WASHINGTON (AP) – The Director of National Intelligence says attempts to deter foreign hackers don’t work, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for a buildup of defensive cyber capabilities. James Clapper told the Senate Armed Services Committee during a hearing Thursday that the U.S. cannot put stock in what he called cyber deterrence. He says cyber…
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago police say authorities are considering whether an attack on a white man that was broadcast live on Facebook falls under hate crimes statutes. Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Thursday morning that the four black suspects made “terrible racist statements” during the assault but that police believe the victim was targeted…
ATLANTA (AP) – The president of a historically black college in Alabama says its band will perform in President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade, despite a barrage of criticism. Talladega College President Billy Hawkins announced the decision Thursday. It comes after the Presidential Inaugural Committee had announced that the Alabama band had accepted its invitation to…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis has its first homicide of the year. Police say a man was shot to death Wednesday night on Dodier Street in north St. Louis. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The number of murders in St. Louis in…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The winter storm has prompted dozens of school closings and delayed opens. School Closings and Delays as of 7 a.m. : ALEX Recovery School Desloge | CLOSED Abiding Savior Lutheran School | opening at 10:00 am Academy of St. Louis – Chesterfield | CLOSED Academy of the Sacred Heart |…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Unofficial numbers are in, and 2016 was just as deadly as 2015 in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 188 homicide cases were reported in the city last year, the exact same as 2015. The 2015 total was 18 percent higher than the 159 killings in 2014. The record…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Under mounting pressure to free convicts as a last act, President Barack Obama is planning at least one more batch of pardons and commutations before leaving office in two weeks. But don’t expect many famous offenders to make the list. The list of bold names appealing to Obama for compassion in his…
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured. The incident took place just after 8pm Wednesday night near the intersection of 20th and Cass Ave. The victim was found conscious and breathing, no further details are available at this time.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Visitors to the Missouri Capitol will have to pass through metal detectors under new security procedures being implemented by incoming Gov. Eric Greitens’ administration. An advisory Wednesday from the Capitol Police says the metal detectors will become operational next Tuesday – the day after Greitens takes office. Records obtained by…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – After meeting with investors in a proposed St. Louis soccer stadium, Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens still opposes spending state money for the project. Senior adviser Austin Chambers said Greitens met Wednesday in Jefferson City with members of the group SC STL. The group is seeking to build a $200 million…