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Amid the flurry of consequential Supreme Court decisions that have come down recently, it's the one about temporary protected status that has America's healthcare sector the most worried. The ruling last week cleared the way for the Trump administration to cancel TPS for Haitians and Syrians. Experts say deporting Haitian TPS recipients will have a catastrophic impact on the nationwide healthcare workforce crisis — a workforce that is hugely dependent on immigrant labor.

Updated July 2, 2026 at 5:09 AM CDT KYIV, Ukraine — Russia hammered Kyiv in a major drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 17 civilians and injuring scores more in what Moscow described as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities that have caused fuel shortages and put pressure on President Vladimir Putin.

As the holiday weekend approaches, large swaths of the Midwest and the Eastern U.S. are under extreme heat warnings or heat advisories, according to the National Weather Service. Heat is a serious health threat. Hundreds of people die of heat-related illness in the U.S. each year. Heatstroke can damage your body, leading to multiple organ failure or kidney failure, and it can trigger a heart attack.

Washington University researchers have found evidence that an mRNA flu vaccine could offer stronger protections against influenza than a traditional flu shot. The research, which appears in the journal Nature Immunology, is part of a larger set of studies investigating a flu shot made with mRNA technology. Instead of using a weakened or inactive virus, mRNA vaccines teach the body to produce antibodies to develop immunity.

Amid the flurry of consequential Supreme Court decisions that have come down recently, it's the one about Temporary Protected Status that has America's health care sector the most worried. The ruling last week cleared the way for the Trump administration to cancel TPS for Haitians and Syrians. Experts say deporting Haitian TPS recipients will have a catastrophic impact on the nationwide health care workforce crisis — a workforce that is hugely dependent on immigrant labor.

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s historic run in the FIFA World Cup came to a close Wednesday as the team fell to the United States, 2-0, in a physical match at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Yet, in St. Louis, Bosnia fans were grateful for the opportunity to be competitive on the world’s biggest stage. In fact, their deepest run in the global tournament.

After back-to-back days of committee discussions, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen did not take a vote Wednesday on a bill that outlines zoning regulations for data centers. The bill, which would dictate where data centers can be built in the city — and how the city would regulate their energy needs and the noise they produce — will be back on the Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee’s agenda next Tuesday.

When it comes to music, the concept of "best" might be a lie, but our love stays true. The 24 albums and songs on you'll find on this page are our most fervent answers to the question we probably get asked most often, by friends and family and new acquaintances alike: What should I listen to?

For more than 50 years, the Education Department has revealed a host of realities about how students are being treated in every public school across America: which kids are being bullied, which ones are being harassed and which students can access the internet, among other things. The agency's Civil Rights Data Collection is intended to do just that — help keep schools accountable.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist society that consecrated bishops without the pope's consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X in schism, excommunicating its bishops and priests and warning its faithful they too face the harshest sanctions in the Catholic Church.