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Packed with high-stakes primaries and high-impact voting efforts, this election will shape Missouri politics and policy for years to come. And while the election wasn’t all that monumental in Illinois, there were several contests that could have repercussions throughout the Metro East. As is tradition, St. Louis Public Radio’s politics team has selected the top stories of 2024. Brian Munoz / st louis public radioAbortion Action MO Executive Director Mallory Schwartz hugs abortion access supporters at the Third Amendment Watch Party at the Marriott St. Louis Grand in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. . 1. Missouri legalizes…

Genetic testing of charred remains found near an Ecuadorian military base has confirmed they belong to four boys taken by soldiers three weeks ago, authorities said Tuesday.The disappearance of the boys, aged between 11 and 15, sparked protests in South America, which is in the midst of an armed conflict between North and South. drug gangs and security forces.Brothers Saul Arboleda, Steven Medina, Josue Arroyo and Ismael Arroyo went missing on December 8 while playing soccer in the western city of Guayaquil.”Forensic genetic testing has confirmed that the four bodies found in Taura correspond to the three teenagers and one…

A Rhode Island man is poised to plead guilty on Jan. 7 for starting multiple fires just outside a majority-black church nearly a year ago, according to federal court documents. .According to a plea agreement, 36-year-old Kevin Colantonio was arrested in the early morning hours of February 11 at Shiloh Gospel Temple in North Providence because of “the race, color, religion, national origin, or ethnicity of the members therein.” A fire was set near the outer wall of the building. Submitted on December 20th. Most of the members of the Pentecostal church, which has been around for about 35 years,…

NEW ORLEANS TRUCK ATTACK: A tragic incident unfolded Wednesday when a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd at high speed on Bourbon Street in New Orleans’ French Quarter.As many as 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured in the New Orleans truck attack. After striking someone, the driver got out of the car and began firing shots, which prompted police to return fire, CBS News reported, citing witnesses.”A mass casualty incident has occurred at Canal Street and Bourbon Street. Please leave the area,” the New Orleans Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Agency, NOLA Ready, said in a…

“I wasn’t surprised by Trump’s victory,” he told NBC News. Around the world, “governments are being turned upside down by the same problem: the cost of living.”Similar forces were at work in Japan, where prices began to rise after decades of economic stagnation. In October, voters harshly criticized the Liberal Democratic Party, which has been in power almost continuously since its founding in 1955. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba was only able to cling to power through a minority government.Masamitsu Sudo, 51, a real estate worker in Aichi Prefecture, said, “Wages haven’t increased, but prices have more than tripled.” “I didn’t…

View of the business tower “Lakhta Center”, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in St. Petersburg, Russia. Dmitri Lavetsky/AP Hide caption toggle caption Dmitri Labetsky/AP KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine on Wednesday cut off supplies of Russian gas to European customers transiting through the country, nearly three years after Moscow’s all-out invasion of its neighbor, after a pre-war transit agreement expired late last year. It stopped. At a summit in Brussels last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kiev would not allow Russia to use its transportation facilities to earn “billions more with our blood and the lives of our…

CNN — January 1st not only ushered in 2025, but also a number of new laws. In 2024, states tackled a wide range of issues, from abortion rights to gender-affirming care for minors, and put legislation in place for implementation the following year. Starting Wednesday, Americans will also see minimum wage increases in about two dozen states, while seniors covered by Medicare may see lower out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs. Below are some of the new laws currently in effect. Minimum wages have increased in 21 states, according to the National Employment Law Project. Hikes were conducted in the following…

December 31, 2024, 3:42 PM ETMIAMI – The NBA has suspended Houston’s Amen Thompson for two games and Miami’s Terry Rozier for one game for their roles in a late-game skirmish between the Rockets and the Heat on Sunday night.The league also imposed a $145,000 fine for that contest on Tuesday. Houston coach I’m Udoka was fined $50,000 for abusing game officials and not leaving the court in time, Rockets’ Jaylen Green was fined $35,000, and Miami’s Tyler Green was fined $35,000. Herro was fined $25,000 for his role in the game.In a separate incident that occurred shortly before the…

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s political year in 2024, as in much of the nation, was dominated by abortion politics. The issue influenced ballot initiatives and competitive races. Voters in Nebraska, Florida and South Dakota became the first since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 to reject ballot initiatives seeking to expand abortion rights.  The Nebraska vote was unique because abortion restrictionists passed a competing proposal on the same ballot, promoting it as a “moderate alternative” to the abortion-rights amendment. They said the status quo helps women and children. Abortion-rights advocates spent much of the campaign fighting what…

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