Collinsville, IL (KTRS) A man is facing charges related to a shooting at a metro-east housing complex. According to Illinois State Police, St. Clair County State’s Attorney James Gomric charged 22-year-old Jordan Yates yesterday with one count of 1st-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Yates allegedly shot and killed Robert…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An imprisoned businessman involved in a pay-to-play scandal that brought down a top St. Louis County elected official says he has the coronavirus. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports John Rallo is asking to serve some of his 17-month prison sentence at home with family in Salt Lake City because of health…
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion as technology continues to reshape a world where smartphones are like appendages and digital services are like instruments orchestrating people’s lives. The iPhone maker reached the $2 trillion milestone in Wednesday’s stock market trading, just two…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Hazel Erby has been fired as St. Louis County’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In a Twitter post Tuesday night, Erby stated that Page told her, “I do not need you on my staff anymore.”
Wilmington, DE. (AP) — Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential nominee Tuesday night, as party officials and activists from across the nation gave the former vice president their overwhelming support during his party’s all-virtual national convention. The moment marked a political high point for Biden, who had sought the presidency twice before.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser has called on everyone in Missouri to wear masks and refrain from attending parties. After meeting with Republican Gov. Mike Parson Tuesday, Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Democrats and Republicans must all wear masks to slow the spread of COVID-19. Birx talked to…
New York, N.Y. (AP) Stock indexes are drifting mostly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, placing the S&P 500 once again on track to eclipse its record closing high after falling short of doing so in recent days. The benchmark index was up 0.3% in afternoon trading, above its all-time closing high, which was set in…
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama delivered a passionate condemnation of President Donald Trump as the Democrats opened their national convention. And for the two-hour, made-for-TV program Monday night, presidential nominee Joe Biden showed off the breadth of his political coalition to a nation in crisis. Biden’s convention gave voice to victims of the coronavirus…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Mark McCloskey, the man facing charges after he and his wife, Patricia, brandished firearms in defense of their Central West End home during civil unrest back in June, will be speaking at the Republican National Convention next week. The McCloskey’s made national headlines in the incident, which occurred after a group…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session this week to vote on a bill prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service from changing its operations or level of service. Her decision comes amid growing concerns that the Trump White House is trying to undermine the agency during the coronavirus pandemic…