St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis homicide detectives are investigating following a shooting in North St. Louis Sunday. According to investigators, the shooting occurred just after 9 PM in the 1100 block of Riverview in the Baden neighborhood near the Halls Ferry Circle. An unconscious male in his 20’s was transported to an area hospital.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri voters on Tuesday will consider a ballot measure that supporters say would make state government more ethical. Constitutional Amendment 1, the so-called “Clean Missouri” proposal, aims to replace Missouri’s system for drawing state legislative districts with a model designed to have the number of seats won by each party more…
By GARY FINEOUT and TAMARA LUSH , Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man trying to stop a shooting attack on a Florida yoga studio said Sunday that he wrestled with the attacker after his gun jammed, a move credited with giving others time to flee the rampage that killed two people and wounded…
By ASIM TANVEER , Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The husband of a Christian woman acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, but not released after countrywide protests, appealed on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May to help the family leave Pakistan. Asia Bibi’s husband,…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has approvingly evoked former President Ronald Reagan. She said she would back President Donald Trump if he stopped a migrant caravan at the border. And speaking on Fox News, she has decried “crazy Democrats.” What is the Democratic senator up to?…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO , Associated Press ROME (AP) — Storms lashing Sicily have killed at least 12 people with torrential floods, Italian authorities said as the country’s leader headed Sunday to the stricken Mediterranean island. Divers pulled out nine of those victims from a home flooded by a rapidly swelling river in the countryside near…
ISLA, Mexico (AP) — Patience among 4,000 Central American migrants appeared to be wearing thin on Saturday, as exhausted members of the caravan journeying toward the United States openly disagreed with organizers who are shepherding the group through southern Mexico. Several thousand migrants opted to rest in the towns of Juan Rodriguez Clara, Veracruz and…
Redding, CA (AP) Embers falling on their heads, Venesa Rhodes and her husband had seconds to rush their two beloved cats into their SUV before a wildfire last summer would overtake them all. One cat got in. But the other, named Bella, bolted and disappeared as the blaze bore down. The couple had no choice…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — The Soldier’s Memorial in downtown St. Louis is open as of this weekend after a $30 million renovation project. The memorial opened in 1936 to honor St. Louis-area soldiers who died in World War I. But over the years both the inside and outside of the memorial deteriorated to the…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — The Illinois State Fair relies on sponsorships to not only provide visitors with unique offerings and services but also to keep the event running, according to organizers. There were more than a couple dozen sponsorship agreements for this year’s state fair, which saw a decline in attendance by 8 percent from…