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- A school bus arrives at Jana Elementary School on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 in Florissant, Mo. Radioactive samples were found at the Hazelwood School District school, according to a recently released report. Nearby Coldwater Creek, which flooded in August, was contaminated by waste from nuclear bombs manufactured during World War II. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Missouri school to close after radioactive waste report
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Tue,10/18/22-1:30PM , 565 Reads
FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri school board decided Tuesday to shut down a grade school that sits near a contaminated creek after a study funded by law firms involved in a class-action lawsuit found high levels of radioactive material inside the school.
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- Abdul-Kaba Abdullah stands in front of his former home in St. Louis on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Abdullah sold the home two years ago for less than he thought it was worth after an appraisal came in lower than expected. He believes the appraisal was low because the home is in north St. Louis, a predominantly Black area of the city. St. Louis is among several U.S. cities where realtors have recently apologized for past housing discrimination and announced new efforts to protect housing rights. (AP Photo/ Jim Salter)
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Realtors apologizing for past discrimination, urging change
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Fri,10/14/22-8:00AM , 185 Reads
ST. LOUIS (AP) — When Abdul-Kaba Abdullah decided to sell his home two years ago, he listed the neatly-kept, four-bedroom house at $175,000 based on presale evaluations.

But once a buyer made an offer, an appraiser valued the home at only $150,000, and the bank wouldn’t give a loan for the original asking price.
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- Barges idle while waiting for passage in the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in the muddy river bottom, resulting in delays. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, that at least eight “groundings” of barges have been reported in the past week, despite low-water restrictions on the barge loads. (Thomas Berner via AP)
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Barges grounded by low water halt Mississippi River traffic
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Wed,10/05/22-2:21PM , 514 Reads
The unusually low water level in the lower Mississippi River is causing barges to get stuck in mud and sand, disrupting river travel for shippers, recreational boaters and even passengers on a cruise line.
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- Dr. Colleen McNicholas, chief medical officer at Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, sits in a surgical room on April 11, 2022, at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill. Midwestern Planned Parenthood officials on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic — a 37-foot RV that will stay in Illinois but travel to near the border of adjoining states that have banned the procedure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine, File)
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Planned Parenthood plans mobile abortion clinic in Illinois
By JIM SALTER - Associated Press
Mon,10/03/22-11:42AM , 220 Reads
Planned Parenthood officials on Monday announced plans for a mobile abortion clinic — a 37-foot RV that will stay in Illinois but travel close to the borders of adjoining states that have banned the procedure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year.
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