WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ruled that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in employment. It’s a resounding victory for LGBT rights from a conservative court. The court decided by a 6-3 vote Monday that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that…
LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — The father of a Missouri woman who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy during a weekend traffic stop says he doubts officials’ reports that she threatened to shoot the deputy. Hannah Fizer was killed Saturday night in Sedalia, about 90 miles southeast of Kansas City. Her father, John Fizer, said…
DETROIT (AP) — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since March. Eleven percent of African Americans say they were close with someone who has died compared with 5% of Americans overall and 4% of white Americans. That’s according to an analysis…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead and 5 others injured following a shooting at night club in north city. It all unfolded just before 3 A.M. Saturday at Bad Habits Social Club located in the 3100 block of North Grand, in the city’s Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call…
Beijing, China (AP) — Beijing has reinstated measures to control the spread of the coronavirus amid a growing outbreak. Many of Beijing’s new cases have been traced to a wholesale market that supplies much of the capital’s meat and vegetables. The recent daily numbers have been China’s highest daily totals in two months. Beijing has…