(AP) Stocks sank again on Wall Street, pushing the S&P 500 index down another 2.7% and putting the market on track for its worst week since October 2008. Bond prices soared again as investors sought safety, pushing yields down further into record-low territory. The weeklong rout is being driven by fears that the spreading coronavirus…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether deputies shared graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others. The Los Angeles Times reports Friday that a public safety source with knowledge of the events had seen one of the photos on the phone of another official in a…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in the shooting. Nathaniel Hendren had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 on charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Members of Congress are asking baseball’s Hall of Fame to elect Curt Flood. Flood sacrificed his career to advocate for free agency. The star center fielder refused a trade in 1969 and filed a lawsuit challenging baseball’s reserve clause, which kept players under team control. He played only 13 games in…
Richmond, VA (AP) — Bernie Sanders doesn’t need to win Virginia to have a successful Super Tuesday, but he probably can’t afford a big loss there, either. The state is a key test for the Vermont senator’s ability to consolidate his position as clear front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary. Virginia is leaning increasingly blue…
(KTRS) A St. Louis county doctor has been sentenced to 2 years in prison today and ordered to pay 176-thousand dollars in restitution for making false claims to Medicare and Missouri medicaid programs. 58-year old Dr. Brij R. Vaid of Ladue operated St. Louis Internal Medicine. His co-defendant, Nurse Practitioner Donna Waldo, was sentenced on…
(AP) Stocks went on a wild ride Thursday as investors struggle to gauge the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 960 points in morning trading, erased much of the loss by midday before giving way to another round of selling in the afternoon. The bond market…
Chicago, IL (AP) — A program that honors women veterans and their service wants to send those in Illinois to Washington, D.C., where they will tour war monuments for a day and be celebrated for their service upon their return home. Operation HerStory is seeking 100 women that served during WWII, the Korean War, the…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has halted travel to Islam’s holiest sites over fears about a new viral epidemic months ahead of the hajj pilgrimage. The extraordinary decision stops foreigners from reaching the holy city of Mecca and Prophet Muhammad’s mosque in Medina. The decision shows the concern about the outbreak potentially…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The fight against the new virus is continuing, with crews scrubbing everything from money to buses and quarantines in effect in places from a beachfront resort in the Atlantic to a remote island in the Pacific. The World Health Organization says the number of new cases reported outside China exceeded…