine-block radius was dedicated entirely to ice cream! You name it, they had it at the festival—ice cream building, root beer floats, fried ice cream, astronaut ice cream, watermelon sherbet, ice cream “trees,” ice cream omelets, spumoni, and turtle …
Brittany Krewson