TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. officials are condemning the attack on an Iranian military parade that killed 25 people and wounded more than 60, saying that “the United States condemns all acts of terrorism and the loss of any innocent lives.” A State Department spokeswoman also voiced support for “the Iranian people” following Saturday’s bloodshed in…
LONDON (AP) — Comcast has emerged as the top bidder for European broadcaster Sky after a rare auction held by British regulators. After three rounds of secret bidding on Friday and Saturday, Comcast offered the higher price of 17.28 pounds ($22.58) per share for Sky, the equivalent of nearly 30 billion pounds ($39 billion). Rival…
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is “little rocket man” no more. President Donald Trump isn’t a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” In the year since Trump’s searing, debut U.N. speech fueled fears of nuclear conflict with North Korea, the two leaders have turned from threats to flattery. And there’s fresh hope that the…
CLAYTON, MO (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2012 police chase that ended in a deadly crash in Hazelwood. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 27-year-old Reno Witt Jr. was sentenced Friday. He was found guilty by a jury in June of second-degree murder. Authorities say Witt…
DU QUOIN, IL (AP) — Officials say attendance at the 2018 Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois dropped by 8 percent from last year. Organizers say the 11-day fair attracted about 100,800 before it wrapped up on Labor Day. The attendance decline was about the same as last month’s Illinois State Fair in Springfield…
OMAHA, NE (AP) — The amount of water being released into the lower Missouri River will be temporarily reduced because of recent heavy rains in southeastern South Dakota and northwestern Iowa. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it is reducing the amount of water being released from the Fort Randall and Gavins Point dams…
(AP) Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing Monday will begin with testimony about his sex offender evaluation and, presumably, a fierce debate over whether the 81-year-old actor should be branded a sexually violent predator. The stakes are high given the lifetime counseling, community alerts and public shaming the designation would trigger. And it could become evidence in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fight for the House majority is over. At least that’s the sense from a growing number of Democrats who are increasingly confident in their quest to seize control of at least one chamber of Congress six weeks before Election Day. The surging optimism among Democrats, usually shared in private, has begun…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — The University of Missouri says freshmen enrollment increased for this school year, but overall enrollment declined. The Columbia Missourian reports freshmen enrollment increased 13 percent from fall 2017 to 2018. The 4,673 freshmen enrolled for the fall was 539 more than in 2017. Total enrollment at MU dropped 3.3 percent, from 30,870 students…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — St. Louis’ land bank is facing pressure from city officials and residents to reduce its inventory of vacant properties as the agency struggles with staffing and limited funding. The Land Reutilization Authority owns about 12,000 parcels, which is almost half of St. Louis’ 25,000 vacant lots and buildings. The authority…