WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing “I (heart) Boobies!” bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness among young people.

The justices on Monday left in place a federal appeals court ruling striking down a ban on the bracelets. The ban was put in place by the Easton Area School District, which says the breast-cancer awareness bracelets are lewd in their use of sexual innuendo.

The lower court sided with two students who sued the district in 2010 with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union. Easton is one of several school districts around the country to ban the bracelets, which are distributed by the nonprofit Keep A Breast Foundation of Carlsbad, Calif.

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating how a 1-year-old child fell out of a moving car on a Missouri highway.

The child suffered only minor injuries after falling out of the car Sunday night in Lee’s Summit. A passing driver stopped immediately and helped the child until emergency crews arrived.

Officers are trying to determine if the child was sitting in a child’s car seat that was in the vehicle.

CAMDEN, Mo. (AP) — Camden County authorities say a preliminary investigation found no evidence of foul play in the deaths of a Camdenton man and a toddler.
The sheriff’s office said in a news release Sunday that it is investigating the deaths of 40-year-old Robert William Burns and 2-year-old Sadie Marie Burns.

They were found dead Friday in their Camdenton home.
The final determination of a cause of death will be released after a medical examiner submits a final report.

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Missouri House budget writers are expected to complete work this week on a spending plan for the fiscal year that starts in July.

The House Budget Committee plans to meet throughout the week to consider amendments to the budget outlined by its chairman, Republican Rep. Rick Stream, of Kirkwood.

Stream’s budget would provide a $122 million increase in basic aid for public school districts. Schools would get an additional $156 million funding increase only if the state meets more optimistic revenue projections cited by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon.

Stream’s budget also provides a smaller increase than Nixon had proposed for the operating budgets of public colleges and universities.

The panel’s final version of the budget will head to the House Rules Committee before moving to the floor.

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – A Republican plan to revamp and expand Missouri’s Medicaid program is getting its first hearing in the state House.

The legislation would expand adult Medicaid eligibility to levels necessary to reap additional federal money.

It proposes to use that money to buy private health insurance policies for some people. It also proposes to implement work requirements for some people to receive the coverage.

The House Government Oversight and Accountability Committee was scheduled to begin hearing public testimony on the legislation Monday.

The bill is sponsored by Rep. Noel Torpey, of Independence, and co-sponsored by six other House Republicans.

Many Republican lawmakers remain hesitant to expand Medicaid eligibility, even if paired with other changes to the program. If Torpey’s bill were to pass, it would require federal approval to implement.

Four people including two teenagers were killed in a fiery car crash Sunday morning in Pettis County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the crash occurred as a 2007 Audi driven by Dmitriy S. Banakh, 25, Sedalia was on Route B, South of Sacajawea Road in Pettis County. The vehicle drove off the left side of the road, struck a ditch, a tree, and became fully engulfed in flames. Banakh and passengers Angelika A. Franchuk, 19, Anna Morgunenko, 16, and Daniel Morgunenko,20, all of Sedalia died at the scene.