NEW YORK, NY (AP) — Eleven years after letting Jeffrey Epstein off lightly with a once-secret plea deal, the U.S. government is taking another run at putting the wealthy sex offender behind bars with new sex-trafficking charges that law enforcement officials say involve allegations dating to the early 2000s. Epstein, arrested over the weekend, is…
Hardin, IL (KTRS) The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating what being is described as a “major marine casualty” after 3 tugboats sank on the Illinois River Friday. The incident occurred in Calhoun county. The vessels were moored to a barge near Hardin, Illinois when they began taking on water. The tugboats were unoccupied, and were…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say five people have been discovered slain in a north county apartment building. St. Louis County Police confirmed Saturday afternoon in a news conference posted to the department’s Twitter page that all five people killed were adults. Police would not give the names, ages or genders of the five people…
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — A quake with a magnitude as large as 7.1 jolted much of California, cracked buildings, set fires, broke roads and caused several injuries, authorities and residents said. The quake — preceded by Thursday’s 6.4-magnitude temblor in the Mojave Desert — was the largest Southern California temblor in at least 20…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri agency is gathering public feedback on a proposed hike in hunting and fishing fees. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that the Conservation Department wants to raise nonresident deer hunting licenses from $225 to $265 starting next year. Nonresidents also could see a hike in turkey license fees from the…
WASHINGTON D.C. (AP) — U.S. employers sharply stepped up their hiring in June, adding a robust 224,000 jobs, an indication of the economy’s durability after more than a decade of expansion. The strength of the jobs report the Labor Department issued Friday could complicate a decision for the Federal Reserve late this month on whether…
Nassau, Bahamas (KTRS) The founder of a St. Louis energy company is one of seven people killed in a helicopter crash Thursday in the Bahamas. Billionaire Chris Cline, founder of Foresight Energy, was among the deceased in an accident that occurred in the waters off Walkers Cay. Cline resigned from Foresight’s board back in 2017,…
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP) — The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on the July 4th holiday, rattling nerves and causing injuries and damage in a town near the epicenter, followed by a swarm of ongoing aftershocks. The 6.4 magnitude quake struck at 10:33 a.m.…
Moscow Mills, MO (KTRS) One man is dead and another in police custody following a shooting Thursday afternoon in Lincoln County. The incident occurred at around 2:30 P.M. in the 400 block of Hill Street in Moscow Mills. Officers with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call and found the body of 40-year-old…
SAN DIEGO, CA (AP) — One of the U.S. military’s most significant war crimes cases ended with a decorated Navy SEAL walking out of court a free man after acknowledging moral and ethical mistakes, including posing in photographs with the body of an Islamic State captive he was cleared of killing. Special Operations Chief Edward…