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Clinton: Trump makes ‘bizarre rants,’ tells ‘outright lies’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump “doesn’t really have ideas” but “makes bizarre rants and engages in personal feuds and outright lies.” Clinton is likely to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in the next few days, and she’s taking direct aim at Trump as she tries to move past challenger Bernie Sanders. She…
Obama administration rushing to shrink ranks at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is scrambling to release as many prisoners as possible from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba and considering novel legal strategies to do it. The options being considered include allowing some men to strike plea deals by video-teleconference and sending others to foreign countries to be prosecuted. The…
St. Louis man charged in crash after a wrong-way chase
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Charges have been filed against a 24-year-old man accused of leading a police chase that ended with a crash that injured a pregnant woman whose fetus died. Jimmie Smith III was charged Friday with second-degree assault and other felonies. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Smith was driving with two children…
Reaction after Muhammad Ali dies at 74
(AP) – Muhammad Ali will be on the June 13 cover of Sports Illustrated for the 40th time in a photo shot by Neil Leifer while Ali trained in Miami Beach in 1970. “Muhammad Ali was a singular force of athletics, humanitarianism and social equality unlike anyone in our history,” says group editor Paul Fichtenbaum. …
14-year-old accused of suburban St. Louis carjacking
OVERLAND, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old is accused as a juvenile of carjacking a California woman’s rental car last month while she was getting gas in a St. Louis suburb. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the St. Louis teenager is charged with robbery, second-degree assault and resisting arrest. Overland police Lt. Steve…
Cueto Earns 9th Win, Giants Beat Cardinals 5-1
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Johnny Cueto worked around a season-worst five walks to post his ninth win, tying for the major league lead, as the San Francisco Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Friday night. Cueto (9-1) allowed a run on four hits in six innings with one strikeout. He hadn’t walked more…
Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as ‘The Greatest,’ dies
He was fast of fist and foot (AP) — lip, too – a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and his voice barely rose above a whisper. He was The Greatest. Muhammad Ali died Friday at…
Police department’s crime reporting app results in first official arrest
The St. Louis Police Chief is defending the first arrest made from a tip submitted on the department’s new crime reporting app. Chief Sam Dotson tweeted about the arrest for panhandling Thursday and faced almost immediate backlash for focusing on panhandling. Dotson later clarified saying the suspect was also charged with trespassing. The department launched…
Missouri donor to hold fundraiser for Indiana Governor
Sinquefield has given millions of dollars to Missouri candidates and political committees