Americans spend more than $420 billion per year at pharmacies for prescription drugs, according to a 2022 report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
Officials in Silex have declared an emergency from high radium levels in the public water supply, and are offering bottled water to residents as an alternative.
The suspect gunman was hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting shortly before 10 a.m. in the 3800 block of Shenandoah Avenue. No police officers were hurt.
By Nassim Benchaabaneand Christine Tannous St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Five people were killed and five were critically injured when a semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia crashed in central Illinois about 110 miles northeast of St. Louis.
By JOHN O'CONNOR and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press
Max Jones, of Hazelwood, faces one count of murder in the 2nd degree and one count of armed criminal in connection with the fatal shooting of a man Friday in Ferguson.
Willie Crowder, 40, of Pine Lawn, was caught on video footage fatally shooting Dominic Harris in the 3000 block of Gary Drive, in Velda Village Hills, according to court documents.