Oct 21 Six Republican-led states appealing dismissal of lawsuit over student loan relief By Jim Salter, Associated Press Attorneys for six Republican-led states are asking a federal appeals court to reconsider their effort to block the Biden administration’s program to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in student loan debt. Continue reading
Oct 20 Feds to conduct further testing for radioactive contamination in Missouri school By Jim Salter, Associated Press The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct new testing at a Missouri grade school to learn more about the level of radioactive contamination in the school and on its playground. Continue reading
Oct 19 Medical guidance sought after radioactive contamination closes school By Jim Salter, Associated Press Coldwater Creek runs directly behind Jana Elementary. The creek was contaminated in the 1940s and 1950s when waste from atomic bomb material manufactured in St. Louis got into the waterway. Continue reading
Oct 19 Medical students worry about where to train as several states enact abortion restrictions By James Pollard, Associated Press Students in obstetrics-gynecology and family medicine are facing tough choices about where to advance their training in a landscape where legal access to abortion varies from state to state. Continue reading
Oct 18 Everything you need to know when applying for student loan forgiveness By Cora Lewis, Adriana Morga, Associated Press Borrowers who apply before mid-November should see forgiveness before Jan. 1, when payments on loans are scheduled to restart after a pause during the pandemic. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 6:05 Photographer documents immigration and life inside detention facility By Laura Barrón-López, Henry Brannan, Maea Lenei Buhre U.S. authorities reported that there have been more than two million apprehensions at the southern border in the last year, a record high. Since 2018, photographer Pablo Allison has documented the human stories behind these statistics. Laura Barrón-López talked to… Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 9:14 Search and rescue teams stretched thin with more Americans hitting the outdoors By Christopher Booker, Mary Fecteau, Mike Fritz Across the nation, search and rescue teams are mostly made up of a patchwork of volunteers often overseen by local sheriff’s departments. But many of these teams are now struggling to keep up as more Americans than ever are hitting… Continue watching
Oct 17 Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school By Jim Salter, Associated Press Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 6:53 Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan faces challenge in federal court By Laura Barrón-López President Biden's executive order to cancel student debt is facing its most serious legal challenge to date. A federal judge in Missouri heard arguments from six states hoping to block the plan from taking effect. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López… Continue watching
Oct 12 Here are this year’s 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among the 25 winners of the MacArthur Foundation's prestigious fellowship this year. Continue reading