By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A man convicted of leading an Islamic State-inspired plot to behead a conservative blogger who upset muslims when she organized a prophet muhammad cartoon contest was sentenced on Tuesday to 28 years in prison. David Wright sobbed as he apologized to blogger Pamela Geller, law enforcement and…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing an Illinois college student who was lured to a remote area under the guise of a deal to sell his car. Michael Gordon was sentenced Tuesday in St. Louis County. He was convicted of first-degree murder…
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and MARCY GORDON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gleeful Republicans on Tuesday muscled the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades through the House. House Speaker Paul Ryan dismissed criticism of the widely unpopular package and insisted “results are what’s going to make this popular.” The vote,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A St. Louis-area doctor is accused of sexually abusing two women during pain clinic examinations. Authorities say 38-year-old Abhishek Jain of Maryland Heights has been charged with two counts of second-degree sexual abuse and two counts of second-degree sodomy. He is jailed on $500,000 bond and does not yet have a listed attorney.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Three firefighters are recovering after being injured during an overnight fire in north St. Louis. Fire officials say the firefighters suffered burns while battling a fire at a vacant home on Adelaide and West Florissant. One firefighter was burned on his wrist, the other two had burns to their neck and…
By RACHEL LA CORTE, GILLIAN FLACCUS and MICHAEL SISAK, Associated Press DUPONT, Wash. (AP) — Federal officials confirmed an Amtrak train was hurtling 50 mph over the speed limit when it careened off an overpass south of Seattle, spilling cars onto the highway below and killing at least three people. Bella Dinh-Zarr, a National Transportation Safety…