UPDATE: Jury selection was taking longer than anticipated. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison, prosecutors and Greitens’ attorneys had planned to work through two sets of 40 prospective jurors during the first day of jury selection. They were still working on the first group at the end of the day. Ten prospective jurors have been…
By MATTHEW LEE, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Staging a made-for-TV, still-of-the-night arrival ceremony, President Donald Trump welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Speaking early Thursday on an…
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  The St. Louis judge presiding over the felony invasion case of Governor Eric Greitens ruled on several key motions on Wednesday during a pre-trial hearing. Judge Rex Burlison ruled against the prosecutions request that the former mistress be referred to as the “victim.” Defense attorney Jim Martin argued that the term is…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS)Â St. Louis Police have accumulated a lot of stolen property over the years … and now they’re giving the public a chance to recover their stolen goods. Police say they’ve gathered hundreds of pieces of stolen property in recent years … and now they’re posting pictures of that property … 735 photos in…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS)Â St. Louis police are asking the public for help in their search for five suspects who assaulted a deaf man this last Saturday about 9 p.m. near Euclid and Lindell. Police say five males approached the man and began assaulting him. The man said he was struck in the head several times. He…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Another pre-trial hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Governor Eric Greitens’ felony invasion of privacy case. Judge Rex Burlison will hear motions that will establish what will be admittable at trial. The judge could also rule on whether or not the media will be allowed to use audio recording equipment during…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on his way back from North Korea with three American detainees, saying they “seem to be in good health.” Trump made the announcement on Twitter Wednesday, saying “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the air and on his way back from…
By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Less than three months ago, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman went before the news cameras to announce a lawsuit accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and his former studio of abusing and intimidating a multitude of women. “We have never seen anything…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A forensic examiner was analyzing the cellphone of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday, days before the governor goes to trial in St. Louis on a felony invasion of privacy charge. Multiple local media outlets reported that the examiner was working in a locked courtroom. Greitens’ attorneys declined to comment when…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s decision on the Iran nuclear deal (all times local): 5:10 p.m. Congressional leaders are split, but not neatly along party lines, over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal. Some are welcoming the pullout, believing the 2015 accord was unsound. But others…