CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Illinois State Police will be out this week issuing tickets and handing out safety literature in a bid to bring down numbers of railroad-crossing deaths in the state. A greater emphasis on the problem in Illinois comes during U.S. Rail Safety Week this week. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports that state police will work with local…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a woman was found with suspected gunshot wounds inside of a crashed vehicle in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was discovered at just before 7:30 a.m. Sunday in the 4200 block of Evans. According to the investigation, it appeared that she had multiple gunshot wounds.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after being shot in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was found shot to death at just before noon Sunday on Marcus and Ashland. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings the St. Louis murder…
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, MARTHA WAGGONER and ALAN SUDERMAN , Associated Press BLADENBORO, N.C. (AP) — Thousands of coastal residents remained on edge Sunday, told they may need to leave their homes because rivers are still rising more than a week after Hurricane Florence slammed into the Carolinas. About 6,000 to 8,000 people in Georgetown…
By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Details must be worked out on a tentative agreement for a Thursday hearing for Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, to tell the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegation that the Supreme Court nominee sexually assaulted her decades ago. Talks…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis police recruit is recovering after accidentally being shot during a dog attack. Police say the recruit was accompanying two officers and another recruit on a ride along late Saturday afternoon when they were called to a disturbance at a home in the 7700 block of Alaska Avenue in south…
St. Louis man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2012 police chase that ended in a deadly crash in Hazelwood. Twenty seven-year-old Reno Witt Jr. was sentenced on Friday after being found guilty by a jury in June of second-degree murder. Authorities say Witt caused the crash that killed his passenger,…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — U.S. officials are condemning the attack on an Iranian military parade that killed 25 people and wounded more than 60, saying that “the United States condemns all acts of terrorism and the loss of any innocent lives.” A State Department spokeswoman also voiced support for “the Iranian people” following Saturday’s bloodshed in…
LONDON (AP) — Comcast has emerged as the top bidder for European broadcaster Sky after a rare auction held by British regulators. After three rounds of secret bidding on Friday and Saturday, Comcast offered the higher price of 17.28 pounds ($22.58) per share for Sky, the equivalent of nearly 30 billion pounds ($39 billion). Rival…
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is “little rocket man” no more. President Donald Trump isn’t a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” In the year since Trump’s searing, debut U.N. speech fueled fears of nuclear conflict with North Korea, the two leaders have turned from threats to flattery. And there’s fresh hope that the…