WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2020 U.S. Census will include a question about citizenship status, a move that brought swift condemnation from Democrats, who said it would intimidate immigrants and discouraging them from responding. The population count taken every 10 years is more than an academic exercise. It’s required by the Constitution and used to determine…
NEW YORK (AP) — The pilot of a helicopter that crashed into New York City’s East River told federal investigators that he believed the aircraft’s fuel was cut off when a passenger’s restraint tether tangled with an emergency fuel cutoff switch, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report on the crash released…
By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Heavy rain is forecast across parts of the central United States and the National Weather Service says there is a threat of flooding. The weather service issued a flood watch Monday that will continue through Thursday night for northeast Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas, southern Missouri and southern Illinois. The…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The felony invasion of privacy case against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens will be heard before a jury. That was the ruling by St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison during a hearing on Monday.The defense team for the Republican Governor argued that there has been too much pre-trial publicity and that could…
Creve Coeur, MO (KTRS) Anheuser-Busch heir Billy Busch is responding to allegations that he assaulted a fellow student of his son at Chaminade College Preparatory School. . The accusations come from an incident back in November during a basketball practice. In a released statement, Busch said: “I want to set the record straight regarding recent news…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Ten years after the indoor smoking ban was enacted in Illinois, it has become part of everyday life. The statewide ban went into effect on Jan. 1, 2008, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported. It was criticized by some local bar owners and pushed by public health advocates. In 2006, Springfield, Illinois…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Police say the deaths of a man and a woman in west county following a stand off are being investigated as a murder-suicide. The names of the victims are being withheld pending notification of relatives and autopsy results. Earlier Story: Two people are dead following a police stand off at…
By ELAINE GANLEY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER, Associated Press TREBES, France (AP) — A French bishop paid tribute Sunday to a police officer who lost his life after swapping himself with a supermarket employee held hostage by an Islamist extremist, saying his heroic sacrifice helped save the nation. Survivors and families of the four victims of Friday’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Business groups are praising a bill under consideration in the Missouri Senate that would restrict when people can join together to sue over injuries. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer of Odessa, said the proposal would “keep a lot of lawsuits out of St. Louis,” a city seen by…
By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston’s flooding woes went to the top of the area’s to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swaths of the nation’s fourth-largest city. Seven months later, local officials are still looking for funding to undertake plans that include a new…