New York (AP) — New York’s governor has put out an urgent plea for medical volunteers as coronavirus deaths in New York City mount and hospitals are overwhelmed. Authorities say it could be a preview of what other cities across the U.S. will soon face. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York needed help…
Washington D.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people. Trump on Sunday extended restrictive social distancing guidelines through April. He was bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for the expanding coronavirus pandemic. It was a stark shift in…
Doe Run, MO (AP) — Two people are jailed after the body of a Missouri man was found wrapped in a large piece of carpet. Authorities say the victim has been identified as 28-year-old Anthony D. O’Harver of Farmington. The body was discovered around 7:30 a.m. Friday. St. Francois County deputies responding to a property…
Columbia, MO (AP) University of Missouri System President Mun Choi is taking over as interim chancellor of the Columbia campus. The Board of Curators’ Thursday announcement comes after Chancellor Alexander Cartwright was tapped to be president of the University of Central Florida last week. The Missouri board’s chairwoman says it’s important to have a proven…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Congress hopes to move quickly on delivering massive, unprecedented legislation to speed help to individuals and businesses as the coronavirus pandemic takes a devastating toll on the U.S. economy and a health care system straining to keep up. The House is set to pass the sprawling, $2.2 trillion measure on Friday…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An area researcher believes a hundred-year-old idea could help reduce the severity of Coronavirus symptoms in critically-ill patients. While not intended to be a vaccine or a cure, Dr. Jeffrey Henderson at Washington University’s School of Medicine says the procedure could ease the symptoms. The process involves removing plasma from someone…
Wellington, New Zealand (AP) — One year after killing 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques, an Australian white supremacist accused of the slaughter has changed his plea to guilty. Brenton Harrison Tarrant pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism. The killing spree was the deadliest…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson is taking Missouri Governor Mike Parson to task over his handling of the COVID-19 outbreak. St. Louis, which just saw it’s first Coronavirus-related death, is Missouri’s second most-populated city. But, Mayor Lyda Krewson says, “The first round of tests that the state got I understand was…
Washington D.C. (AP) — The White House and Senate leaders of both parties have agreed on unprecedented emergency legislation to rush sweeping aid to businesses, workers and a health care system slammed by the coronavirus pandemic. The urgently needed pandemic response measure is the largest economic rescue measure in history. It’s intended as a weeks-…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Community College now has it’s first confirmed case of COVID-19. In an email obtained by KTRS News sent at 10:47 P.M. Monday, the school says that a student who attends the Florissant Valley Campus, notified the the college yesterday. The last time the student was on the campus was…