By EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister said Thursday that suspects linked to the coordinated Easter Sunday bomb attacks remain at large and could have access to explosives. Some of the suspects “may go out for a suicide attack,” Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in an interview…
By STEVE PEOPLES and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, declaring the “soul of this nation” at stake if President Donald Trump wins re-election. In a video posted on Twitter , Biden focused on the 2017 deadly clash between…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in south St. Louis. Police say the victim was gunned down around 5 a.m. Thursday along Keokuk and South Grand. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the city’s murder count to 38…
HUNTSVILLE, TX (AP) — An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man. John William King, who was white, received a lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A woman is in custody following a homicide that occurred in north city Wednesday. According to police, the Circuit Attorney’s Office has charged 56-year-old Darlene Brison with 1st degree murder and armed criminal action in the shooting death of a 49-year-old African-American man in the 900 block of Elias. The man…