WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have wrapped up an “extensive conversation” on a huge COVID-19 rescue package. The face-to-face meeting Wednesday was a last-ditch effort to seal a tentative accord on an additional round of coronavirus relief before Election Day. Pelosi issued a statement after a 90-minute meeting…
St. Louis, Mo. (AP) A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims that she was the victim of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her from office. Gardner, the city’s elected prosecutor, claimed in the suit that “entrenched interests” were intentionally…
A wrongful death lawsuit claims that a Missouri man died at a 2019 Dave Matthews Band concert after being hit by a chair thrown by an employee of the venue in St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit filed by Darcy Smith of Jefferson City, the wife of the man who…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Fresh off their chaotic debate-stage clash, President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are pressing their contrasting messages in the Midwest as millions of voters cast early ballots. Biden headed into his most aggressive day on the campaign trail all year, with eight stops planned for a train tour that began midmorning…
Cleveland, OH (AP) — The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into bitter taunts and near chaos Tuesday night. Trump in particular repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry — and personal — comments that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has of a nation facing historic crises.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a shooting in the city’s Dutchtown neighborhood. At around 8 A.M. Tuesday, police responded to a shooting call in the 3400 block of Delor in South St. Louis. That’s where they found an 18-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. He stated he was walking on Delor when…