(AP) Democrat Pete Buttigieg is ending his campaign for president. Three people with knowledge of Buttigieg’s decision tell The Associated Press he is informing campaign staff. They were not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. His campaign says Buttigieg will speak Sunday night in South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg rose to the field’s top tier…
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The United States and the Taliban have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan, America’s longest. The signing could help President Donald Trump fulfill a key campaign promise to extract America from its “endless wars.” Under the agreement, the U.S. will begin withdrawing thousands of troops…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis is one step closer to having a Major League Soccer Stadium. On Friday, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen gave final approval on two bills critical to constructing a new stadium in downtown St. Louis. President of Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed calls this a victory for the city.…
(AP) Stocks sank again on Wall Street, pushing the S&P 500 index down another 2.7% and putting the market on track for its worst week since October 2008. Bond prices soared again as investors sought safety, pushing yields down further into record-low territory. The weeklong rout is being driven by fears that the spreading coronavirus…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities are investigating whether deputies shared graphic photos of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others. The Los Angeles Times reports Friday that a public safety source with knowledge of the events had seen one of the photos on the phone of another official in a…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing a female colleague while playing a variation of Russian roulette has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in the shooting. Nathaniel Hendren had been scheduled to go to trial March 23 on charges of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Members of Congress are asking baseball’s Hall of Fame to elect Curt Flood. Flood sacrificed his career to advocate for free agency. The star center fielder refused a trade in 1969 and filed a lawsuit challenging baseball’s reserve clause, which kept players under team control. He played only 13 games in…
Richmond, VA (AP) — Bernie Sanders doesn’t need to win Virginia to have a successful Super Tuesday, but he probably can’t afford a big loss there, either. The state is a key test for the Vermont senator’s ability to consolidate his position as clear front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary. Virginia is leaning increasingly blue…
(KTRS) A St. Louis county doctor has been sentenced to 2 years in prison today and ordered to pay 176-thousand dollars in restitution for making false claims to Medicare and Missouri medicaid programs. 58-year old Dr. Brij R. Vaid of Ladue operated St. Louis Internal Medicine. His co-defendant, Nurse Practitioner Donna Waldo, was sentenced on…
(AP) Stocks went on a wild ride Thursday as investors struggle to gauge the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 960 points in morning trading, erased much of the loss by midday before giving way to another round of selling in the afternoon. The bond market…