KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two American service members were killed during an operation in Afghanistan on Friday, the U.S. and NATO forces said, providing no other details on the combat deaths. The fatalities, which bring to four the number of U.S. soldiers killed so far this year in Afghanistan, underscore the difficulties in bringing peace…
An armed bank robber is on-the-run in O’Fallon, Missouri and police are urging residents to stay inside while they search for the suspect. Dardenne Elementary School was on lockdown while police searched the area. The robbery took place at around 11:30 Thursday morning at the Reliance Bank in the 2600 block of Highway K. The…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities have rescued several people stranded by flooding in northwest Missouri. The State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that water patrol troopers worked into the night Wednesday in and around Craig. Four people were pulled from homes, while three were rescued from a boat that ran out of gas.…
Collinsville, IL (KTRS) An Illinois State trooper is hospitalized after being hit by a passing motorist while investigating an accident. Police say this happened at just before 11 p.m. Wednesday when the trooper was standing outside of his vehicle along I-55 at i-255 in Collinsville. The trooper was airlifted to an area hospital with serious…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 9:30 a.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says European Union leaders could approve a short delay to Brexit in principle so long as Britain’s Parliament passes a twice-rejected withdrawal deal next week. She says that if that doesn’t happen, another EU summit might be needed. British…
DES MOINES, IA (AP) — Farmer Jeff Jorgenson looks out over 750 acres of cropland submerged beneath the swollen Missouri River, and he knows he probably won’t plant this year. But that’s not his biggest worry. He and other farmers have worked until midnight for days to move grain, equipment and fuel barrels away from…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Department of Conservation is looking for leads regarding the two elk shot in Shannon County last month. The Conservation Federation of Missouri and Operation Game Thief are now offering a $8,500 reward for information leading to the conviction of the poachers. Agents say that no parts of either animal…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men are hospitalized after separate and unrelated officer-involved shootings a few hours apart in St. Louis County. A 61-year-old man was shot by a University City officer around 6 a.m. Tuesday. A woman told police her husband was armed and making threats. She escaped the house but the man allegedly…
By JIM MUSTIAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, in the early stages of his Russia probe. The heavily blacked-out records, released by…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More than 1,000 people were feared dead in Mozambique four days after a cyclone slammed into the country, submerging entire villages and leaving bodies floating in the floodwaters, the nation’s president said. “It is a real disaster of great proportions,” President Filipe Nyusi said. Cyclone Idai could prove to be the deadliest…