Bernie Sanders’ commanding Nevada caucus victory made him a top target for his Democratic rivals and a growing source of anxiety for establishment Democrats worried that the nomination of an avowed democratic socialist could cost the party in November. The ...
Tagged with: 2020 presidential Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Joe Biden Super Tuesday
Read More »Antebellum Southern plantations were built on the backs of enslaved people, and many of those plantations hold places of honor on the National Register of Historic Places – but don’t look for many mentions of slavery in the government’s official ...
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Read More »U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new type of cholesterol-lowering drug aimed at millions of people who can’t tolerate — or don’t get enough help from — widely used statin pills like Lipitor and Crestor. The Food and Drug Administration ...
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Read More »LaVonne Hirashima had two children by the time she was 20 and no time to get a college degree. Instead, the single parent doubled down at work and built a stable career in information technology, and now works for a ...
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Read More »China’s Huawei unveiled its latest folding smartphone Monday and its first such device to be available internationally, competing in a niche category with new models from Samsung and Motorola. The company took the wraps off the new Mate Xs by ...
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Read More »Billionaire Warren Buffett says the viral outbreak in China has slowed economic growth, but he remains confident in the long-term future of American business. Buffett appeared on CNBC Monday after releasing his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders over the weekend. Buffett ...
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In the rush to replace insecure, unreliable electronic voting machines after Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential race, state and local officials have scrambled to acquire more trustworthy equipment for this year’s election, when U.S. intelligence agencies fear even ...
Read More »When it rains, Shawn Harris dumps dirty water out of a big pot perched on his bed at least seven times a day. If he doesn’t, water spills through the ceiling onto his mattress, which is ruined anyway, he said. ...
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Read More »An African American medical technician at a Kansas City hospital alleges in a lawsuit that a white co-worker called him “boy” and referred to another black employee as “Aunt Jemima.” Trevor Baston accuses St. Luke’s Physician Group and St. Luke’s ...
Tagged with: Aunt Jemima lawsuit Kansas City discrimination lawsuit racial discrimination St. Luke's Health System St. Luke's Physician Group Trevor Baston
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As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that would use tax incentives to spur private investment in public works projects. He has so far failed to persuade Congress to pass anything like that. ...
Tagged with: Donald Trump campaign House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee infrastructure Trump infrastructure U.S. Rep. Sam Graves
Read More »Tucked near a rarely used escalator in Terminal 1 at St. Louis Lambert International Airport is a blue sign that hangs over a nondescript stand announcing in all caps the spot’s purpose: FREE SPEECH BOOTH. Underneath the sign on a ...
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