Los Angeles, CA (KTRS) St. Louis native Sterling K. Brown is once again making his hometown proud. The “This Is Us” star won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama last night. This comes on the heels of winning a Golden Globe earlier this month. Brown plays a family man…
By ALAN FRAM, ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is set to sow more disruption and political peril Monday after the Senate inched closer but ultimately fell short of an agreement that would have reopened federal agencies before the beginning of the workweek. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and…
By KEN THOMAS and ARON HELLER, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence on Monday told Israel’s parliament that the U.S. Embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by the end of 2019, ahead of schedule, receiving a rousing ovation as he pledged to barrel ahead with a plan that has set…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Five boys are recovering after a car struck the group while they were walking in the St. Louis area. St. Louis County Police spokesman Officer Benjamin Granda says the crash happened Sunday afternoon. A Kia sedan struck the group of boys, who range in age from 9 to 13 years old,…
By KEVIN FREKING, ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Restive Senate moderates in both parties searched for a solution to a partisan stalemate as they raced toward a late-night showdown vote and their last chance to reopen the federal government before hundreds of thousands of federal workers were forced to stay home…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) About 3,000 St. Louisians participated in the 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. on Friday, The event commemorates the the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision on January 22, 1973. Each year the March attracts about 500,000 people. President Donald Trump expressed his support for the pro-life…
By RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Symbols of American promise have turned into emblems of American dysfunction amid a dispute in Congress over spending and immigration that has forced scores of federal agencies and outposts to close their doors. The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island have turned away visitors in New York, due…
By DAVID A. LIEB and SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In his first interview since acknowledging an extramarital affair, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Saturday that there was “no blackmail” and “no threat of violence” by him in what he described as a months-long “consensual relationship” with his former hairdresser. Greitens told…
By ALAN FRAM, ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after shuttering much of the federal government, feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress spent Saturday dodging blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showed few signs of progress on negotiations needed to end it. The finger-pointing played out in rare weekend…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating a double shooting at a south city apartment as a possible murder-suicide. Investigators say two people were shot around 5:30 p.m. Friday at an apartment in the 7400 block of Gravois Avenue. When police arrived they found a woman in her sixties dead and a man suffering from…