3 Astronauts Blast Off to International Space Station

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — Three astronauts successfully blasted off Monday to the International Space Station from Kazakhstan, a perfect launch that follows October’s aborted mission. NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled at 5:31 p.m. (1131 GMT; 6:31…

Double Homicide in Bellefontaine Neighbors; Major Case Squad Activated

Bellefontaine Neighbors, MO (KTRS) The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating a double homicide in Bellefontaine Neighbors. Just after 8:30 AM Sunday, the Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department responded to a reported homicide in the 1100 block of Oran. Upon arrival, they found two deceased individuals – a 40-year-old male and a 33-year…

Qatar Will Pull Out of OPEC Amid Tension with Saudi Arabia

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The tiny, energy-rich Arab nation of Qatar announced on Monday it would withdraw from OPEC, mixing its aspirations to increase production outside of the cartel’s constraints with the politics of slighting the Saudi-dominated group amid the kingdom’s boycott of Doha. The surprise announcement from Qatar’s minister of state for…