KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top health official insists a statewide mandate for masks and social distancing doesn’t make sense, even though the federal government has designated the state a “red zone” for new coronavirus cases. Dr. Randall Williams, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, told KCUR-FM radio for a…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Authorities say a uniformed Secret Service officer shot and wounded a man during a confrontation near the White House that led to President Donald Trump being abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference. The chief of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, Tom Sullivan, says the White…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Silver Advisory is in effect for a missing St. Charles woman. The Missouri Highway Patrol says that 79-year-old Pauline Carver went missing at around noon Monday from the 3500 block of Hiram Street. Carver is described as a white female, 5 feet 2 inches tall, 180 pounds, with gray…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A ceremony was held Sunday to mark the sixth anniversary of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson. The ceremony was held outside of Canfield Green Apartments – the site where Michael Brown was fatally shot during a police confrontation. St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell recently announced…
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police commissioner says more than 100 people were arrested following a night of looting and unrest that left 13 officers injured and caused damage in the city’s upscale Magnificent Mile shopping district and other parts of the city. Police Superintendent David Brown says it “was not an organized protest” but instead…
Falls Church, VA (AP) — States are having to consider whether they can afford a plan from President Donald Trump to extend additional unemployment benefits, The plan requires states to provide 25 percent of the funds, and it’s unclear whether states have the money or the will to do it. Trump issued an executive order…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a homicide in north city. St. Louis police say the incident occurred shortly after 4:30 Saturday afternoon. That’s when officers responded to a shooting call in the 6000 block of Lucille, which is in the Walnut Park West neighborhood. Upon arrival, they found 32-year-old Harold Anderson…
CASTLE POINT, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County police are investigating two shooting deaths in the north part of the county that happened about 12 hours apart. The first was reported around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, when police were called to an area around the St. Louis suburb of Castle Point for a shooting. Arriving officers…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but unspecified ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of the consumer apps TikTok and WeChat, although it remains unclear if he has the legal authority to actually ban the apps from the U.S. The order is the Trump administration’s latest salvo at China,…
Washington D.C. (AP) — A marathon meeting in the Capitol generated lots of recriminations but little progress on the top issues confronting negotiators on vital COVID-19 rescue money. The talks are teetering on the brink of collapse. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said of the Thursday night talks: “There’s a handful of very big issues that…