WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite the gradual reopening of businesses around the country, bringing the running total since the coronavirus shutdowns took hold in mid-March to about 41 million. The government figures underscore the continuing damage to businesses and livelihoods from the outbreak that has now…
Leavenworth, KS (AP) — A Fort Leavenworth soldier is being credited with saving lives after he stopped a person who was randomly shooting on a bridge that connects Kansas and Missouri. Leavenworth police chief Patrick Kitchens says officers responding to the Centennial Bridge Wednesday found one person with a gunshot wound and the suspect seriously…
Minneapolis, MN (AP) — Protests rocked Minneapolis for the second straight night Wednesday after a man’s death in police custody. The protests began outside the police precinct in the part of the city where 46-year-old George Floyd died on Memorial Day. Four Minneapolis officers were fired after video footage showed one of them kneeling on…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The owner of a business that hosted crowded pool parties over the Memorial Day weekend at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks says no laws were broken and safety measures were in place to protect against the spread of the coronavirus. Social media postings over the weekend showed large crowds of mostly…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mayor of Minneapolis called for charges to be filed against the white police officer who pressed his knee into the neck of a black man during an arrest, even after the man stopped moving. Mayor Jacob Frey said Wednesday that Derek Chauvin should be criminally charged in connection with Monday’s death…
Seoul, South Korea (AP) — As South Korea significantly relaxes its rigid social distancing rules as a result of waning coronavirus cases, the world is paying close attention to whether it can return to something that resembles normal or face a virus resurgence. Already, a mini-outbreak linked to nightclubs in Seoul has tested South Korea’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Saint Louis University releases it’s plan to resume undergraduate classes this fall. In a Twitter post Tuesday night, University President Dr. Fred Pestello outlined a number of changes, one of which, an earlier start to the fall semester. Classes will now resume on August 17th, instead of August 26th. Dr. Pestello…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Leaders in Kansas City, St. Louis and the state of Kansas are urging people who partied close together at Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend to self-quarantine for two weeks. Health officials fear that the gatherings documented in social media postings could lead to a resurgence of the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis was seen on a bystander’s video pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck. The officer kept his kept his knee on the man for several minutes after the man stopped moving. The death Monday night…
Baltimore, MD (AP) — President Donald Trump honored America’s fallen service members in a pair of Memorial Day appearances as the country continues its battle against the coronavirus. The president was eager to demonstrate national revival from the pandemic, even as the U.S. death toll approached 100,000. He appeared both at Arlington National Cemetery and…