By NOMAAN MERCHANT , Associated Press MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Politicians and advocates flocked to the Mexican border to visit U.S. immigration detention centers and turn up the pressure on the Trump administration amid a growing uproar Monday over its policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. A group of congressional lawmakers on Sunday…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A funeral will be held for fashion designer Kate Spade this week in Kansas City, where she was born. The Kansas City Star reports that services for Spade are planned for 3 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church. Her father, Frank Brosnahan, says it’s the same…
By BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed state Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe to be the new lieutenant governor on Monday, despite some legal uncertainty about whether he has the authority to fill the position. Missouri’s constitution isn’t clear on whether a governor has the…
By ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is determined to not repeat any of the mistakes identified in a harshly critical watchdog report on the handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation, Director Chris Wray told lawmakers at a congressional hearing Monday at which he repeatedly sought…
Ballwin, MO (KTRS) Bear sightings continue in Missouri with the latest in west county. Ballwin Police report that a large bear was seen in a common ground area near Castle Pines subdivision around 8:30 Sunday night. Residents are warned to bring their pets indoors and not to approach the animal. It’s also recommended not to leave…
By JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The emotional policy of separating children from their parents is also starting to divide Republicans and their allies as Democrats turn up the pressure. Former first lady Laura Bush called the policy “cruel” and “immoral” while GOP Sen. Susan Collins expressed concern about it and a…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is dead and two are injured following a shooting outside of a midtown bar. Police say shots were fired outside of the Olive Bar in the 3000 block of Olive late Sunday night. One man was killed. Two other men who were hit in the gunfire are said to be…
TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake knocked over walls and set off scattered fires around metropolitan Osaka in western Japan on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 300. A 9-year-old girl was killed by a falling concrete wall at her school, and the two other fatalities were men in their 80s.…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) Flash-floods are common in the region, and traditional vessels are not designed for shallow water. St. Charles City Fire Department Captain Aaron Burlingame on the Zodiac inflatable raft, “So each one of our departments has a Zodiac out here today. This is the same county team that has been sent to Joplin,…
BIG WELLS, Texas (AP) — At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas. The SUV carrying 14 people went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned on Texas Highway 85,…