By SUDHIN THANAWALA and ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — They fled in fear nearly a week ago. Now they’re ready to go back. While wildfires are still burning powerfully in parts of Northern California, some of the tens of thousands of evacuees are getting antsy to return to homes that aren’t under immediate…
CROFTON, Md. (AP) — A Maryland native who has been in a coma since being injured in a mass shooting at a concert in Las Vegas has woken up and taken her first steps. According to a GoFundMe page set up for Tina Frost, the 27-year-old on Friday took three steps to a chair, and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Gun violence continues in the city of St. Louis, with four people shot on Saturday. Police report the first incident happened around 2:15 a.m. where a female victim was shot in the back along the 6000 block of North Broadway in north St. Louis. The victim is listed in critical, but…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — At least two gun control measures could be addressed in the upcoming veto session of the Illinois General Assembly. The proposed measures come as reaction continues to the mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 people dead and more than 500 wounded, The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported. The legislation introduced…
By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The gunman who sprayed more than 1,000 bullets into a Las Vegas country music concert also took shots at jet fuel tanks and targeted police officers responding to the scene, investigators said Friday in portraying a killer who seemed determined to inflict even more carnage than the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis aldermen on Friday called on the interim police chief to defend the department’s handling of protests in the wake of criticism that has included a lawsuit and calls for an independent investigation. The Board of Aldermen approved a resolution to have interim Chief Lawrence O’Toole appear before the Public…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Longtime St. Louis Circuit Judge Jimmie Edwards will take over as the city’s director of public safety starting November 6th. Mayor Lyda Krewson announced Friday he’ll replace Charlene Deeken, who will stay on as deputy director. Edwards has been a circuit judge since 1992. As director of public safety he will oversee police,…
By KEN RITTER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas investigators offered a new version of events Friday in a shifting timeline surrounding the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history as they described how the gunman opened fire on nearby airport jet fuel tanks and on police officers arriving at the massacre.…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A Memorial Day tradition in St. Louis for four decades … the Gypsy Caravan … has come to an end. The sponsor of the annual flea market and crafts fair, the St. Louis Symphony, says on its website that in recent years, staging the Gypsy Caravan became a struggle in the face of…
By ANDREW DALTON and JOHN L. MONE, Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — They are trying to find lost loved ones, to sift through the ashes of their homes, to count, identify and mourn the dozens of dead — all while the wildfires rage on. Communities in Northern California prepared for another day under siege Friday,…