By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested Saturday he may be willing to negotiate changes to a significant portion of the tax overhaul, the corporate tax rate, injecting an element of uncertainty into the tax plan only hours after it cleared the Senate. Trump told reporters at the White House before…
By PAUL ELIAS and JANIE HAR, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attacks on San Francisco and other cities with similar immigration policies began moments after a jury acquitted a Mexican man of killing a woman on a popular pier, some calling for a boycott of the city that fiercely defends its reputation as a…
By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his…
Cahokia, ILÂ (KTRS)Â The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a passerby discovered a man’s body on Doris Avenue underneath I-255 in Cahokia around 7 a.m. Friday. The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Javon Gibson of Cahokia. There’s no word on how Gibson was killed or a motive…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An internal investigation by St. Louis County police has resulted in written reprimands for 11 officers assigned to patrol the region’s light rail system. Police announced the reprimands on Friday following a 16-week investigation. Some of the reprimands are for loitering in security offices for MetroLink, while others are for covering…
By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans used a burst of eleventh-hour horse-trading Friday to edge a $1.4 trillion tax bill to the brink of Senate passage, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Flynn, the retired general who campaigned at Donald Trump’s side and then served as his first national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about reaching out to the Russians on Trump’s behalf and said members of the president’s inner circle…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS)Â A Winfield, Missouri, man is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in a shooting that injured a Francis Howell High School teacher who was jogging on a trail near his school. Police say the shooting appears to have been at random. Charges have been filed against Joshua Curtis, 35. He is…
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Though the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle became a flashpoint in an intense national debate over immigration, the issue was never addressed inside the courtroom where a jury acquitted a Mexican national of murder and manslaughter — a verdict President Donald Trump called a “complete travesty…
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Chanting “Harry, Harry!” and “Meghan, Meghan,” hundreds of people lined the streets of a central English city Friday to welcome Britain’s Prince Harry and his American fiancee, actress Meghan Markle. The couple’s visit to Nottingham was their first official commitment since they announced their engagement on Monday. They…