LEMAY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban St. Louis man fired at a group of people shooting off fireworks for the Fourth of July, wounding a 9-year-old boy and two women. Twenty-seven-year-old Donald Meek was booked early Monday into the St. Louis County Justice Center on three counts each of second-degree assault and armed…
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers have suspended their search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida condo building to allow crews to begin preparing the remainder of the structure for demolition ahead of a tropical storm. A top Miami-Dade fire official tells relatives of people missing in the debris that workers began…
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter are celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary on July 7, extending their record as the longest married presidential couple in American history. The 96-year-old former president tells The Associated Press that the first secret of a long marriage is to pick the right partner. He calls his marriage to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are looking for a man who knocked another man down on an east St. Louis street and robbed him of his prosthetic right leg. KSDK-TV reports that the victim in Friday morning’s attack and robbery was a 56-year-old man, and he suffered minor injuries to his head and hands. Police…
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Highway Patrol says searchers have found the body of a teenage girl who went underwater and never resurfaced in a river in a state park outside of St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that law enforcement and rescue agencies searched for hours and Castlewood State Park was closed…
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Hundreds of deaths in Canada, Oregon and Washington may have been caused by the historic heat wave that baked the Pacific Northwest and shattered all-time temperature records in usually temperate cities. Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state’s largest…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to renew a critical Medicaid funding tax. The House voted 140-13 Wednesday to send the bill to Gov. Mike Parson. Parson called lawmakers back to the Capitol last week to renew the tax on hospitals and other medical providers. He gave the Republican-led Legislature…
SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — Authorities in Florida have requested an additional search and rescue team to help look for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed condo tower. Kevin Guthrie of the Florida Division of Emergency Management said his agency asked for an additional team from the federal government. He said the new team would…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation that could keep the identity of lottery winners secret. The bill signed Tuesday makes it a misdemeanor crime for Missouri Lottery officials or contractors to release the name, address or any identifying information about anyone who wins the lottery, unless the winner asks…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carlos Martínez ended a seven-start winless streak, Nolan Arenado broke a fifth-inning tie with a two-run homer, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 3-2 Tuesday night for their first consecutive wins in two weeks. Martínez (4-9) allowed one run, four hits and two walks in six innings. He…