Report: Air Quality Near Troubled Landfill Posed Health Risk

ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A new report says emissions near a troubled St. Louis County landfill posed health concerns for workers and nearby residents, but remediation efforts have largely diminished the risks. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday released a report based on air quality data collected near Bridgeton Landfill . The landfill has…

Evangelicals Push Senate Republicans to Confirm Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evangelical activists are pressing Republican leaders to act more forcefully to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh’s nomination is a leading issue for faith leaders and activists who are gathering at the annual Values Voter summit in Washington. Family Research Council president Tony Perkins, the organizer of the conference, says…

Duo Accused of Having Enough Fentanyl for 1.5 Million Doses

ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Two suburban St. Louis men face federal charges for possessing and intending to distribute enough fentanyl for 1.5 million doses of the dangerous synthetic opioid. The U.S. attorney’s office in St. Louis announced charges Thursday against 27-year-old Ruben Lopez and 31-year-old Jonathen Aguilar, both of St. Charles, Missouri. Federal prosecutors…

UK Leader May Hits Back on Brexit Plan; Pound Plunges

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May accused the European Union on Friday of creating an “impasse” in divorce negotiations by bluntly rejecting her blueprint for Brexit, sending the value of the pound plunging as worries about a chaotic U.K. exit from the EU soared. With British newspapers declaring that May had been “humiliated”…