JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Eric Schmitt has been sworn in as Missouri’s state attorney general. Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Zel Fischer gave Schmitt the oath of office Thursday in the Supreme Court building. Schmitt previously served as the state’s elected treasurer. But Gov. Mike Parson appointed him attorney general to replace Josh…
By LISA MASCARO , AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi knew this moment would come, even if others had their doubts — or worked to stop her. Pelosi was elected Thursday as House speaker, the only woman who has held the office and now one of few elected officials who will be returning…
City Museum in St. Louis has a new owner. Premier Parks, based in Oklahoma City, has announced that it now owns City Museum, which was started in 1997 in the Washington Avenue Loft District in St. Louis. Premier Parks currently operates 10 theme and water parks throughout the United States and Canada. A Premier Parks…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) KTVI and KPLR are among the Tribune stations cut off from Charter Spectrum amid a contract dispute. Tribune pulled its signal Wednesday after negotiations stalled. KTVI posted the followingon its website: We sincerely regret that Spectrum has forced FOX 2 off your cable package, and we share your frustration. Our parent company…
By JOE McDONALD , AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Apple Inc.’s $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to consumers in China unnerved by an economic slump and the trade war with the U.S. CEO Tim Cook said in a letter to shareholders Wednesday that demand for iPhones is waning and revenue for the last quarter…
By JON GAMBRELL , Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced on Thursday it will seek the death penalty against five suspects in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a killing that has seen members of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s entourage implicated in the writer’s assassination. Prosecutors announced…
By ROBERT BURNS , AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — On his first working day in charge of the Pentagon, Pat Shanahan got a taste of President Donald Trump’s scattershot way of looking at the world. As Shanahan sat to Trump’s left at a Cabinet meeting at the White House, the president denounced U.S.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 73-year-old man has been charged with murder after he admitted to beating his roommate to death at a Missouri nursing home. Police were called to The Estates of Spanish Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation facility in St. Louis County just after 7 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found 69-year-old Larry Harris dead. Prosecutors…
By AMY TAXIN and DEEPTI HAJELA , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some immigrant youth looking to start over in the United States after fleeing abusive homes are seeing their applications for green cards rejected because the Trump administration says they’re too old. A U.S. government program in place since 1990 has let young…
On his second day on the job, St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell fired the veteran assistant prosecutor who was primarily responsible for presenting evidence to the grand jury that declined to indict a Ferguson police officer in the 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown. That’s according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Kathi Alizadeh had…