NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel. Guzman listened to…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis County grand jury has returned a 17-count indictment against a man suspected of killing a woman and sexually assaulting two others inside a suburban St. Louis religious supply store. The indictment filed Wednesday mirrors charges prosecutors filed in November against Thomas Bruce…
By JONATHAN J. COOPER , Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who became a prominent gun-control advocate after his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in a failed assassination attempt, announced Tuesday he will run to finish John McCain’s last term in the U.S. Senate. Kelly, 54, is a top…
EL PASO, TX (AP) — President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers’ tentative deal that would give him far less than he’s been demanding and declaring he’s “setting the stage” to deliver on his signature campaign promise. In the first…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Stray Rescue is holding a press conference Tuesday after a dog found freezing in the cold on Friday was euthanized on Monday. Faust, the 6-year-old dog named for the letter carrier who found her, was taken to Stray Rescue in a coma with a temperature too low to read, then transferred…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ALAN FRAM , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Budget negotiators will meet Monday to revive talks over border security issues that are central to legislation to prevent key parts of the government from shutting down on Saturday, but an air of pessimism remains after talks broke down over the weekend. They…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians are pouring out onto the streets of Tehran and other cities and towns across the country, marking the date 40 years ago that’s considered victory day in the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. On Feb. 11 that year, Iran’s military stood down after days of street battles, allowing the revolutionaries to…
Wood River, IL (KTRS) Investigators are working to determine what caused an explosion at a metro-east oil refinery. At around 4:30 PM Sunday, an explosion in a process operation unit injured an employee at Wood River Oil Refinery in Roxana. The refineries’ firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze, and the employee was transported to…
By RYAN J. FOLEY , Associated Press In the year since the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school, more and more states have passed laws making it easier to take guns away from people who may be suicidal or bent on violence against others, and courts are issuing an unprecedented number of seizure…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Dozens of accidents are being reported throughout the St. Louis area as a result of the wintry mix. MODOT is warning motorists to stay off of the roadways if possible. The sleet and freezing rain has caused icy conditions. SIdewalks and untreated surfaces are also slick. The latest road conditions in…