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The Alton Police Department is investigating the shooting of a 14-year-old teen that happened on Friday afternoon.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, about the apparent disconnect between Mr. Musk’s statements about eradicating online child sexual exploitation on Twitter and his company’s actual efforts to do so. In his letter, Durbin noted that while Twitter certainly had room for improving online child safety before Mr. Musk acquired it, reports indicate that Twitter’s approach to child safety has rapidly deteriorated on his watch. “I know you are a father so I trust you will take this issue seriously… While you have claimed that ‘removing child exploitation is priority #1’ for Twitter, recent reports indicate that Twitter under your ownership is eliminating personnel who have worked to protect children and combat child sexual exploitation, including the sharing and collection of child sexual abuse material,” Durbin wrote.

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The agency was looking for real-life mother-daughter and sister pairs for a campaign for Soma Intimates, a lingerie, sleepwear and swimwear retailer.

WASHINGTON - The FCC’s Robocall Response Team today announced that the Enforcement Bureau has ordered telecommunications companies to stop carrying robocalls related to known student loan scams. Voice service providers must cease accepting robocall traffic from Urth Access, LLC which investigators believe, along with associated entities and individuals specified in today’s Order, generated upwards of 40% of student loan debt robocalls in October. Building on FCC action in November, U.S. voice service providers must now take all necessary steps to avoid carrying this robocall traffic. This operation is also the target of an ongoing investigation by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel: “Scam robocalls try to pull from the headlines to confuse consumers. The newest trick in their playbook? Trying to take advantage of people who want help paying off their student loans. Today we’re cutting these scammers off so they can’t

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Economist Philip Dybvig's attorney said the allegations are factually inaccurate and related to "professional rivalry."

Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by.

It was an exciting World Cup to watch, with a lot of firsts and a lot of countries making history. FOX 2 asked fans here what their thoughts were on the World Cup in Qatar.

An affiliate of Life360 Church in Springfield, and New Hope Fellowship, a church in High Ridge, became two of the largest Missouri participants in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.

Most of Daniel Neman's appliances decided that his bank account was getting a little too full of itself, so they conspired to take it down a peg or two.

Terry Harris’ resignation follows three years of protests over diversity and equity programs in the majority-white school district.

Police continue to search for answers one year since the disappearance of Betty L. Hayes, an 88-year-old, mid-Missouri woman.