JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A report from Missouri’s attorney general shows that black drivers across the state are 91% more likely than white motorists to be pulled over by police and newly collected data shows that African-Americans are even more likely to be stopped in many communities where they live. The Attorney General’s Office…
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz was ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back at close range Sunday night in his native Dominican Republic, authorities said. Dominican National Police Director Ney Aldrin Bautista Almonte said Ortiz was at the Dial…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) An endangered silver advisory is in effect for a missing St. Charles man. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the St. Charles Police Department says 82-year-old Kenneth Dorn went missing following an incident that occurred in the 1500 block of Country Bend Street at around 11 P.M. Saturday. Dorn is described…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Facing elimination in a hostile environment, Brad Marchand and Tuukka Rask stepped up for the Boston Bruins once again. The Stanley Cup Final is heading to Game 7 because two of Boston’s biggest stars love the biggest moments. Rask made 28 saves, Marchand had a goal and an assist, and…
By PETER ORSI and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Washington and Mexico City both took victory laps Saturday over a deal that headed off threatened tariffs on Mexican imports, it remained to be seen how effective it may be and migration experts raised concerns over what it could mean for people…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Emergency Management Agency has mobilized its third round-the-clock team to assist the flooding fight in Monroe County. IEMA Director Alicia Tate-Nadeau (tayt-na-DOH’) said Saturday that the latest Joint Quick Reactionary Task Force will be based in Valmeyer along the Mississippi River.. Valmeyer is 26 miles (42 kilometers) south of…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri health officials say they’re still seeking answers from the state’s only abortion clinic about why patients were unaware that they remained pregnant after what the officials described as “failed surgical abortions.” The state health department said Friday that officials investigatedwhy the St. Louis Planned Parenthood clinic and its contracted laboratory…
BEIRUT (AP) — The father could hardly bear seeing his 18-month-old daughter’s panic every time the Syrian government warplanes flew over their home. Every day for a month, she ran to him to hide in his arms, tearful and breathless. Abdurrahim had refused to flee his hometown throughout years of violence, and he was determined…
BOSTON, MA (AP) — From last place in the league to the brink of their first Stanley Cup championship, the St. Louis Blues need one more win to complete their improbable journey. They have a young goaltender leading the way. Jordan Binnington stopped 38 shots, and the Blues withstood the emotional rush of Zdeno Chara’s…
(St, Louis – KTRS) A shootout in the Grand Center Neighborhood Thursday afternoon has left a suspect dead, and a St. Louis Police officer with a leg wound. The shooting occurred near the intersection of Delmar and Josephine Baker boulevards this afternoon, U.S. Marshals were trying to arrest the suspect on a federal weapons charge…