By ANICK JESDANUN and MAE ANDERSON , AP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Apple’s new iPads will more closely resemble its latest iPhones as they ditch a home button and fingerprint sensor to make more room for the screen. As with the latest iPhone models — the XR and XS —the new iPad Pro will…
CUBA, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri home where a racial slur was recently spray-painted on a wall has been destroyed by fire, prompting state and local investigations. The fire broke out Saturday near Cuba, Missouri, about 85 miles southwest of St. Louis. The family was out of town at the time. The Crawford County…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) Two men are facing charges in the death of a Washington Park police officer. St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly announced Tuesday morning that Chaunt’ Tuan Gillespie and Valention Miller, both 19, were charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in the death of Auxiliary…
By ZEKE MILLER and ALLEN G. BREED , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — To Marianne Novy, President Donald Trump isn’t wanted “unless he really changes his ways.” For David Dvir, politics should take a pause for grief: “It’s our president, and we need to welcome him.” Trump is once again called upon to step into the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship (all times local): 9:35 a.m. A person familiar with internal White House debate says the topic of birthright citizenship has come up various times over at least the last year. President Donald Trump tells “Axios on HBO” he wants to end…
By NINIEK KARMINI and STEPHEN WRIGHT , Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Divers searched Tuesday for victims of the Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia that killed 189 people and high-tech equipment was deployed to find its data recorders as reports emerged of problems on the jet’s previous flight that had terrified passengers. Search and…
A young man looses his life in a Jefferson County car accident Yesterday. The Missouri Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Kolvy B. Smith of Desloge was on Route A near Burning Tree Lane when he crossed the center lane and hit another vehicle head-on. Smith was pronounced dead on the scene the other driver received serious…
By ROBERT BURNS, COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A week out from the midterm elections, the Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops, some armed, to the Southwest border this week in an extraordinary military operation to stop Central American migrants traveling north in two caravans that were…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a missing 4-year-old Missouri boy is asking anyone with information to come forward. Darnell Gray’s mother made a brief statement at a news conference Monday asking for the public’s help. Her name was not released. Darnell was last seen Wednesday night at a Jefferson City apartment where…
By ALLEN G. BREED, MARK SCOLFORO and MARYCLAIRE DALE , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was brought into court in a wheelchair Monday, as some members of the Jewish community and others objected to President Donald Trump’s planned visit, accusing him of contributing to a toxic political…