FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has denied a request by a defense attorney for a man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters to require a coroner to collect DNA from the necks of the young girls. The judge said in an order Friday he would not tell the medical examiner’s…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Parts of Missouri are so dry that corn crops are suffering and hay for cattle is in short supply, as water becomes increasingly scarce. Missouri has had below-average rainfall since winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that nearly all of Missouri is experiencing drought, with several counties in northern and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for a St. Louis man charged with killing three people in two separate shootings last year. Prosecutors have filed notice that they will seek to have 26-year-old Ollie Lynch Jr. put to death if he’s convicted. Lynch is charged with three counts of…
ROME (AP) — The Italian engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed 43 people warned four decades ago that it would require constant maintenance to remove rust given the effects of corrosion from sea air and pollution. RAI state television broadcast excerpts Sunday of the report that engineer Riccardo Morandi penned in…