Hobart, Australia (AP) — More pilot whales have been found stranded in Australia, raising the estimated total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the country. Authorities had been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars on Tasmania state. A…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Louisville, Kentucky, are restricting access to downtown in preparation for the state attorney general’s announcement about whether he’ll charge officers in Breonna Taylor’s shooting death. Taylor’s shooting has been followed by months of protests in the city. The Louisville Metro Police Department said Tuesday that authorities were placing barricades…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The suspect in yesterday afternoon’s officer-involved shooting in North County has died. 26-year old Patches Holmes of the 21-hundred block of Fairhaven was wanted for a parole violation and an outstanding violent crime charge. The incident occurred in the 10- thousand 400 block of Bellefontaine Road. Police responded to a call…
Houston, TX (AP) — Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the upper Texas coast on Monday night. The storm made landfall about 5 miles north of Port O’Connor, Texas, with maximum winds of 45 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Beta was the ninth named storm that made landfall in the continental U.S. this…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is hospitalized following an officer-involved shooting in north county. The incident unfolded just after 4:30 P.M. Monday, while county police were attempting a traffic stop on a 26-year-old fugitive on southbound Bellefontaine. The suspected fugitive took off. Stop sticks were deployed, puncturing 3 of his tires and bringing the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The political battle is being quickly joined over replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Almost immediately after her death was announced Friday, Republicans and Democrats were staking their positions on what happens next — and collecting lots of campaign donations for the struggle ahead. President Donald Trump…
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Members of the newly formed U.S. Space Force are deploying troops to a vast new frontier: the Arabian Peninsula. Space Force now has some 20 airmen stationed at Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base in its first foreign deployment. The new military branch, pushed by President Donald Trump, has provoked skepticism…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The man wanted in connection with a number of area armed-robberies, including those at two wireless stores on South Grand, is being indicted by a federal grand jury as a part of Operation Legend. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 35-year-old Louquincy Carr is facing 4 counts of armed robbery and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis County health officials say a ban on some high school sports will continue until the number of coronavirus cases is reduced and they can recommend return to in-person school. The county’s ban on some high school sports, particularly football, has prompted protests and an unsuccessful effort to take away…
Undated (AP) The U.S. Commerce Department said it is prohibiting Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat from app stores as of Sunday, citing national security and data privacy concerns. Google and Apple, the owners of the major mobile app stores, did not immediately reply to questions. Oracle, which had proposed a deal with TikTok, also did not…