By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelandic budget airline WOW Air ceased operations on Thursday, stranding passengers across two continents. In a statement on its website the airline, which had earlier suspended all its flights, told passengers there would be no further flights and advised them to check flights with other airlines…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Democrats say they want “all of the underlying evidence” in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. But what is all of that evidence? Mueller’s team issued more than 2,800 subpoenas, executed nearly 500 search warrants and interviewed more than 500 witnesses. That means the special counsel likely compiled thousands, if not millions,…
Springfield, IL (KTRS) Illinois gun owners are speaking out against Governor J.B. Pritzker’s decision to sign the Gun Dealer Licensing Act. They voiced their concerns at a rally yesterday at the state capital. Republican State Representative Terri Bryant of Murphysboro said, “We’re reasonable people, with reasonable minds. But we are not willing to allow anyone…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — An exuberant President Donald Trump took a victory lap on Capitol Hill, emboldened by the end of the special counsel’s Russia probe, even as Democrats pressed insistently for Robert Mueller’s full report and Justice Department officials said more information could be released in “weeks, not months.” Trump strode into a high-spirited…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Investigators are working to determine the cause of a 4-alarm fire at a south city museum Tuesday night. The fire broke out just before 7 P.M. at the Karpeles Manuscript Library in Compton Heights. St. Louis Fire Department responded, and found the rear of the building engulfed. Roughly 80 firefighters worked…
By ARON HELLER and FARES AKRAM Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned home from Washington on Tuesday, heading straight into military consultations and vowing further action after a night of heavy fire in which Israeli aircraft bombed Gaza targets and Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel. Netanyahu rushed back to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say an officer has shot and killed a man who had just wounded his friend in St. Louis. St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden said during a news conference that the shooting happened late Monday after officers responded to a disturbance at an apartment. After hearing a muffled gunshot from…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — House Democrats pressed the Justice Department to provide the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller even as Republicans gleefully called for them to “move on” from the Russia investigation. President Donald Trump accused those responsible for launching Mueller’s probe of “treasonous things against our country” and said they “certainly will…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis man is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to firearms charges. According to The U.S. Attorney’s Office of Eastern Missouri, 25-year-old Savon Durphey pled guilty Monday to two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. In 2016, he was found with fentanyl capsules…
Kim Tucci, co-founder of the Pasta House died just after 10 this morning after a long fight with cancer and related illnesses. Tucci, known for his charitable work, was 78. In addition to co-founding The Pasta house, Tucci was a professor at Saint Louis University, and President of the St. Louis Civic Pride Foundation.