BALTIMORE (AP) — In an abrupt change of plans, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened the group’s national meeting Monday by announcing it will delay for at least several months any action on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis that is rocking the church. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo…
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and DON THOMPSON , Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — As wildfires raged at both ends of California, officials released another grim statistic: Six more dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29. It matched California’s record for deaths in a single fire…
MONTCLAIR, CA (AP) — A second high school coach of the gunman who killed 12 people at a Southern California bar recalled him on Sunday as volatile and intimidating, and said that repeated complaints to school administrators about his behavior failed to prompt any discipline. Evie Cluke coached Ian David Long on Newbury Park High…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A memorial to St. Louis area service members who have died in war was mostly neglected and ignored for years — but not anymore. The memorial, which was erected in 1936 and dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, has undergone a two-year, $30 million renovation that more than doubled its…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Another round of winter weather could be heading to the St. Louis area. A winter weather advisory is in effect for the region on Monday from 6 a.m.- 9 p.m. The National Weather Service is calling for snow accumulations of one to two inches. This could result in hazardous road conditions.…
By KELLI KENNEDY and TERRY SPENCER , Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — After some early bumps, more than half of Florida’s 67 counties began recounting votes Sunday in the razor-thin Senate and gubernatorial races, bringing back memories of the 2000 presidential fiasco. In Democratic-leaning Broward County, the scheduled start of the recount was…
By JOHN LEICESTER, RAF CASERT and LORI HINNANT , Associated Press PARIS (AP) — World leaders with the power to make war but a duty to preserve peace solemnly marked the end of World War I’s slaughter 100 years ago at commemorations Sunday that drove home the message “never again” but also exposed the globe’s…
A 4-year-old girl is killed and five others injured in a St. Peters car accident late Friday evening. Police say the accident happened on Salt River Road near Spencer Road. Four-year-old Jenna-vecia Ruval-caba of Old Monroe, Missouri was fatally injured. A van reportedly hit a patch of ice and slid head-on into a Jeep Cherokee.…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The new president of the St. Louis County NAACP is the youngest person ever to lead the branch. Twenty-six-year-old John Gaskin III was named president on Friday, replacing Esther Haywood, who was president for 25 years. She will remain as president emeritus. Gaskin is a Ferguson native who now lives in…
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and KELLI KENNEDY , Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida secretary of state ordered recounts in the U.S. Senate and governor races on Saturday, an unprecedented review of two major contests in the state that took five weeks to decide the 2000 presidential election. Secretary Ken Detzner issued the order…