COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor says a Washington University saliva test for the coronavirus has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday lauded the St. Louis-area university for developing the test. Meanwhile, Missouri’s state health director says he won’t follow new guidance from U.S. health officials against testing…
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and forecasters now expect it to become a Category 4 hurricane. It’s already a Category 3 storm as it approaches Texas and Louisiana, with landfall expected overnight. Stacy Stewart at the National Hurricane Center says some people are going to wake up Thursday and not believe…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ryan McBroom had two hits and drove in the winning run with a single in the eighth inning, Ryan O’Hearn added a solo homer, and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Tuesday night. In the eighth, Hunter Dozier reached on an infield single to lead off.…
Washington D.C. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump cast her husband as the best hope for America’s future in a Rose Garden address Tuesday night. President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presidency on the second night of the scaled-down Republican National Convention. Trump himself pardoned a reformed felon, used…
Lebanon, MO (KTRS) The newborn baby girl who was the subject of Tuesday’s Amber Alert is found safe. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the little girl was found at around 8:30 Tuesday night in Laclede County. The alert was issued Tuesday afternoon out of Lebanon, Missouri, when Steven Bohlinger and another man were supposed…