Beijing, China (AP) China is swiftly building a hospital dedicated to treating patients infected by a new virus that has killed 26 people, sickened hundreds and prompted lockdowns of at least 10 cities on the eve of the country’s most important holiday. Transportation was halted and streets were eerily quiet in the locked-down cities as…
St. Louis, MO (AP) Twenty of the top women’s hockey players in the world will be part of NHL All-Star Weekend. It’s the NHL’s most prominent move yet to promote the women’s game. But there’s still plenty of uncertainty about what it means for the future of women’s hockey. There’s an ongoing stalemate between the…
Osage, IA (AP) With Iowa caucus voting just over a week away, each of the Democratic Party’s leading presidential candidates has glaring holes in his or her political bases. The gaps raise questions about the candidates’ ability to build a coalition like the one Barack Obama built. The Democratic Party’s last successful nominee relied largely…
Edwardsville, IL (KTRS) The man charged in the stabbing death of a prominent metro-east attorney pleads not guilty. 28-year-old Timothy Banowetz pled not guilty to 10 felony charges Thursday in the death of Edwardsville Lawyer, Randy Gori. He was indicted by a grand jury earlier in the day. Banowetz is accused of killing Gori in…
New York, NY (AP) Actress Annabella Sciorra is confronting Harvey Weinstein at his New York City rape trial. With her voice quivering, Sciorra testified Thursday about an accusation she kept largely private for decades: That Weinstein pushed his way into her apartment, pinned her to a bed and raped her in the early 1990s. It’s…
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St. Louis, MO (AP) Matt Wieters has finalized a $2 million, one-year contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, a deal that brings back the 33-year-old to again back up Yadier Molina. Wieters was a four-time All-Star with Baltimore before spending two seasons with Washington and then joining the Cardinals. He was a non-roster invitee who…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Missouri lawmakers are pushing lengthy prison sentences for people caught selling or buying the highly lethal opioid fentanyl. House members gave initial approval to the bill in a voice vote Wednesday. Selling or trying to sell 20 milligrams or more of fentanyl would be punishable by 10-30 years in prison under…
BEIRUT (AP) — Iran has long sought the withdrawal of American forces from neighboring Iraq, but the U.S. killing of an Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander in Baghdad has added new impetus to the effort, stoking anti-American feelings that Tehran hopes to exploit to help realize the goal. The Jan. 3 killing has…
(KTRS) The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s office has charged a Valley Park man with two counts of Second Degree Burglary. 48-year old Shawn Overstreet of the 300 block of Jefferson Avenue is being held on a 15-thousand dollar “cash only” bond in connection with burglaries in Affton in early November. According to the probable…