CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police commissioner says more than 100 people were arrested following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city. Police Superintendent David Brown says it “was not an organized protest” but instead…
Falls Church, VA (AP) — States are having to consider whether they can afford a plan from President Donald Trump to extend additional unemployment benefits, The plan requires states to provide 25 percent of the funds, and it’s unclear whether states have the money or the will to do it. Trump issued an executive order…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a homicide in north city. St. Louis police say the incident occurred shortly after 4:30 Saturday afternoon. That’s when officers responded to a shooting call in the 6000 block of Lucille, which is in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. Upon arrival, they found 32-year-old Harold Anderson…
CASTLE POINT, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County police are investigating two shooting deaths in the north part of the county that happened about 12 hours apart. The first was reported around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, when police were called to an area around the St. Louis suburb of Castle Point for a shooting. Arriving officers…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The order is the Trump administration’s latest salvo at China,…
Washington D.C. (AP) — A marathon meeting in the Capitol generated lots of recriminations but little progress on the top issues confronting negotiators on vital COVID-19 rescue money. The talks are teetering on the brink of collapse. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said of the Thursday night talks: “There’s a handful of very big issues that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing south county woman. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 86-year-old Virginia Pridy went missing from the 12000 block of West Bend Drive Thursday morning. She is described as a white female, 5 feet 5 inches tall, 205 pounds, with white hair and…
(AP) New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for personal benefit. The lawsuit filed Thursday by Attorney General Letitia James followed an 18-month investigation into the NRA, which is a nonprofit group…
Hiroshima, Japan (AP) — Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers to mark its 75th anniversary. They urged the world, and their own government, to do more to ban nuclear weapons. The coronavirus meant a small turnout, but the survivors’ message was more urgent than ever. The United States dropped the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police need your help identifying the man responsible for a hold-up at a south city store. Police say the same individual robbed the Metro by T-Mobile store twice – once on July 24th and again on August 4th. The store is located in the 3600 block of South Grand. If you…