The Senate voted to expand compensation for victims of radiation exposure. Some Navajo Nation residents, who are among the most affected by nuclear fallout and environmental contamination, were ...

A sign identifies a repository near Edgemont where 4 million tons of radioactive tailings from a former uranium mill have been buried since the 1980s. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight) The ...

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A coalition of advocates and stakeholders called on Congress to take action in the lame-duck session to reauthorize the law compensating Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the federal ...

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was able to include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in a major budgetary package signed by President Trump last week. It expands the number of Missouri residents who can ...

A St. Louis advocacy group is fighting misinformation as it tries to steer people in the right direction.This is happening as ...

After decades of fighting, advocates for those who faced radiation exposure in Arizona and elsewhere are getting a big win through President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill. That push in ...

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who scored a big win by getting Senate GOP leaders to add language extending the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to President Trump’s budget package, is ...

ST. LOUIS — Right now, hundreds are submitting claims for compensation through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, known as RECA. 5 On Your Side's Justina Coronel sat down with a St. Louis County ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) –The New Mexico Department of Justice is warning people about a scam targeting those affected by the first atomic bomb test. The NMDOJ said organizations and attorneys have reached ...

ST. LOUIS — Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed President Donald Trump's massive policy bill. It includes something local advocates have been pushing for years now: compensation for ...