O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit accuses four white suburban St. Louis police officers of brutalizing a 68-year-old black woman and her adult son after wrongly accusing them of stealing a television. Marvia Gray alleges she suffered serious injuries while being arrested at a Sam’s Club store in Des Peres, Missouri, on March 23. The…
(AP) Stocks are moving higher on Wall Street, extending a global rally, as the U.S. market bounces back from its worst week in two months. The S&P 500 rose 3.2% Monday. Investors were encouraged to see that European countries were taking more steps to lift lockdowns put in place to contain the coronavirus outbreak. They…
New York, NY (AP) — Japan’s economy plunged into recession in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic squelched business activity, while leaders in the U.S. and Europe weighed the risks and rewards of lifting COVID-19 restrictions knowing that a vaccine could take years to develop. China, which reported just seven new cases on Monday,…
Belleville, IL (KTRS) Police in the metro-east need your help finding a missing Belleville girl. In a release, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department says 14-year-old Mya Reagan is believed to have run away. She is described as an African-American girl, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 165 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are rushing to pass as many bills as possible before their 6 p.m. Friday deadline. Bills passed on Friday would ensure free coronavirus testing if recommended by a patient’s doctor. Another provision would end local rules requiring a prescription to get the allergy medication pseudoephedrine. Edible medical marijuana…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Local leaders on the Texas border are asking Republican Gov. Greg Abbott to delay letting more businesses reopen next week. Health officials in El Paso say they’re worried about relaxing lockdown measures after COVID-19 cases in their community surged by 60% in the past two weeks. Abbott on Monday is set…
O’Fallon, MO (AP) — Large events are slowly starting up again in Missouri, even as some experts worry that it’s too soon. The state is more willing than most to permit sports, concerts and shows following the economic shutdown aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus. A youth baseball tournament near St. Louis last…
Manila, Philippines (AP) — More than 150,000 people are riding out a weakening typhoon in emergency shelters in the Philippines after a mass evacuation that was complicated and slowed by the coronavirus. The typhoon has weakened and was blowing northwestward toward the populous main northern island of Luzon. There was no immediate reports of casualties…
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Coronavirus outbreaks are testing the public health networks in pockets of the U.S., while some states prepare to lift lockdown measures, seeing signs of progress. From a hospital near the Navajo Nation to the suburbs of the nation’s capital, front-line medical workers in COVID-19 hot spots are struggling to keep…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A 13-year-old boy who was shot last weekend in O’Fallon has died from his injuries. O’Fallon police on Thursday identified the boy as Owen Fielder of O’Fallon. The shooting happened Saturday in the St. Charles County town. A 16-year-old is in custody in the shooting but formal charges have not been…