NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer grappling with an armed man died early Sunday in the Bronx after being shot three times, possibly with his own gun. The 27-year-old suspect also died after five officers fired at him, police officials said. He has not been publicly identified yet. The NYPD identified…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Jack Flaherty, Paul Goldschmidt and the St. Louis Cardinals quickly drained any drama from a final-day playoff chase. They were totally fine with that. The Cardinals clinched the NL Central in their last game of the regular season, using Flaherty’s arm and Goldschmidt’s bat Sunday to win their first division…
Wentzville, MO (KTRS) There was a strong show of support for striking United Auto Workers on Friday during a rally in Wentzville. About 500 supporters, including members of other unions, along with lawmakers attended the Hold The Line Rally outside of the Local 2250 United Auto Workers Hall in Wentzville. Nearly 49,000 UAW workers across…
A pair of Mark Twain enthusiasts who have searched for more than two decades say they’ve found what appears to be Samuel Clemens’ signature from his youth scrawled on the wall of the Missouri cave he made famous in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” In the mid-1800s, long before he took on the pen name…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July began transmitting its location Friday morning for the first time in weeks, a ship-tracking website showed, as the company said the ship was preparing to leave Iran. Citing satellite data, MarineTraffic.com showed the Stena Impero just outside the Iranian port…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — Columbia police say they have ended a search at a landfill for more evidence in a woman’s disappearance. Police and the Solid Waste Utility employees searched the landfill after a man confessed to killing his wife, Megan Shultz, in 2006 and putting her body in a dumpster. Remains of a woman believed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a whistleblower’s complaint at the center of the House’s impeachment inquiry shows that President Donald Trump was engaged in a cover-up. Pelosi read from the declassified complaint, which alleges the White House tried to “lock down” details of Trump’s call with Ukraine’s new president after he asked him…
The following is from St. Louis County Police: On September 25, 2019 at approximately 8:09 PM, St. Louis County Police Officers from the West County Precinct responded to the Menards, located at 14161 Manchester Road for a strong arm robbery. Upon arrival, officers located a female victim, 49 years of age, suffering from a head wound. EMS…
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vaping products, one of the fastest-growing segments of the legal marijuana industry, have taken a hit from consumers as public health experts scramble to determine what’s causing a mysterious and sometimes fatal lung disease among people who use e-cigarettes. The ailment has sickened at least 530 people and killed nine. Some…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Missouri man is suspected of flying to California and lighting multiple fires by throwing flaming pieces paper from his rental car onto grassy foothills in the San Francisco Bay Area. The East Bay Times reports Wednesday that Freddie Graham allegedly ignited more than a dozen fires in a 24-hour…