HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese state media released footage Thursday of military troops moving into Hong Kong for what they call a routine rotation amid fears that the army will intervene in ongoing pro-democracy protests. Armored carriers, trucks and a patrol boat were shown crossing the border from neighboring Shenzhen city into Hong Kong for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis man is charged after admitting he shot at a car carrying 3 children Tuesday morning. 25-year-old Mytavis Alexander is facing 2 counts of first degree domestic assault and other charges. The incident occurred at around 10 when officers from the north county precinct were called to the 6800…
NEW YORK (AP) — A fossil from Ethiopia is letting scientists look millions of years into our evolutionary history — and they see a face peering back. The find, from 3.8 million years ago, reveals the face for a presumed ancestor of the species famously represented by Lucy, the celebrated Ethiopian partial skeleton found in 1974. This…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson is asking Missouri lawmakers to change state law to let her city and others require concealed weapon permits. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Krewson’s comments come a day after Missouri Gov. Mike Parson rejected a request from the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus that lawmakers take up gun…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s downgrading of South Korea’s trade status took effect Wednesday, a decision that has already set off a series of reactions hurting their relations. Japanese manufacturers now must apply for approval for each technology-related contract for South Korean export, rather than the simpler checks granted a preferential trade partner, which is still…
Collinsville, IL (KTRS) The driver of a semi that hit and seriously injured an Illinois State Trooper is facing multiple charges. 26-year-old Kyamran Makharadze of St. Louis is facing DUI and other charges for the March 20th crash. Police say he rear-ended the squad car while the trooper was investigating a crash on I-55 in…
NEW YORK (AP) — One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as a coward and a manipulator, after a judge gave them the day in court they were denied when he killed himself behind bars. “He robbed me of…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new Missouri ban on abortions at or after eight weeks of pregnancy won’t take effect Wednesday after a federal judge temporarily blocked it from being implemented. U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs put a pause on the law as a legal challenge against it plays out in court. Planned Parenthood…
NORMAN, OK (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the amount another drug manufacturer agreed to pay in a settlement. Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman’s ruling followed the first…
Alton, IL (KTRS) Parts of Alton are under a boil order following a water main break. Illinois American Water says the order was issued following a break in a 12 inch main in the 200 block of State Street. Residents are advised to boil their water for 5 minutes before consumption. The water is okay…