JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Legislature has voted to raise the age at which suspects are automatically prosecuted as adults from 17 to 18. The bill, approved by the Senate Thursday in a 32-1 vote, would add a $3.50 charge to all civil lawsuits to help the juvenile justice system absorb more people.…
PARIS (AP) — A French judicial official says the young man who stabbed people in a lively Paris neighborhood didn’t have an arrest record but was on a watch list for potential radicalism. The official said the parents of the alleged attacker, a 20-year-old French citizen who was born in the Russian republic of Chechnya,…
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General and U.S. Senate hopeful Josh Hawley says his office continues to review the case of a southeast Missouri man whose murder conviction has been questioned. Hawley on Friday made a campaign stop in Sikeston, the home of David Robinson. Earlier this month, the state Supreme Court ruled Robinson…
By AUDREY McAVOY and JAE C. HONG , Associated Press VOLCANO, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano spawned a new lava fissure Saturday, emitting minor lava spatter less than a mile from a geothermal energy plant. The U.S. Geological Survey said 16 fissures have now opened up on the Big Island. The latest arose around…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The murder count in the city of St. Louis continues to climb. The latest homicide happened late Friday afternoon in north St. Louis. Police say a man in his twenties was gunned down in the 3900 block of Palm at just before 5 p.m. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a quadruple shooting in north St. Louis. Police say two children and two adults were shot while exiting a vehicle in the 4800 block of Farlin at just before 7 p.m. Friday. All four victims were conscious and breathing when police arrived. There’s no word on a motive…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand an address confidentiality program to cover all crime victims who fear for their safety. Senators voted 32-0 Friday to give the bill final approval. The state program now allows victims of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking and rape to route mail through…
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana rescuers pulled a man from raging floodwaters and authorities warned of dangerous debris being swept downstream as water levels continued rising Friday in rivers and streams across the western half of the state. The Clark Fork River in Missoula was expected to crest more than a foot (30 centimeters) above…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is urging a judge to halt all evidence-gathering as his trial gets underway on an invasion-of-privacy charge. Greitens’ attorney Jim Martin said Friday that a special examiner had extracted thousands of images from Greitens’ cellphone “and none were found” of a woman with whom…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting in south St. Louis. Police say the victim was gunned down at just after 8 p.m. Thursday in 4300 block of Michigan. He died after being taken to an area hospital. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim is said…