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White Kansas City man charged with shooting Black teen who went to the wrong house

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

By / Peggy Lowe

Prosecutors in Clay County, Mo., say an 84-year-old Kansas City man is charged with two felonies for shooting Black teenager Ralph Yarl, who knocked on his door after going to the wrong address.

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Nursing Homes Hit Hard As Virus Claims Thousands Of Lives Across U.S.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

By Peggy Lowe / Blake Farmer : reporter for WPLN, Nashville

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with WPLN's Blake Farmer from Nashville and KCUR's Peggy Lowe from Kansas City about how nursing homes are dealing with deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.

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For The First Time, NAACP Issues Travel Advisory For Missouri

Thursday, August 10, 2017

By Peggy Lowe

For the first time in its history, the NAACP has issued a travel advisory for a single state. The civil rights group issued the warning after incidents of racial discrimination and abuse in Missouri, where Gov. Eric Greitens recently signed a bill making it harder to win workplace discrimination lawsuits.

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Tyson Foods Promises Better Conditions And Safety For Meat Workers

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

By Peggy Lowe

Meat-processing employs more than a half-million people. An investigation found they've got some of the most dangerous factory jobs in America and suffer from injury, low pay and lack of work breaks.

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Missouri's GOP Senate Incumbent Faces Challenge From Gun-Loving Democrat

Thursday, October 06, 2016

By Peggy Lowe

One of the most competitive Senate races this year is in Missouri, where Democratic challenger Jason Kander is using his experience with guns to challenge Republican incumbent Roy Blunt.

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Working 'The Chain,' Slaughterhouse Workers Face Lifelong Injuries

Thursday, August 11, 2016

By Peggy Lowe

Workers at American slaughterhouses and meat processing plants perform thousands of repetitive motions every day. The work often lead to invisible, yet painful and lasting injuries to their bodies.

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OSHA Injury Reporting Rule Sheds Light On Meat Packing Accidents

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

By Peggy Lowe

Slaughterhouse and meat processing plant workers have some of the most dangerous jobs. One of the most common injury is musculoskeletal disorders, brought on by thousands of daily repetitive motions.

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Tea Party Rep. Tim Huelskamp Defeated In Kansas Primary

Wednesday, August 03, 2016

By Peggy Lowe

A tea party member of Congress from Kansas is the latest member to lose a primary election this year.

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Senators Reach Deal On National GMO Labeling Bill

Thursday, June 23, 2016

By Peggy Lowe

The new bill would require companies to disclose genetically modified ingredients in food products. But critics dislike that this information does not have to appear directly on the food label.

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Action On A National GMO Labeling Measure Heats Up On Capitol Hill

Friday, March 04, 2016

By Peggy Lowe

With a July 1 deadline looming, Congress was scrambling this week to quickly set a national standard for labeling food products that contain genetically modified ingredients.

While most lawmakers mentioned polls showing the majority of Americans support GMO labeling, they differed on whether a national system should be voluntary ...

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Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

By Peggy Lowe

The classic Midwestern casserole, which turns 60 this year, has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Even those who grew up with it but can't abide it admit: It tastes like home.

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'GMO-Free' Is A Boon For Companies Chasing 'Health Halo' Profits

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

By Peggy Lowe

Researchers say GMO-free has become a proxy for what consumers really want: less processed, natural food. And advocates says there's already a name for food that's GMO-free: "organic."

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For Bakers And Restaurants, Egg Supply Is Getting Ugly

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

By Peggy Lowe

Commercial bakers and restaurants use liquid egg in dozens of foods, from cakes to mayonnaise. But the price has shot up 240 percent since May, as U.S. poultry farms reel from an avian flu outbreak.

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Avian Flu Outbreak Has U.S. Bakers Begging For Europe's Eggs

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

By Peggy Lowe

Avian flu is devastating the egg industry across the Midwestern U.S. So far, the virulent strain of H5N2 has been detected at 201 farms in 15 states, triggering the destruction of 44.7 million chickens and turkeys, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Many of the affected farms have ...

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Avian Flu Effects

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Reporters talk about the continuing outbreak of avian flu that's affected the U.S. poultry business.

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Midwest Farmers Rush To Dispose Of Chickens Killed To Contain Avian Flu

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

By Peggy Lowe

The USDA says 38 million chickens must be killed to stop the spread of one of the worst outbreaks of avian flu in North America. Northwest Iowa officials are scrambling to dispose of the dead birds.

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Ex-NBA Star Yao Ming Encourages Chinese To Stop Buying Ivory

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

By Peggy Lowe

Retired NBA player Yao Ming has embarked on a mission to stop the poaching of elephants and rhinos in Africa. Yao stars in the Animal Planet documentary Saving Africa's Giants With Yao Ming.

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Rendering: The World's Oldest Recycling System

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

By Peggy Lowe

Meat processing is one of the most efficient in the food chain. Figures show only 4 percent is lost to waste in North America, compared with 10 percent in the processing of grain products.

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Everything But The Squeal: How The Hog Industry Cuts Food Waste

Monday, September 29, 2014

By Peggy Lowe

A tour of a pork processing plant takes a hard hat, waterproof boots and a strong stomach.

Oh, and hairnets.

Americans eat just half of the meat produced by farm animals. So what happens to the rest of the animal? I arrive at the Farmland Food plant in Milan, a ...

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Deploying Drones To Get An Overview Of Factory Farms

Saturday, July 19, 2014

By Peggy Lowe

An independent journalist says he's found a way around the so-called "ag-gag" laws by flying drones over large livestock operations to document animal welfare problems and pollution.

Will Potter, a Washington D.C.-based author and blogger, recently raised $75,000 on Kickstarter to buy the drones and other equipment to ...

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