WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights advocates have begun gathering to highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Thousands gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic “I Have…
Kenosha, WI (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the wounding of a third. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley filed five felony charges against Kyle Rittenhouse Thursday afternoon. He could face a mandatory life sentence if convicted of first-degree intentional homicide,…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Personal Protective Equipment vending machines are now available at four specific locations at Lambert Airport. Hudson, a New Jersey-based company, and St. Louis-based AVendCo, are supplying the machines. The vending machines can be found prior to security as well as in one of the airport’s concourses. In a release, the airport…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area hospitals have seen a sudden and “alarming” spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus, and the leader of the region’s pandemic task force is imploring residents to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. For several weeks, the number of new daily admissions for COVID-19 had hovered around 40. But…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will lash out at the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention speech Thursday evening,. He is telling voters that the former vice president will pursue the “most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee.” Trump has…
Delcambre, LA (AP) — Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana near the Texas border as a menacing Category 4 hurricane. The storm’s power has raised fears of a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters say would be “unsurvivable” and capable of sinking entire communities on the Texas and Louisiana coast. Authorities implored coastal residents to…
Washington D.C. (KTRS) An area man is headed to prison for his role in an attempted assault outside an area LGBTQ bar. The Department of Justice says that 32-year-old Freddie Doyle was sentenced to nearly 4 years Wednesday after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm. The incident occurred in June of 2019. That’s…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor says a Washington University saliva test for the coronavirus has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday lauded the St. Louis-area university for developing the test. Meanwhile, Missouri’s state health director says he won’t follow new guidance from U.S. health officials against testing…
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and forecasters now expect it to become a Category 4 hurricane. It’s already a Category 3 storm as it approaches Texas and Louisiana, with landfall expected overnight. Stacy Stewart at the National Hurricane Center says some people are going to wake up Thursday and not believe…
Washington D.C. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump cast her husband as the best hope for America’s future in a Rose Garden address Tuesday night. President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the presidency on the second night of the scaled-down Republican National Convention. Trump himself pardoned a reformed felon, used…