DALLAS, TX (AP) — A white police officer accused of fatally shooting her black neighbor inside his own apartment was fired Monday for “adverse conduct,” the Dallas Police Department said in a statement. Police Chief U. Renee Hall dismissed Officer Amber Guyger during a hearing Monday, according to the statement posted on Twitter . Guyger has been…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating a rash of six killings over a two-day period, with five of the victims found inside vehicles. Police say there is no evidence the shootings are connected. Four of the victims died Sunday. The death toll rose around 6:30 a.m. Monday when a man and…
BERKELEY, MO (AP) — Relatives of a fleeing driver and his passenger who were killed in a St. Louis County crash are demanding an outside review. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that police initially said they weren’t chasing the car that crashed last month, killing 49-year-old Mikel Neil, who was driving, and his passenger, 59-year-old Townsal…
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly (all times local): 9:10 a.m. President Donald Trump says a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely to take place “quite soon.” Speaking at the United Nations, Trump says the relationship with the country whose leader…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, MARTHA WAGGONER and ALAN SUDERMAN , Associated Press BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence is by no means done with the Carolinas, where some rivers are still rising and thousands of people were told to plan to leave their homes on Monday before rivers reach their crest. About 6,000 to 8,000…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It was violent weekend in the city of St. Louis. Four people were killed and one was injured in separate shootings in north St. Louis. Police say the first incident happened around 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Evans. That’s where a woman was discovered in a crashed vehicle According to…
By MARYCLAIRE DALE , Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby arrived at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Monday for the start of a sentencing hearing that will determine how the 81-year-old comedian will be punished for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman more than 14 years ago. Cosby was the first celebrity to go…
NORRISTOWN, PA (AP) — Bill Cosby faced the start of a sentencing hearing Monday at which a judge will decide how to punish the 81-year-old comedian who blazed the trail for other black entertainers and donated millions to black causes but preyed on at least one young woman and perhaps many more. Cosby was the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as negotiators reached agreement on an extraordinary hearing for Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, a second allegation of sexual misconduct by the Supreme Court nominee put the White House and Senate Republicans on the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. A dayslong back and…
SPRINGFIELD, MO (AP) — The son of the founder of a popular Missouri restaurant has been indicted on several sex crimes. The Springfield News-Leader reports 50-year-old Benjamin Lambert, who was previously involved in running the Lambert’s Cafe location in Ozark, Missoui, was indicted on five charges by a grand jury earlier this month. Prosecutors say Lambert had…