ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some persistent thieves stole a statue of Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a bench. The Rev. Larry Rice said the statue that was taken from outside the New Life Evangelistic Center in St. Louis was valued at about $33.000. Police arrested a man Tuesday night who first tried to…
QARAQOSH, Iraq (AP) — Pope Francis has urged Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Islamic extremists. He has made the call on a tour Sunday of the community’s traditional heartland in northern Iraq, which was nearly decimated by the Islamic State group’s rule. Francis prayed for the country’s war dead amid…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order directing federal agencies to take a series of steps to promote voting access. The order comes as congressional Democrats press for a sweeping voting and elections bill to counter efforts to restrict voting access. Biden will announce the order during a recorded address…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — More than 7,700 doses of vaccine were left over after mass vaccination events across Missouri last week. That is fueling frustrations that rural counties haven’t been able to find enough people to use them while urban residents are desperate for a dose. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that records from the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is steering toward a voting marathon on Democrats’ $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that’s expected to end with the chamber’s approval of the measure. That comes after a Republican foe of President Joe Biden’s top legislative priority forced an extraordinary half-day holdup on the bill. Moments after the Senate took…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are jamming their agenda forward with a sense of urgency. They’re taking an unapologetically partisan approach to advance the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue, voting rights and other priorities. Their calculation is that it’s better to try to push ahead than risk wasting time courting Republican…
WEBSTER GROVES, Mo. (AP) — Four additional employees of Missouri’s largest behavioral health organization are now charged with abusing residents, including two children with autism. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that all four employees of Webster Groves-based Great Circle are charged with abuse of a health care recipient. Great Circle in recent weeks has announced…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 28-year-old St. Louis County woman has admitted to participating in a romance scam that cost middle-age and elderly woman thousands of dollars. Trenice Hassel, of St. Louis County, pleaded guilty Wednesday to making false statements to a federal agency. She admitted that she persuaded another woman to open a P.O.…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Dru Smith scored the game-winner, banking a baseline drive reverse layup off the glass with 0.7 seconds on the clock and Missouri held on to defeat Florida 72-70 on Wednesday night for the Tigers’ first-ever win in Gainesville. Florida had been 4-0 against Missouri at home, and had made up a…
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq says at least 10 rockets have targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts American troops. The rockets struck Ain al-Asad airbase in Anbar province at 7:20 a.m. on Wednesday. That’s according to coalition spokesman Col. Wayne Marotto. It was not immediately known if there were…