DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Federal and local officials say an encampment in a Texas border town where thousands of Haitian migrants gathered in recent days is now empty. Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano said at a news conference Friday that it was “phenomenal news” that all of the migrants had been moved. The number…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers who want to halt all public funds to Planned Parenthood are recommending that the state cancel abortion providers’ Medicaid contracts based on behavior in other states deemed illegal or unethical. A Senate committee approved a report with that recommendation on Thursday. Planned Parenthood is Missouri’s sole abortion provider.…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court has denied the state attorney general’s request to recuse all Jackson County judges from presiding over an upcoming evidentiary hearing for a man who the county prosecutor says was wrongfully convicted in a triple murder more than 40 years ago. The Missouri Court of Appeals on…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rising costs and shortages of building materials and labor are rippling across the homebuilding industry, delaying construction and prompting many builders to pump the brakes on how many homes they put up for sale. Lumber futures hit their lowest level in more than a year last week after vaulting nearly fivefold…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled it may start raising its benchmark interest rate sometime next year, earlier than it envisioned three months ago and a sign that it’s concerned that high inflation pressures may persist. The Fed also said it will likely begin slowing the pace of its monthly bond purchases later this…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man will not be charged after he shot and killed an apparent intruder at his home this week. Police said Wednesday the man was acting in self defense when he shot 58-year-old Michael Norman on Monday night. The 40-year-old man was arrested after the shooting but police said…
(AP) — Police officials say three recent killings in the St. Louis area might be connected. Law enforcement officials said during a news conference Tuesday that they have evidence a 16-year-old girl killed in St. Louis County and two other killings in north St. Louis are connected. The officials did not elaborate on the possible…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say one person was killed and three others were hurt at an evening vigil for another shooting victim as St. Louis officials struggle to rein in violence that has plagued downtown neighborhoods. Police say the shooting happened Monday night at an intersection in the Downtown West neighborhood during a vigil…
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The route for Haitian migrants camped under a bridge in a small Texas border town goes through South America. Many flew to Brazil or Chile and, after jobs dried up, made an arduous journey to the U.S. border to wait in Mexican cities for the right time to enter the United…
COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. And like the worldwide scourge of a century ago, the coronavirus may never entirely disappear. Instead, scientists hope the virus that causes COVID-19 becomes a mild seasonal bug as human immunity strengthens through vaccination and repeated infection.…