WASHINGTON (AP) — American dairy farmers get more access to the Canadian market. U.S. drug companies can fend off generic competition for a few more years. Automakers are under pressure to build more cars where workers earn decent wages. The North American trade agreement hammered out late Sunday between the United States and Canada, following…
SACRAMENTO, CA (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved the nation’s strongest net neutrality law, prompting an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration and opening the next phase in the battle over regulating the internet. Advocates of net neutrality hope California’s law, which Brown signed Sunday to stop internet providers from favoring certain content…
LADUE, MO (AP) — A mother is suing a northeast Missouri high school for discrimination after her son didn’t make the varsity soccer team and was kicked off the junior varsity team last month. KTVI reports that the mother is identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit against Ladue Horton Watkins High School. Ladue officials said…
BOURBON, MO (AP) — Authorities say a man has drowned after falling off a raft in the Meramec River in eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 55-year-old Matthew Lawless, of Florissant. The patrol says he fell overboard Saturday, briefly resurfaced and then went under water again. His body was recovered…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) More than 1200 registered sex offenders are unaccounted for in the state of Missouri. That’s according to findings Auditor Nicole Galloway released Monday on an audit of the state’s sexual offender registered program. Galloway says when convicted sex offenders fail to register, law enforcement agencies need to act, such as issuing…
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Researchers from the United States and Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that help the body marshal its cellular troops to attack invading cancers. One cancer doctor said “an untold number of lives … have been saved by the science that they pioneered.” James Allison of the…
BOSTON, MA (AP) — After just over a year and declines on several fronts at General Electric, John Flannery has been ousted as the leader of the century-old company. Flannery took over for longtime CEO and Chairman Jeff Immelt in August 2017 with the company trying to re-establish its industrial roots, albeit a high-tech version…
WILDWOOD, MO (AP) — Authorities say a driver has been charged with hitting a St. Louis County police officer at a barbecue event while drunk and then driving off. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 47-year-old Kevin Arent, of Warren County, was charged Sunday with driving while intoxicated. He is jailed on $50,000 cash only bail.…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — The Illinois State Fire Marshal is offering tips for a fire-free fall . Fire Marshal Matt Perez says leaves and sticks should be removed from gutters so they don’t fuel house fires. Bonfires should be confined to a pit with side walls and should be limited in size. Perez says don’t burn leaves…
By KEN RITTER , Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A somber sunrise remembrance ceremony started Monday in Las Vegas with survivors, families of victims, first-responders and elected officials remembering the lives lost when one year ago when a gunman opened fire on a crowd attending an outdoor country music concert in the deadliest mass shooting…