Piscotty, Wainwright both homer as Cardinals beat Pirates
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Stephen Piscotty hit a three-run home run and Randal Grichuk also went deep to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 5-1 on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep and end the Pirates’ season-best seven-game winning streak. Adam Wainwright (8-5) worked seven effective innings for St. Louis, which reclaimed second place…
Top Missouri Senate Democrat resigns for judgeship
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Senate’s top Democrat has stepped down to take an administrative judgeship. Senate Minority Leader Joe Keaveny resigned Thursday. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon announced he’s been named a St. Louis workers’ compensation administrative law judge. Those judges can approve settlements and issue awards after hearings on injured workers’ benefits.…
St. Louis’ black police officers’ group asks chief to resign
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis’ black police officers’ association is calling for the city’s police chief to resign, claiming he’s unfair in managing the department and making promotions. Homicide unit Sgt. Heather Taylor, president of the Ethical Society of Police, says the group isn’t accusing Police Chief Sam Dotson of racial discrimination, but that…
UPDATE: Snipers kill, wound Dallas police officers
DALLAS (AP) – Dallas police say three people are in custody in the shootings of 11 officers. Four officers were killed. Police Chief David Brown says a fourth person is in a parking garage, exchanging gunfire with officers. He says the three in custody are not cooperating with police. Brown says the snipers fired from elevated…
Senator Kirk calls Trump a “wealthy bully”
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois says Donald Trump is an “Eastern, privileged, wealthy bully.” Trump called Kirk, one of the more vulnerable GOP incumbents, a loser at the closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday. Kirk did not attend meeting, but The Washington Post described the presidential candidate’s…
Governor: Unlikely driver would be shot if white
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton says he doesn’t think a police officer would have shot and killed a driver who apparently was pulled over for a broken taillight if the driver had been white instead of black. Dayton said Thursday at a news conference in St. Paul that he thinks the police…
