By MATTHEW PENNINGTON , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said it himself to Congress and the American people: “No regime has oppressed its own citizens more totally or brutally than the cruel dictatorship in North Korea.” But when it comes to human rights, don’t expect Trump to hold Kim Jong Un’s feet…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County is joining a national campaign to help job seekers with a criminal record. On Monday, St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger joined other community leaders at the Urban League in north St. Louis County, where he signed executive order to “Ban the Box” for county employment. The order…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The North Korean Summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un is scheduled for 8 o’clock Monday evening (local time.) Opinions vary as to what the outcome of tonight’s meeting will be. On one side, C.V.I.D. – or Complete Verifiable Irreversible Denuclearization. On the other extreme – a mere photo op…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police say a man suspected of battering his girlfriend wounded a police officer late Sunday and barricaded himself inside an apartment with four young children. Orlando Police Chief John Mina said during a Monday morning news conference that the woman left the apartment late Sunday and alerted officers to the assault.…
Springfield, IL (KTRS) According to the CDC, 60 cases of salmonella have been reported in five states – including Missouri and Illinois. The Illinois Department of health is urging people not to eat pre-cut melons purchased from any Walmart in Missouri or Illinois at this time. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working to…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — For decades, Monsanto Co. has been among St. Louis’ most generous companies, leaving some nonprofit organizations in the region to wonder what the future holds, now that the agricultural company has been purchased. Bayer AG on Thursday completed its $63 billion purchase of Monsanto, a company that has donated nearly $10…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) The cause of a four alarm fire at a Maryland Heights apartment complex is being vestighated. Firefighters were called to a blaze at the Woodhollow Apartment Complex just off of Dorsett and I-270 at just after 8 a.m. Sunday. The fire started on the second floor in one of the buildings.…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) Firefighters are on the scene of a four-alarm fire at a Maryland Heights apartment complex. The fire broke out at just before 8 a.m. at the Woodhollow Apartment Complex in the1800 block of McKelvey Hill Drive. There’s no word of any injuries. More details will be released as information becomes available.
SINGAPORE (AP) —President Donald Trump has arrived in Singapore where he will meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un. Trump landed at 8:21 Sunday evening at the island city-state’s Paya Lebar Air Base, traveling from Canada, where he attended a meeting of the Group of Seven Nations. Trump’s high-risk meeting with Kim is scheduled…
By DANICA KIRKA , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before the young diarist’s death and the camp’s liberation a month later, has died. She was 95. Turgel died Thursday, Britain’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, said on Twitter. The news triggered tributes…