By MARCY GORDON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promoted as needed relief for the middle class, the Senate Republican tax overhaul actually would increase taxes for some 13.8 million moderate-income American households, a bipartisan analysis showed Monday. The assessment by Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation emerged as the Senate’s tax-writing committee was set to begin…
By ALAN FRAM and BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Yet another woman abruptly emerged Monday to accuse Roy Moore of sexually assaulting her as a teenager in the late 1970s, this time in a locked car, further roiling the Alabama Republican’s candidacy for an open Senate seat. Leaders of Moore’s own party intensified their…
TROY, Mo. (AP) — An 11-month-old Lincoln County boy is hospitalized with bite marks, a broken nose, ruptured ear drums and other injuries, and police believe his father is responsible. Lincoln County prosecutors have charged Brandon Johnson of Troy with three counts of child abuse causing serious physical injury. The mother, Kristen Hopper, is charged…
Brentwood, MO (KTRS) The gunman in a shooting at the Brentwood MetroLink Station is being sought. Police say a 26-year-old man and and another man were on a platform around 9:30 p.m. Sunday when they got into an argument. That’s when the suspect shot the 26-year-old man. His injuries aren’t said to be life threatening. The…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A year after the owner of a popular downtown St. Louis bar was found dead, his killer has yet to be found. Patrick McVey was found slumped behind the steering wheel of his Ford Explorer on Nov. 9, 2016, along Interstate 55. Authorities believe he was struck by a bullet that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Three women are hospitalized after two separate shootings in north St. Louis. Police say say the first incident happened at just before 4:30 p.m. Sunday when someone fired shots at two women in an SUV along Arlington near Ridge. One of the victims was shot in the stomach and the other…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A suspect is dead after a police standoff in south St. Louis. Authorities say at around 2 a.m. Saturday, a woman called police after she found a male acquaintance in home in the 4200 block of Beethoven after her alarm went off. The man allegedly pointed a gun at her. That’s…
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to have it both ways Sunday on the issue of Russian interference in last year’s presidential race, saying he believes the U.S. intelligence agencies when they say Russia meddled and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sincerity in claiming that his country…
By CLAUDIA LAUER and EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — First responders and law enforcement personnel stood with heads bowed Saturday in Sutherland Springs for a Veterans Day ceremony that also was meant to honor the more than two dozen people killed a block away at a church. About 100 people attended the…
MATTOON, Ill. (AP) — Efforts are underway to locate and restore outdoor World War I memorials and monuments across Illinois. The nonprofit organization Landmarks Illinois is offering matching grants to residents, organizations and government agencies interested in preserving WWI monuments, the Mattoon Journal-Gazette reported. The group also is working to find and record the location…