WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ordered Tuesday that women must visit a doctor’s office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though…
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Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement in the United States are telling their followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are…
Pharmacist mistrusted, ruined vaccine, prosecutor says
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pharmacist in Wisconsin who was convinced the world was “crashing down” told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he…
Tornado damage risk tosses St. Louis into FEMA's top ten dangerous places
St. Louis is one of the nation’s top 10 riskiest places when it comes to damage from natural disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Saturday. That ranking is chiefly…
More COVID-19 vaccines in pipeline
A huge U.S. study of another COVID-19 vaccine candidate got underway Monday as states continue to roll out scarce supplies of the first shots to a nation anxiously awaiting relief…
U.S. taking hard look at variant of coronavirus
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials believe the coronavirus mutation that set off alarms in parts of Britain is no more apt to cause serious illness or be resistant to…
I'm Black. I got the COVID vaccine
I won’t try to convince fellow Black Americans that they should get the COVID-19 vaccine, only share my thought process before I got the first of my two shots last…
Two biggest planets will appear to merge as blazing star
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Jupiter and Saturn will appear to merge in the night sky Monday, coming closer to one another than they have since Galileo’s time in the…
FDA clears second COVID-19 vaccine, from Moderna
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. added a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation is regularly recording more…
Monarch butterfly protection is delayed for years
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Federal officials declared on Tuesday the monarch butterfly “a candidate” for threatened or endangered status but said no action would be taken for several years…
Biden's win will affect race relations, foreign policy, Supreme Court
The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term. President’s Donald Trump’s tenure lasted just four years,…
Newborn at Zoo is healthy chimpanzee after mother's 2019 loss
FOREST PARK – The St. Louis Zoo has a new resident: a female chimpanzee born about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday at Jungle of the Apes. The newborn’s mother is Utamu (pronounced…