Aug 14 How Twitter is getting it right in Ferguson By Colleen Shalby, Hari Sreenivasan When Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly were unjustly arrested Wednesday in Ferguson, Missouri -- an incident that even President Barack Obama commented on during a press conference Thursday -- the news broke first on… Continue reading
Aug 14 Governor announces Missouri Highway Patrol to provide security in Ferguson By News Desk and Associated Press Gov. Jay Nixon was scheduled to speak to press and community members at 4 p.m. Continue reading
Aug 14 Ferguson police chief, Sen. McCaskill speak at news conference By News Desk Ferguson, Missouri police chief Thomas Jackson spoke to the press Thursday, calling the situation in the St. Louis suburb a "powder keg," but said that law enforcement was aiming to "facilitate" the protests. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch Family of slain Missouri teen calls for calm after protest violence By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch Killing of a Missouri teenager by police triggers unrest and outcries for answers By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 11 Police shoot and kill unarmed teen, sparking riots in Ferguson, Missouri By Colleen Shalby Michael Brown’s mother Lesley McSpadden said her her son was shot eight times following an altercation with an unidentified officer. Continue reading
Jul 17 Is Missouri ballot measure boon for family farms or just big corporations? By Marshall Griffin, St. Louis Public Radio Do Missouri’s farmers and ranchers need a constitutional amendment to continue their way of life, or does current law offer enough protection? That’s the debate surrounding one of the five ballot measures Missouri voters will decide next month. Supporters and… Continue reading
Jun 21 Watch 25:29 Saturday, June 21, 2014 By PBS News Hour On Saturday’s program, Islamic extremists capture an Iraqi town on the border with Syria. Later, should desperately ill patients be allowed to take medications not approved by the FDA? And, learn about the viola that could fetch more than $45… Continue watching
Jun 21 Proposed laws on experimental drugs stir debate By Stephen Fee This May, Colorado's governor signed the nation's first "right to try" bill, which allows terminally ill patients to try unapproved — and potentially dangerous — drugs outside of clinical trials and without approval from federal regulators. Continue reading
Jun 21 Missouri measure would enact drug program for dying patients By Mike Sherry, The Hale Center for Journalism If you were dying and had exhausted all conventional treatment options, wouldn’t you want immediate access to a drug that might prove to be a miracle cure? That’s the promise of proposed legislation that could make Missouri the third state… Continue reading