COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A University of Missouri student was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child just days after authorities announced that foul play is suspected in the disappearance of his wife, who came to the U.S. from China to study. Joseph Elledge, 23, is jailed on a $500,000 cash-only bond. No…
WASHINGTON DC (AP) — Eliminating the Islamic State’s elusive leader gives President Donald Trump a new argument for leaving Syria, but the U.S. military campaign against the extremists is far from finished. The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. forces leaves the Islamic State without an obvious leader, a major setback for an organization…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The Administrative Hearing Commission will begin hearing arguments Monday morning to decide the fate of Missouri’s last remaining abortion clinic. This hearing is expected to last about a week, but a ruling isn’t expected until February. Planned Parenthood has been fighting with the state’s health department for months over concerns that…
CLAYTON, MO (AP) — A jury has recommended a St. Louis County police sergeant be awarded nearly $20 million after finding the department discriminated against him because he’s gay. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the jury’s verdict came Friday in a 2017 lawsuit brought by Sgt. Keith Wildhaber. Wildhaber testified that he was told to “tone down his gayness”…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State group who presided over its global jihad and became arguably the world’s most wanted man, is believed dead after being targeted by a U.S. military raid in Syria. A U.S. official told The Associated Press late Saturday that al-Baghdadi was targeted in…
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — A contentious 40-day strike that crippled General Motors’ U.S. production came to an end Friday as workers approved a new contract with the company. The four-year deal will now be used as a template in bargaining with crosstown rival Ford Motor Co., the union’s…
Update: St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Police say 29-year-old Ronnie McCutchen was found unharmed. Earlier Story: St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing south St. Louis County man. Twenty-nine-year-old Ronnie McCutchen went missing on Thursday. He was last seen driving a Maroon 2001 Dodge Durango bearing Missouri plates…
Wentzville, MOÂ (KTRS)Â The strike against General Motors could be coming to an end. UAW workers at the Wentzville Plant overwhelmingly approved the contract proposal. However, voting continues Friday at other GM plants in the country. The nationwide tally will determine whether or not the strike will continue. The official tally is expected later Friday afternoon…
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — Punishing Santa Ana winds that pushed fires into Los Angeles-area neighborhoods, burning six homes, were expected to last through Friday and could prompt more power shutoffs to hundreds of thousands of people. The wind-whipped blazes broke out Thursday in the Santa Clarita area and the largest remained uncontained. As many…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A St. Louis University student in her early 20s is hospitalized in critical condition with what police now call “undetermined injuries” suffered near the central St. Louis campus. University officials have confirmed that the woman who was injured about 9:45 a.m. Thursday is a student. Her name has not been…