Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Texas base
SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A sheriff’s spokesman says two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a U.S. Air Force base in San Antonio. Bexar County sheriff’s spokesman James Keith said two bodies were found Friday morning inside a room of a building at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Keith says it’s believed the shooter…
Sanders says no plans yet to meet the pope
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says he would “very much like to” meet Pope Francis when he travels to the Vatican next week but he has not received an official invitation from the Catholic leader. It’s “not yet clear,” Sanders told journalists in New York Friday, saying this pope is someone he…
New Jersey man ticketed for flying Donald Trump flags
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) – A New Jersey man is facing a fine for flying flags that support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Joseph Hornick thought West Long Branch police were responding to his reports that the flags proclaiming “Trump Make America Great Again” had been vandalized. Instead, he was ticketed for violating an…
Jury Sides With Phillip Morris In Class-Action Lawsuit
St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  A St. Louis jury has sided with tobacco giant Philip Morris in a class-action lawsuit that sought about $1.5 billion. The suit alleged the company deceived smokers by claiming light cigarettes were safer than regular cigarettes. The jury ruled in favor with the company after deliberating less than an hour Thursday following…
St. Louis Indie Book Fair
[vc_text_titles title=”St. Louis Indie Book Fair” title_type=”h1″ page_title_type=”v1″ title_align=”center”] The St. Louis Indie Book Fair is an organization started in 2015 to foster authors of fiction and nonfiction and to bring readers and writers together. This year, we’ll be holding our annual event at the venerable St. Louis Public Library, main branch, 1301 Olive St.…