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President Joe Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley in a new national monument that spans several locations in Mississippi and Illinois. President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after he was accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. His murder highlighted the racism and brutality faced by Black people throughout the U.S. "It's hard to believe I was 12 years old and I just, you know, I know no matter how much time has passed, how many birthdays, how many events, how many anniversaries -- It's hard to relive this," Biden said. "Today on what would've been Emmett's 82nd birthday, we add another chapter in the story of remembrance and healing," Biden added. President Joe Biden hugs Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., as Vice President Kamala Harris applaud...

The shutdown of Jana Elementary School is among the issues facing North Saint Louis residents following years of nuclear contamination from Coldwater Creek. Last October, Jana Elementary School in Florissant, Missouri shut down after an independent study found radioactive lead dust in the school building. The incident brought light back on a decades-old issue in the community -- nuclear waste that has seeped into the environment throughout North St. Louis County. The waste is the product of the country's earliest nuclear programs. Starting in the 1940s with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the beginning of the Cold War, downtown St. Louis' Mallickrodt Chemical Works was responsible for processing uranium ore. "By July of 1942, they were producing one ton of purified uranium a day," Wendy Verhoff, a history professor at St. Louis Community College, told "Nightline." Jana Elementary School in Missouri closed down after it was discovered the groun...