By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pushed a nearly $1.5 trillion tax bill through the Senate early Saturday after a burst of eleventh-hour horse trading, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his…
Cahokia, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad is investigating a murder in the metro-east. Investigators say a passerby discovered a man’s body on Doris Avenue underneath I-255 in Cahokia around 7 a.m. Friday. The victim has been identified as 20-year-old Javon Gibson of Cahokia. There’s no word on how Gibson was killed or a motive…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — An internal investigation by St. Louis County police has resulted in written reprimands for 11 officers assigned to patrol the region’s light rail system. Police announced the reprimands on Friday following a 16-week investigation. Some of the reprimands are for loitering in security offices for MetroLink, while others are for covering…
By ALAN FRAM, MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans used a burst of eleventh-hour horse-trading Friday to edge a $1.4 trillion tax bill to the brink of Senate passage, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Flynn, the retired general who campaigned at Donald Trump’s side and then served as his first national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about reaching out to the Russians on Trump’s behalf and said members of the president’s inner circle…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) A Winfield, Missouri, man is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in a shooting that injured a Francis Howell High School teacher who was jogging on a trail near his school. Police say the shooting appears to have been at random. Charges have been filed against Joshua Curtis, 35. He is…
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Though the 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle became a flashpoint in an intense national debate over immigration, the issue was never addressed inside the courtroom where a jury acquitted a Mexican national of murder and manslaughter — a verdict President Donald Trump called a “complete travesty…
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Chanting “Harry, Harry!” and “Meghan, Meghan,” hundreds of people lined the streets of a central English city Friday to welcome Britain’s Prince Harry and his American fiancee, actress Meghan Markle. The couple’s visit to Nottingham was their first official commitment since they announced their engagement on Monday. They…
Ferguson, MO (KTRS) Nursing home workers at Christian Care Home in Ferguson are officially on strike. The workers, who are members of SEIU walked off the job at 6:30 a.m. Friday. Union leaders say the workers decided to go on strike following what they believe to be ownership’s ongoing refusal to obey labor law and to…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of Gov. Eric Greitens’ appointees to Missouri’s embattled State Board of Education resigned Thursday, opening the door for the governor to pick a replacement who could revive his efforts to oust the state’s top education official. Claudia Onate Greim’s resignation came after months of work…