NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The order is the Trump administration’s latest salvo at China,…
Washington D.C. (AP) — A marathon meeting in the Capitol generated lots of recriminations but little progress on the top issues confronting negotiators on vital COVID-19 rescue money. The talks are teetering on the brink of collapse. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said of the Thursday night talks: “There’s a handful of very big issues that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing south county woman. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 86-year-old Virginia Pridy went missing from the 12000 block of West Bend Drive Thursday morning. She is described as a white female, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 205 pounds, with white hair and…
(AP) New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for personal benefit. The lawsuit filed Thursday by Attorney General Letitia James followed an 18-month investigation into the NRA, which is a nonprofit group…
Hiroshima, Japan (AP) — Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers to mark its 75th anniversary. They urged the world, and their own government, to do more to ban nuclear weapons. The coronavirus meant a small turnout, but the survivors’ message was more urgent than ever. The United States dropped the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police need your help identifying the man responsible for a hold-up at a south city store. Police say the same individual robbed the Metro by T-Mobile store twice – once on July 24th and again on August 4th. The store is located in the 3600 block of South Grand. If you…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) An area man is facing multiple charges related to a homicide last month in East St. Louis. Wednesday, the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s office charged 22-year-old Bernard Mosley Jr. in the death of William Porter Jr. Mosley and Terry Morgan Jr. allegedly robbed 2 people and killed 1 at…
(AP) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party’s White House nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus. Party officials confirmed the change in plans on Wednesday. The move is the latest example of the pandemic’s sweeping effects on the 2020 presidential election and the latest blow to traditional…
St. Louis (AP) Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, has ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s Democratic primary. Bush’s victory came in a rematch of 2018, when she failed to capitalize on a national Democratic wave that…
Beirut, Lebanon (AP) — Residents of Beirut have awoken to a scene of utter devastation, a day after a massive explosion at the port of the Lebanese capital killed at least 100 people and wounded thousands. Smoke was still rising from the port, where a towering grain silos was toppled. Major downtown streets were littered…