St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Health officials are warning about a possible measles exposure in St. Louis County. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and the St. Louis County Department of Public Health reports the exposures may have occurred on March 13 at The Magic House and Racanelli’s New York Pizzeria in Kirkwood, and…
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — Austin’s mayor is urging residents to remain vigilant, despite the death of a man suspected in this month’s string of bombings in Texas’ capital city. Mayor Steve Adler said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show that: “We’re just really relieved and just incredibly thankful for this army of law enforcement that…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government now says 101 of the 110 schoolgirls abducted a month ago by Boko Haram are confirmed freed, and it indicates that the release is not over. An aide to President Muhammadu Buhari says on Twitter that the number “would be updated after the remaining ones have been documented.” Nigeria’s…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has approved Bayer’s buyout of Monsanto in a massive agriculture business deal, but says they will have to shed some $7.4 billion in firms and other remedies to ensure fair competition in the market. The $57 billion takeover has been watched by rivals and environmental groups, who are fearful…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing north county man. Police say 28-year-old Dajuan Delap hasn’t been seen since Sunday. He suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and may be without his medications. . Delap is described as black, six-foot in height,190 lbs, with black hair, brown eyes, and…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for the second time in four years on Tuesday to a Missouri inmate who has a rare medical condition that he says could cause blood-filled tumors to burst inside his head during the lethal injection. Russell Bucklew was…
By JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) — The suspect in a series of bombing attacks in Austin blew himself up early Wednesday as authorities closed in, a dramatic end to a weekslong siege of the Texas capital, where two were killed and four injured in a series of blasts. Authorities had zeroed in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say in a court filing that a grand jury has not been presented with evidence indicating that Greitens transmitted a compromising cellphone photo of a woman with whom he had an affair — a key element in determining if he committed a felony. The St.…
Wildwood, MO (KTRS) A wounded military veteran and his wife are getting a specially adapted SMART home thanks to the Gary Sinise Foundation. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday morning for Legrand and Carrie Strickland’s new home in Wildwood. The couple said they feel blessed to have this home. “This right here is a life…
By MATTHEW BARAKAT and JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press GREAT MILLS, Md. (AP) — A teenager with a handgun shot a girl inside his Maryland high school Tuesday before he was fatally wounded during a confrontation with a school resource officer, a sheriff said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the shooter took his own life or…