By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine declared Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that a deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation’s highest court despite allegations that he sexually assaulted women…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Schnuck Markets has announced it’s opening nine of the 20 former Shop ‘N Save stores it recently acquired next week. Each store will be closed and two and a half days before reopening. During the days the store is closed, existing pharmacy customers will still be able to drop off and pick up…
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, MO (KTRS) 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…