By ROB GILLIES and PAUL WISEMAN , Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada is back in a revamped North American free trade deal with the United States and Mexico after weeks of bitter, high-pressure negotiations that brushed up against a midnight deadline. In a joint statement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) One person is hospitalized in critical condition after an early morning fire in midtown St. Louis. Firefighters were called to a three story home on along the 3400 block of Samuel Shepard Drive around 1:30 a.m. Monday. The victim was rescued from the second floor. There’s no word on what caused the…
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Bright-colored body bags were placed side-by-side in a freshly dug mass grave Monday, as a hard-hit Indonesian city began burying its dead from the devastating earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 840 people and left thousands homeless. The death toll, largely from the city of Palu, is expected to keep…
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched six ballistic missiles early Monday toward eastern Syria, targeting militants it blamed for an attack on a military parade in Iran last month while also threatening regional adversaries as Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers unravels. The launch saw the Guard fire missiles with enough range…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — St. Louis plans to change residency requirements to allow the next 50 police recruits to live outside the city limits. Mayor Lyda Krewson announced Friday that the Civil Service Commission voted to waive the requirement that police officers live in the city for their first seven years on the job.…
ALORTON, IL (AP) — The mayor of a southern Illinois city has been charged with official misconduct for operating a police vehicle with its lights flashing. Alorton Mayor JoAnn Reed was charged late Friday, a couple of weeks after a driver told Illinois State Police it appeared a civilian female driver was impersonating a police…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are focusing a lot of attention on seven eastern Missouri counties that some say will be pivotal in the U.S. Senate race between Attorney General Josh Hawley and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. The two parties consider Jefferson County, which is adjacent to St. Louis’ suburbs, as a key…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHAEL BALSAMO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents on Sunday interviewed one of the three women who have accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct as Republicans and Democrats quarreled over whether the bureau would have enough time and freedom to conduct a thorough investigation before a…
By JOHN O’CONNOR , AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois political campaigns are traditionally rough-and-tumble, transitory affairs dominated by a good-ol’-boy environment that breeds sexual harassment, intimidation, and bullying, a report on women in politics issued last week found. The Illinois Anti-Harassment, Equality and Access Panel’s review of barriers women face to success…
By MARIA DANILOVA , Associated Press . WASHINGTON (AP) — Choking back tears, she testified that he sexually assaulted her. Defensive and angry, he swore that he did not. The dramatic Senate testimony last week by Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh came as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos considers new guidelines that…