By COLLEEN LONG and ASTRID GALVAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A 7-year-old girl picked up with her father and dozens of other migrants along a remote stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border suffered seizures and spiked a high fever in immigration custody and later died, federal officials said. An autopsy was scheduled to try to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another is injured after a shooting at a fast food restaurant in north St. Louis. Police say this happened at just before 4:30 a.m. Friday at the White Castle on Natural Bridge and North Kingshighway. The surviving victim was shot in the arm. The name of the…
Alton, IL (KTRS) A suspect is being sought after a confrontation with police in Alton. Investigators say officers responded to a domestic around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Treemont. Upon arrival, police found the man they were looking for inside of a white Pontiac Grand Prix. A struggle ensued when officers were trying…
(KTRS) St. Louis MO A 13-year-old boy is charged with involuntary manslaughter following the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in Cahokia. The Belleville News-Democrat reports the 13-year-old was arrested earlier this month following the October fatal shooting in the 300 block of Sauget Street. The boy also faces a charge of unlawful use of…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE , WASHINGTON (AP) — Serious contenders are hiding from view. Celebrity hangers-on are applying via Twitter. Fresh names circulate practically on the hour. And the man in charge is stoking much of the confusion. President Donald Trump’s hunt for a new chief of staff has taken on the feel of…
By JIM MUSTIAN , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump offered a simple defense Thursday to accusations he broke campaign finance law by directing attorney Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump’s alleged affairs: He was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer. “I never directed Michael Cohen to break…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have identified the man fatally shot by an officer during a violent incident on a gas station parking lot. Police on Thursday identified the suspect as 29-year-old Demario Bass. On Wednesday, two officers on patrol spotted a stolen 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe at a BP gas station. One…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press Democrat Claire McCaskill had stern words for her soon-to-be former colleagues in the Senate in a farewell speech on Thursday, saying that polarization and fear of political consequences have rendered the body ineffective and unwilling to take on difficult issues. The two-term senator lost to Republican Attorney General Josh…
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The office of the Paris prosecutor, which handles terrorism cases in France, says a man killed in Strasbourg in a shootout with police has been identified as the main suspect in a Christmas market attack that killed three people. The man was identified as Charif Chekatt, a 29-year-old whom police had…
LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the possibility that the Brexit withdrawal text that all 28 leaders, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, endorsed last month can be altered. Speaking ahead of a Brexit discussion at a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels, Macron said it is “important to avoid…