By CURT ANDERSON, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and JOSH REPLOGLE, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was formally charged Wednesday with 17 counts of first-degree murder, which could mean a death sentence if he is convicted. The indictment returned by a grand jury in Fort Lauderdale also charges the 19-year-old with…
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man with an extensive criminal history shot and killed a police officer and wounded two others who were checking on a disturbance at a Missouri home, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg said the officers went to the home in Clinton…
By KAREN MATTHEWS and DAVID PORTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For the second time in less than a week, a storm rolled into the Northeast with wet, heavy snow Wednesday, grounding flights, closing schools and bringing another round of power outages to a corner of the country still recovering from the previous blast of…
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Steel Corp. says it will restart one of two blast furnaces along with steel-making facilities in Illinois after President Donald Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on steel imports. The Belleville News Democrat reports that Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based U.S. Steel said Wednesday that it anticipates calling about 500 Granite City…
St. Peters, MO (KTRS) Amazon will open its first Missouri fulfillment center in St. Peters. Executives with the online retail giant made that announcement on Wednesday morning, stating that it will create 1,500 new jobs with benefits and opportunities to engage with Amazon Robotics in a highly technological workplace. The new facility will be built in Duke…
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump once presided over a reality show in which a key cast member exited each week. The same thing seems to be happening in his White House. Trump’s West Wing has descended into a period of unparalleled tumult amid a wave of staff…
Bridgeton, MO (KTRS) The EPA is seeking public input on the clean up of radioactive waste at the West Lake Landfill. Hundreds turned out for the EPA’s public meeting at the Machinists Hall in Bridgeton Tuesday night. It appeared that most who attended expressed disapproval of the EPA’s preferred plan, also known as Alternative Four.…
BOSTON (AP) — Utility workers took advantage of milder temperatures and sunshine Tuesday in their scramble to restore power to thousands of customers around the Northeast, as another snowy, blowy nor’easter threatened a new round of outages. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning that stretched from eastern Pennsylvania to most of New…
CHESTERFIELD (KTRS) Chesterfield police say they’re looking for man they describe as armed and dangerous after a shooting incident early this morning. Police say it happened about 5 a.m. Tuesday when a man fired shots into a home on Forest Crest in Chesterfield. Two people inside were hurt but their injuries are not considered life-threatening. Police…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump cited “possible progress” Tuesday after South Korea announced that North Korea has agreed to halt tests of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles if it holds talks with the U.S. on denuclearization. Trump also said it may be a case of “false hope.” Nonetheless, Trump added…