 ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — An Arkansas man who killed himself during a 1999 police standoff at a Missouri motel was a killer and rapist who strangled a South Carolina woman in 1990 and gunned down a Missouri mother and daughter eight years later, authorities said Friday. Advancements in DNA testing enabled investigators to link…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — A white Chicago police officer was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager that was captured on shocking dashcam video that showed him crumpling to the ground in a hail of 16 bullets as he was walking away from officers. The video, some of the…
REEDS SPRING, MO (AP) — Authorities say a 75-year-old man was killed when he lost control of a golf cart and drove into Table Rock Lake. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as Ray Eutsler, of Galena, Missouri. The patrol says he suffered an unknown medical issue Thursday afternoon before losing control of…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — The Illinois Pollution Control Board has refused to adopt a proposal by Gov. Bruce Rauner to relax limits on pollution from the state’s coal-fired power plants. The proposal by Rauner was intended to help a struggling industry. The proposed amendments to the state rules would have affected eight plants operated in central…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a spellbinding battle that’s seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald Trump’s effort to tip the court rightward for decades. The Senate…
St. Louis County, MOÂ (KTRS)Â A suspect is being sought in connection with a fatal hit and run in north county. Police say a man in his late fifties was struck by a passing vehicle around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 9700 block of Halls Ferry Road. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no…
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER , AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent in September — the lowest level since December 1969 — while hiring slowed. Employers added just 134,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, the Labor Department said Friday. But that figure was likely lowered by Hurricane Florence. Florence…
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators plunged into opening arguments Friday as Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court faced a crucial vote. Key Republican senators remained undeclared amid the allegations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh followed by weeks of intense disagreements that have divided the nation. The…
New Madrid, MOÂ (KTRS)Â Investigators say they have identified a suspect in a twenty year old murder case of a southeast Missouri mother and daughter, but that suspect has died. According to the investigation, DNA evidence has linked the suspect to the 1998 fatal shootings of 37-year-old Sherri Scherer and her 12-year-old daughter, Megan. The…
By JOSEF FEDERMAN , Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been sidelined, isolated and humiliated by the Trump administration. But the embattled Palestinian leader may have the final say in determining the fate of the White House’s long-awaited vision for Mideast peace. In recent weeks, Abbas has thwarted a series of internationally…