House would ban Confederate flags on VA cemetery flagpoles
WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has voted to ban the display of the Confederate flag on flagpoles at Veterans Administration cemeteries. The 265-159 vote would block descendants and others seeking to commemorate veterans of the Confederate States of America from flying the Confederate Battle Flag over mass graves, even on days that flag displays are…
Justices say no constitutional right to speedy sentencing
The court was being asked for the first time to extend the right to a speedy trial that is part of the Sixth Amendment to the sentencing phase of a case
Professor’s Group Finds Fault In Firing Of Mizzou Professor
Columbia, MO (KTRS) A national professor’s group says its investigation has found that the University of Missouri bowed to political pressure when it fired an assistant professor over her role last year in a race-related student protest. The American Association of University Professors released its report late Wednesday night. An association committee will recommend in…
Trump calls EgyptAir crash ‘another terrorist attack’
Egyptian, French and Greek officials have launched investigations into the crash but say it is too early to determine whether it was due to a technical error or an act of terrorism
Illinois Leaders Continue To Fight For NGA Headquarters
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Illinois leaders continue to aggressively fight the preliminary decision to relocate a federal spy agency to north St. Louis, rather than to a site in southern Illinois. Both of Illinois’ U.S. senators and three House members from that part of the state have criticized the plan by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency…