(AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica. It was centered 139 kilometers (86 miles) northwest of Montego Bay, Jamaica, and 140 kilometers (87 miles) west-southwest of Niquero, Cuba. It hit at 2:10 p.m. (1910 GMT) and the epicenter was a relatively shallow…
(AP) President Donald Trump’s legal team is making a forceful case against the relevance of possible testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton. The lawyers are nearing the end of their defense, and the Senate is braced for debate on whether to allow Bolton and other witnesses into the impeachment trial. Attorney Jay Sekulow…
Calabasas, CA (AP) Authorities say the veteran pilot of a helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, tried to avoid fog so heavy it grounded police choppers. The helicopter was ferrying Bryant from Orange County to Ventura County on Sunday when it smashed into a Calabasas hillside at nearly 200…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Missouri’s Republican-led state House has voted against the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line. Lawmakers voted 118-42 Monday to prevent using eminent domain to acquire easement rights for the Grain Belt Express power line. The high-voltage power line is to carry wind energy from Kansas across Missouri…
Beijing, China (AP) China’s death toll from a new viral disease that is causing mounting global concern has risen by 25 to at least 106. The United States and other governments are preparing to fly their citizens out of the locked-down city at center of the outbreak. The total includes the first death in Beijing…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a man is shot and killed in south city. The incident occurred shortly after 9 P.M. Monday in the 4000 block of McRee in the Botanical Heights neighborhood. That’s where officers responded to a shooting call, and found a man who was not conscious or breathing. He…
(AP) Pressure is increasing on senators to call John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. That’s after the revelation that a draft of a book by Trump’s former national security adviser undercuts a key defense argument _ that Trump never tied withholding military aid to Ukraine to his demand the country investigate…
(AP) U.S. stocks tumbled following a sell-off in markets in Europe and Japan Monday after China announced a sharp rise in cases of a deadly new virus that threatens to crimp global economic growth. The major U.S. indexes gave up a significant amount of their gains for January and bond yields moved lower as investors…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Abortion is expected to play a key role in Missouri’s 2020 gubernatorial race. Republican Gov. Mike Parson is seeking to keep his seat. Democratic state Auditor Nicole Galloway wants to replace him. Parson has a big advantage over Galloway in the Republican-dominated state. But University of Central Missouri political scientist Robynn…
Calabasas, CA (AP) The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers. Bryant’s helicopter plunged into a rugged hillside Sunday with an impact that scattered debris over an area the size of a football field and…