WASHINGTON (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s first notable gun control measures, he has announced executive actions aimed at addressing what the White House calls a “gun violence public health epidemic. In his actions announced Thursday, Biden is tightening regulations for “ghost guns” — homemade firearms that usually are assembled from parts without serial numbers…
COLUMBIA, MO.— Mizzou Men’s Basketball has signed transfer guard DaJuan Gordon, head coach Cuonzo Martin announced Thursday. Gordon played two seasons at Kansas State, and will have three years of eligibility remaining for the Tigers. Pronounced Day-Schwann Gordon, the 6-foot-4 electric guard started 22 of 25 games as a sophomore at Kansas State, averaging 9.4…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 28-year-old man is in custody in the shooting deaths of a 7-year-old girl and her father in St. Louis. Police announced Thursday the suspect was booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action. Investigators say 26-year-old Darrion Rankin-Fleming and his…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A use-of-force expert says Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd’s neck area the entire time that he was handcuffed behind his back and lying facedown. Jody Stiger is a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant serving as a prosecution witness. He testified Wednesday that his review of video evidence found that…
UNION, Mo. (AP) — Police in eastern Missouri say a car left running in a garage overnight caused the deaths of three people inside two separate duplex units in Union. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that on Tuesday, officers who had been sent on a welfare check found 74-year-old Edward Huddleston and his dog dead…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Binnington made a season-high 50 saves to help the St. Louis Blues snap a seven-game skid a 3-1 win over the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night. Vladimir Tarasenko, Sammy Blais, and Jake Walman scored to help St. Louis end an 0-6-1 stretch. It also gave the Blues their first…
MIAMI (AP) — Yadier Molina hit a two-run homer and Dylan Carlson added a grand slam, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over Miami 7-0 Wednesday for a three-game sweep that dropped the Marlins to 1-5 for the first time since 2015. Jack Flaherty (1-0) allowed one hit in six innings, a leadoff single by Corey…