WASHINGTON (AP) — A Trump administration official says income tax refunds for 2018 will go out on time during the partial government shutdown because rules will be changed to make funding available to pay them. Russell Vought, acting director of the White House budget office, tells reporters: “The refunds will go out as normal. There…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Post-Dispatch plans to move out of its downtown building and into a smaller office building. The newspaper reported Monday that it has signed a letter of intent to lease space in a three-story downtown building for $2 million from StarLake Holdings. The Post-Dispatch moved to its current six-story…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County doctor will give up his medical license and voluntarily leave the U.S. after being sentenced for sexually abusing two female patients. Forty-year-old Abhishek Jain, of Maryland Heights, was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and five years of probation. As part of the plea deal, he…
By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is missing arguments for the first time in more than 25 years as she recuperates from cancer surgery last month, the Supreme Court said. Ginsburg was not on the bench as the court met Monday to hear arguments. It was not clear when…
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and AYA BATRAWY , Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Thailand’s immigration police said Monday that an 18-year-old Saudi woman who was stopped in Bangkok as she was trying to travel to Australia for asylum to escape alleged abuse by her family will not be sent anywhere against her wishes.…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision that vacated a murder conviction against Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel (SKAY’-kul). The high court on Monday declined a request from the state of Connecticut to hear the case. Skakel was convicted in 2002 after decades of investigations into the 1975 bludgeoning death of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is at the center of the biggest test his party has faced in recent history. The party has rebounded from its disastrous 2016 performance with key midterm victories , but now stares at a long and potentially divisive presidential primary fight that could include dozens of…
Pine Lawn, MO (KTRS) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating a homicide in Pine Lawn. According to police, the North County Police Cooperative responded to a 911 shooting call in the 2500 block of Arden just before 8 PM Saturday night. Upon arrival, they found the body of 61-year-old Naomi Miller,…