By GILLIAN FLACCUS , Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — The blue of an unfurled body bag has become a gut-wrenching splash of color in this apocalyptic landscape as pressure mounts to account for the hundreds of missing people after a wildfire roared through the California town of Paradise. Coroner search teams, many accompanied by a…
By LISA MASCARO , AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns to a changed political landscape Tuesday as newly-elected lawmakers arrive in Washington, the parties elect new leadership and incumbents square off for one final legislative sprint before House Democrats take power. Voters swept away eight years of House Republican control in last week’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS)Â A winter weather advisory remains in effect until 9 p.m. Monday. Snow began falling throughout the region late morning, with some areas seeing three inches of accumulation. Parts of St. Charles County had close to three inches, while parts of St. Louis had less than an inch. MODOT warns that roadways…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis lawyer who tried to get the financial records of a dark money group associated with former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has announced that he is running for attorney general. Elad (El-AHD’) Gross said Monday that he is running as a Democrat in the 2020 attorney general’s election.…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Monday while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in what appeared to be the most intense exchange of fire since the 2014 war. Palestinian officials said at least three people, including two militants, were killed by…
BISMARCK, MO (AP) — Authorities are investigating a woman’s death in southeast Missouri as a homicide. KFVS-TV reports that the 67-year-old woman was found dead Sunday afternoon in her home in the St. Francois County town of Bismarck. Police and the sheriff’s department say evidence at the scene indicates the death was a homicide. A person…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — A state House committee plans a hearing to consider questions surrounding the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The Tourism, Hospitality & Craft Industries Committee on Tuesday will review a $26 million collection of Lincoln artifacts the organization’s fundraising foundation purchased and the more than $9 million remaining on the loan . Included is an iconic…
BALTIMORE (AP) — In an abrupt change of plans, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the group’s national meeting Monday by announcing it will delay for at least several months any action on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis that is rocking the church. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo…
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and DON THOMPSON , Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires raged at both ends of California, officials released another grim statistic: Six more dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29. It matched California’s record for deaths in a single fire…
MONTCLAIR, CA (AP) — A second high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him on Sunday as volatile and intimidating, and said that repeated complaints to school administrators about his behavior failed to prompt any discipline. Evie Cluke coached Ian David Long on Newbury Park High…