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…
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — Parents of an eastern Missouri infant face child abuse charges for allegedly putting their son in a microwave, and other abuse. Derick Boyce-Slezak and Mikala Boyce-Slezak of Park Hills were charged Tuesday and are jailed on $500,000 bond. They do not have attorneys. The baby was taken to a St. Louis…
By MARCY GORDON and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans weighed scaling back the tax cuts in their massive package to secure crucial support as congressional analysts said Thursday the legislation would add $1 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. Republicans were making major changes to the bill — a top…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) A person of interest is in custody in Wednesday’s shooting near Francis Howell High School. The St. Charles County SWAT team was again searching this morning for a suspect in yesterday’s shooting of a teacher who was jogging near Francis Howell high School. St. Charles County Police Public Affairs Officer Val Joyner says…
Trial date set for next September in Pamela Hupp murder case St. Charles County, MO (KTRS) A new date for Pam Hupp’s murder trial has been scheduled after several delays. On Wednesday, a judge set a trial date for September 11th of 2018 after Hupp’s defense team requested more time to prepare. Hupp’s attorney say the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Lauer says he is “truly sorry” to anyone he is hurt by his words and actions in his first public comments since being fired by NBC. Lauer’s former “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie read a statement from Lauer at the top of Thursday’s show, a day he was fired by…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) President Donald Trump visited the St. Louis area on Wednesday to drum up support for the G-O-P tax overhaul plan. Trump delivered his remarks to about a thousand supporters at the St. Charles Convention Center. The President laid out his selling points for the plan, which he claims will benefit the…