ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced Hana S. Sharif as its new artistic director. Currently the associate artistic director at Baltimore Center Stage, Sharif will take over as The Rep’s next artistic leader following Steven Woolf’s retirement at the end of the 2018-2019 season. Sharif has been Baltimore Center Stage’s associate…
CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Carpenter’s homer streak is over. Jose Quintana was that good. Quintana pitched seven effective innings, keeping Carpenter in the ballpark and helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2 on Sunday. “Everything kept getting sharper,” manager Joe Maddon said. “We needed him to go more deeply in the game.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating three murders in north St. Louis. Investigators say the first incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of Cottage Avenue where a man was fatally shot. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Another man was gunned down at just before 1 a.m. Monday on Market…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen audio recordings seized by the FBI from President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, were forwarded to federal prosecutors after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds, a former judge revealed Monday. The recordings were among millions of files taken from Cohen in…
By: ROB GILLIES , Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A man clad in black fired a handgun into restaurants and cafes in a lively Toronto neighborhood, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman and wounding 13 others in an attack that has shaken the confidence of many in the normally safe city. The mass…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker says change is needed to improve the safety of amphibious vehicles like duck boats after 17 people were killed when one sunk last week at Table Rock Lake near Branson. Cassville Republican Sen. David Sater on Monday said he’s waiting on the results of the federal investigation into…
Ste. Genevieve, MO (KTRS) The Ste. Genevieve National Historic Park is now part of the National Park Service, thanks to legislation spearheaded by Missouri Senator Roy Blunt. Blunt was in Ste. Genevieve with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, to participate in a round table discussion…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser is echoing the combative warning to Iran against deploying any more threatening language toward the U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says he’s spoken with Trump over the last several days and, “President Trump told me that if Iran does anything at all to the negative, they will…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says it is planning to raise a duck boat that sank in a southern Missouri lake during powerful winds, killing 17 people. The work to recover the Ride the Ducks boat from Table Rock Lake is scheduled to begin 9 a.m. Monday. The boat went down Thursday…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Capping a week of drama, back tracking, a double negative and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Sunday was back to referring to “a big hoax.” Trump spent days trying to reassure the country that he accepts that the longtime foe interfered in…