JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill to ban police chokeholds has passed the Missouri Senate. Senators voted 30-4 in favor of the measure. The bill also would allow Kansas City police to live up to 30 miles outside of the city’s limits in Missouri. Democratic Sen. Brian Williams says he doesn’t like everything in…
LONDON (AP) — More than 20 heads of government and global agencies have called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say will protect future generations. But there are few details to explain how such an agreement might actually compel countries to act more cooperatively. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and…
SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Engineers have partially refloated the container ship that is wedged across the Suez Canal. But the massive ship is still blocking traffic and there are no details about when it might be fully freed. The canal services firm says the ship was partially refloated after tugboats pushed and pulled while the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Josh Manson scored in opening minutes of overtime and the Anaheim Ducks rallied from a two-goal deficit and beat the St. Louis Blues 3-2 Sunday night. Adam Henrique and Can Fowler scored in regulation for Anaheim, which completed a two-game sweep over the Blues. Anaheim won 4-1 Friday. “Any time you…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Court records say an officer at a St. Louis jail that has been the scene of recent riot and other unrest opened a cell door for two inmates who beat up another inmate. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the guard, 38-year-old Demeria Thomas, and the inmates, 39-year-old Antonio Holt, and…
SUEZ, Egypt (AP) — Authorities are preparing to make new attempts to free a giant container vessel stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal for a fifth day and reopen a crucial east-west waterway for global shipping. Plans are in the works to pump water from interior spaces of the vessel, and two more tugs should arrive…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials have approved universal COVID-19 vaccination in parts of the state where demand for the shots has waned even while the number of cases and hospitalizations continues to climb. Newly reported cases topped 3,000 Friday for the first time in seven weeks. Hospitalizations due to the virus have…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sam Steel and Max Jones each scored a goal and the Anaheim Ducks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 Friday night. Anaheim goalie John Gibson stopped 33 shots in his first game back after missing five with a lower-body injury. “He was obviously our best player on the ice,” Ducks coach…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is leaving the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to muscle key parts of his agenda past Republican opposition. In his first formal news conference as president, Biden at first backed a modification — but not elimination — of the filibuster, which stands in the way…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has approved election law changes that include requiring residents to show photo IDs before voting. The measure also would prohibit counting absentee ballots until all Election Day ballots are collected, and bars election law changes within six months of a presidential election. All but one Republican House…