COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A legislative attempt to put checks on local Missouri health officials’ powers during emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic has failed. Senators voted 19-11 against the proposal Thursday. Some Republicans joined the Democratic minority to defeat the bill. The measure is in response to actions by St. Louis-area health officials to shut…
ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) — Dredgers, tugboats and even a backhoe have failed to free a giant cargo ship wedged in Egypt’s Suez Canal as the number of stacked-up vessels unable to pass through the vital waterway climbed to 150 and losses to global shipping mounted. Even with the aid of high tides, authorities have been…
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered Wednesday night at a candlelight vigil to remember the 10 people gunned down at a supermarket in a Colorado college town. Meanwhile, the 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out the rampage prepared to make his first court appearance Thursday. Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa has been jailed for…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are trying to undo new rules that limit when judges can impose bail. The GOP-led House in a Wednesday voice vote advanced a bill that would make public safety the top priority in setting bail. Judges already must consider whether it’s safe to let defendants free while they…
T. LOUIS (AP) — Former St. Louis Blues defenseman Bob Plager was killed Wednesday in a car crash in St. Louis. He was 78. Police said Plager was alone in his vehicle when it collided with a vehicle carrying two women on Interstate 64 in St. Louis about 1:30 p.m. One of the women sustained…