KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed to Kansas City to speak at the national convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Trump’s arrival Tuesday comes just one day after the Senate confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs following months of tumult. Wilkie will be tasked with…
AP – New research shows more promise for using AIDS treatment drugs as a prevention tool, to help keep uninfected people from catching HIV during sex with a partner who has the virus. There were no infections among gay men who used a two-drug combo pill either daily or just before and after sex with…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The hunt for a man police say killed an 18-year-old woman in an unprovoked knife attack in the San Francisco Bay Area ended where it began: In a train station. John Cowell, 27, a recently paroled robber with a violent history, was peacefully arrested on an Antioch-bound train Monday night about…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at its main satellite launch site in a step toward fulfilling a commitment made by leader Kim Jong Un at his summit with President Donald Trump in June. While Pyongyang could be trying to build trust with Washington as they engage…
Granite City, IL (KTRS) President Trump is visiting Granite City Steel later this week, the White House announced yesterday. Granite City Steel has fired up 2 blast furnaces since the President announced a 25 percent tariff on imported steel, leading to 800 new jobs at the metro-east mill. This will be Trump’s first visit to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An endangered person advisory is in effect for a missing St. Louis County girl. According to the St. Louis County Police Department, 13-year-old Jashari Y. Johnson is missing after an incident that occurred in the 1800 Block of El Sabado Drive Sunday night. Johnson is African-American, 5 feet 5 inches tall,…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis has announced Hana S. Sharif as its new artistic director. Currently the associate artistic director at Baltimore Center Stage, Sharif will take over as The Rep’s next artistic leader following Steven Woolf’s retirement at the end of the 2018-2019 season. Sharif has been Baltimore Center Stage’s associate…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating three murders in north St. Louis. Investigators say the first incident happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 3800 block of Cottage Avenue where a man was fatally shot. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. Another man was gunned down at just before 1 a.m. Monday on Market…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A dozen audio recordings seized by the FBI from President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, were forwarded to federal prosecutors after lawyers dropped challenges on attorney-client privilege grounds, a former judge revealed Monday. The recordings were among millions of files taken from Cohen in…
By: ROB GILLIES , Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A man clad in black fired a handgun into restaurants and cafes in a lively Toronto neighborhood, killing a 10-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman and wounding 13 others in an attack that has shaken the confidence of many in the normally safe city. The mass…