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At least 18 people have been killed in the Plains and MIdwest and hundreds have been pushed out of their homes as heavy rain pounds the region.

At least 18 people have been killed in the Plains and MIdwest and hundreds have been pushed out of their homes as heavy rain pounds the region. The Mississippi River is expected to crest Thursday. St. Charles County Public Affairs Coordinator Colene McEntee talks with CBSN's Jamie Yuccas about how Missouri is preparing for potentially historic flooding.

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Disturbing video was captured at University of Missouri during student protests that showed Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media, trying to intimidate student journalists covering the protests

Disturbing video was captured at University of Missouri during student protests that showed Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media, trying to intimidate student journalists covering the protests. Click resigned from her courtesy post at the journalism school, but remains on the arts and science faculty. Adriana Diaz reports from Columbia, Missouri.

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There is growing fear in a suburban St. Louis community over a local landfill containing nuclear waste left over from the Cold War

There is growing fear in a suburban St. Louis community over a local landfill containing nuclear waste left over from the Cold War. The radioactive material was dumped there illegally in the 1970s. There's also a "hot spot" burning underground in a second landfill, just three football fields away. Vinita Nair reports from the West Lake landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri.

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"There’s an underlying bullying to political correctness," GOP 2016 candidate Ben Carson told CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett during a trip to Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown's death sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

"There’s an underlying bullying to political correctness," GOP 2016 candidate Ben Carson told CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett during a trip to Ferguson, Missouri, where Michael Brown's death sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.

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