Mizzou’s goal for minority faculty hires would likely put it in class of its own
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – If the University of Missouri succeeds in meeting a student demand for a faculty that’s 10 percent black in two years, it will likely be alone among its peers. An Associated Press analysis of 2013 federal data found that no state’s “flagship” public university campus had a black faculty population approaching…
Charlie Sheen says he has HIV virus
In an interview Tuesday on NBC’s “Today,” the 50-year-old Sheen says he tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS
Clinton, Sanders spar over taxes, health care
DALLAS (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign is launching a new offensive on taxes, saying Bernie Sanders’ health care plan would require middle-class workers to pay higher taxes. Clinton campaign spokesman Brian Fallon says in a statement that a 2013 proposal by Sanders in the Senate to create a single-payer health care system showed middle-class…
Man arrested in soap/cocaine mix-up sues in Pennsylvania
The driver said packages were homemade soap, but they tested as cocaine
Man shot by trooper in St. Louis casino garage charged
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man shot and wounded by a Missouri state trooper in a St. Louis casino’s parking garage last weekend is accused of assaulting a police officer. St. Louis prosecutors charged 28-year-old Javon Burton of Vinita Park with second-degree assault of a law enforcement officer and armed criminal action. The Missouri State…
Audit notes concerns in Missouri Conservation Department
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A state audit of the Missouri Department of Conservation has noted concerns over how the department awards grants. Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway said in a release Friday that the Conservation Department received a good performance rating overall. But she says auditors identified an instance in which the department overpaid a…
St. Louis Zoo uses fecal matter to study animal health
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Zoo has tested 42,000 stool samples in 20 years of operation from more than 150 zoos and other organizations around the U.S. to study the hormonal health of animals. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the zoo’s endocrinology lab has taken samples from more than 60 animal species. The…