By CANDICE CHOI , AP Food & Health Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people on Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is working with officials in Canada on the outbreak, which has…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A suspect is in custody after an officer-involved shooting and standoff at a St. Louis County apartment complex. Police say a man assaulted a female officer who was on patrol around 11 a.m. Tuesday in north St. Louis County. The officer fired at least one shot, but the suspect wasn’t hit.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s former top K-12 education official has been rehired after being fired last year. The State Board of Education on Tuesday announced Margie Vandeven will once again be education commissioner. Vandeven was fired last year after former Gov. Eric Greitens stacked the State Board of Education with his appointees, who forced…
By NOMAAN MERCHANT , Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from refusing asylum to immigrants who cross the southern border illegally. President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on Nov. 9circumventing immigration law, saying anyone who crossed the southern border between official ports of entry would be ineligible for asylum. As…
By AMANDA SEITZ and DON BABWIN , Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor whom he knew, then ran into the hospital and fatally shot a pharmacy resident and a police officer, authorities said. The attacker, Juan…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A burglary suspect has been charged with a deadly shootout with a St. Louis County homeowner. Twenty-four-year-old Sean Buchannon Jr. was charged Monday with second-degree murder, armed criminal action and burglary in the shooting death of 38-year-old Joseph Titchen. Police say Buchannon was burglarizing Titchen’s home earlier this month when the…
By AMANDA SEITZ , Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, wounding at least four people, including a police officer and a hospital employee, authorities said. A police spokesman said the gunman was dead, but it was not immediately clear if he took his own life or was…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis on Monday were searching for a gunman who went into a religious supply store, sexually assaulted at least one woman and shot a woman in the head. The shooting victim was in critical condition at a hospital. The shooting happened…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local): 8:05 a.m. The German government says it has halted previously approved arms exports to Saudi Arabia amid the fallout from the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Germany said a month ago it wouldn’t approve any new weapons exports to…
By YURI KAGEYAMA , AP Business Writer YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan Motor Co.’s high-flying chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested Monday and will be dismissed after he allegedly under-reported his income and engaged in other misconduct, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker’s CEO Hiroto Saikawa confirmed that Ghosn was arrested after being questioned by prosecutors…