BELLEVILLE, IL (AP) — The Air Force is reprimanding a former commander at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois as part of a plea agreement over sexual misconduct accusations against him. The agreement comes after Col. John Howard was removed in December as commander of the 375th Air Mobility Wing. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports the reprimand states…
TOKYO (AP) — Tesla is reporting encouraging production figures for its third quarter as founder Elon Musk tells employees to work hard to prove “the naysayers wrong.” Tesla announced Tuesday that it produced 80,142 vehicles in the third quarter, which is 50 percent more than the previous quarter. The company made 53,239 Model 3 vehicles,…
BY JOSEPH PISANI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, which has faced political and economic pressure to raise pay for thousands of employees, is boosting its minimum wage for all U.S. workers to $15 per hour starting next month and said it will push for an increase in the federally mandated minimum wage,…
East St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and five were injured following a violent night in East St. Louis. Police say the first shooting happened around 6 p.m. Monday when a man showed up at the East St. Louis Police Station with a graze wound to the back of his head and hand. A…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a man’s body was found on a platform at the Busch Stadium MetroLink Station in downtown St. Louis. Police say the victim was discovered at just after 5 a.m. Tuesday. Services were suspended at that station, but have resumed. There’s no word on what may have caused the…
Missouri Department of Transportation says Heavy congestion is expected on westbound Highway 44 over the Meramec Bridge starting today. Bridge replacement and improvements to the exit ramps, between 270 and Bowles, is expected to take three years for both directions to be completed. Work will be conducted seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
By HYUNG-JIN KIM , Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top South Korean official told lawmakers that North Korea is estimated to have up to 60 nuclear weapons, in Seoul’s first public comment about the size of the North’s secrecy-clouded weapons arsenal. Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon told parliament Monday the estimates on the size…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The company that owns the Ride the Ducks operation in Branson asked a judge Monday to dismiss some of the lawsuits filed after one of its boats sank in a Missouri lake in July, killing 17 people. Ripley Entertainment said in its motions that the boat’s sinking on Table Rock…
By STEVE PEOPLES , Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Republican senator who suddenly sits at the center of the explosive Supreme Court debate promised Monday to oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee should an ongoing federal investigation determine he lied under oath. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who holds extraordinary leverage in the confirmation process,…
LAS VEGAS, NV (AP) — A flock of doves fluttered skyward at sunrise in Las Vegas on Monday, each bird bearing a leg band with the name of one of the 58 people slain in the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s modern history one year ago. Marking the anniversary of the night that a…