ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have identified the man fatally shot by an officer during a violent incident on a gas station parking lot. Police on Thursday identified the suspect as 29-year-old Demario Bass. On Wednesday, two officers on patrol spotted a stolen 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe at a BP gas station. One…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press Democrat Claire McCaskill had stern words for her soon-to-be former colleagues in the Senate in a farewell speech on Thursday, saying that polarization and fear of political consequences have rendered the body ineffective and unwilling to take on difficult issues. The two-term senator lost to Republican Attorney General Josh…
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The office of the Paris prosecutor, which handles terrorism cases in France, says a man killed in Strasbourg in a shootout with police has been identified as the main suspect in a Christmas market attack that killed three people. The man was identified as Charif Chekatt, a 29-year-old whom police had…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri GOP is calling on an attorney for the secretary of state to recuse herself from investigating outgoing Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley. Missouri GOP spokesman Chris Nuelle on Wednesday said Secretary of State Deputy General Counsel Khristine Heisinger has a conflict because she donated to Hawley’s former rival,…
By BURHAN OZBILICI and SUZAN FRASER , Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing nine people and injuring dozens, officials said. The 6:30 a.m. train from Ankara to the central Turkish city…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: 2:53 Am CST December 13, 2018 (KTRS) St. Louis MO A scary situation for bowlers inside a bowling alley Wednesday night. O’Fallon Illinois Police say a man walked into the bar area at the St.Clair Bowling Alley on Old Collinsville Road around 11 PM and shot a man in the chest. Police…
An investigation into a stolen car this afternoon led to an altercation that left a suspect dead and a St. Louis Police officer taken to a hospital with injuries. The officer shot the suspect in the chest and was himself injured in the incident at a gas station near the intersection of Goodfellow and Lillian. Investigators…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer and a suspect are both hospitalized after an officer-involved shooting on the city’s north side. The shooting happened shortly after noon on Wednesday. Police have released no details about what led to the shooting but say one suspect was shot in the chest and an officer…
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s once-devoted lawyer and all-around fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after telling a federal judge that his “blind loyalty” to Trump led him to cover up the president’s “dirty deeds.” Standing alone at the defense table,…
OZARK, Mo. (AP) — The southwest Missouri city of Ozark that had said it was removing a Christian cross from its holiday display is reconsidering. Ozark officials originally said Tuesday that the cross would come down after the city received a complaint from the freedom From Religion Foundation, which said the display violates the principle…