Wellington, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand appears to have eradicated the coronavirus for now after health officials said the last known infected person has recovered. The announcement was greeted with joy around the country and means the nation of 5 million will be among the first to welcome throngs of fans back into sports…
St. Louis Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a May 30th shooting on North Grand that left one woman dead and a man seriously injured. 35-year old Raymond House of the 10-thousand block of Lakemore Drive is charged with first degree murder, assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in May to 13.3% — still on par with what the nation witnessed during the Great Depression — as states loosened their coronavirus lockdowns and businesses began recalling workers. The government said Friday that the economy added 2.5 million jobs last month, driving unemployment down from…
St. Louis, Mo (KTRS) St. Louis Police have released store video of suspects related to the fatal shooting of Retired Captain David Dorn that occurred at Lee’s Pawn and Jewelry 4123 Dr. Martin Luther King on June 2nd, 2020. Anyone with information is urged to call the Homicide Division directly at 314-444-5371, or anyone with…
Kansas City, MO (AP) — A man has been charged with stabbing a Kansas City police officer while suffering what appeared to be a mental health crisis. Twenty-four-year-old Austin Lewis, of Independence, was charged Thursday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. His bond is set at $200,000 cash. No attorney is listed for him…
Washington D.C. (AP) — The U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt has returned to sea and is conducting military operations in the Pacific region, 10 weeks after a massive coronavirus outbreak sidelined Navy warship.Sailors wearing white face masks lined the flight deck in their dress white uniforms, and stood a virus-safe 10-feet apart in a final, formal thank…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mourners are converging in Minneapolis to memorialize George Floyd, whose death at the hands of a police officer sparked national protests on racial injustice. The first of three funeral events for Floyd was set for Thursday afternoon at North Central University in Minneapolis, where a throng of media was awaiting the start…
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Missouri’s top health official says no additional cases of the new coronavirus have been reported stemming from the crowded pool parties at Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks over the Memorial Day weekend. Camden County Health Department reported last week that a Boone County resident who had attended the…
Athens, Greece (AP) — Countries across the world have imposed lockdowns, shut borders and suspended international flights to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. Merchant ship crews have become unintended collateral damage. About 150,000 seafarers are stranded at sea in need of crew changes, according to the International Chamber of Shipping, whose secretary general…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is custody in this weeks’ stabbing death in North County. According to county police, the Prosecuting Attorney’s office has charged, 31-year-old Edward Whitehead of the 200 block of Presley Road with first degree murder, first degree robbery, and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of 38-year-old…