WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “Medicare for all” plan would increase government health care spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, according to a study by a university-based libertarian policy center. That’s trillion with a “T.” The latest plan from the Vermont independent would require historic tax increases as government replaces what employers and…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities in Minneapolis released body camera video from two police officers in the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old black man, with the footage showing the man shot from behind after a frenetic foot chase and what appeared to be a gun in his hand. Officers Justin Schmidt and Ryan Kelly were responding…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing St. Louis County man. Police say 60-year-old Osman Francis Ingraham Jr. was last seen walking away from his residence at 7 a.m. on Friday. Ingraham suffers from bi-Polar disorder and does not have access to his medication. He is described as white,…
By MARTHA MENDOZA , Associated Press ANDERSON, California (AP) — Exhausted and hungry, some 12,000 firefighters are working 24-hour shifts battling deadly California wildfires and becoming resigned to fire seasons that start earlier, burn longer and unleash increasingly unpredictable blazes. “There’s a lot going on up here, endless fires, and they’re all characteristically pretty much…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider shutting down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, are playing down the chance of a shutdown as the…
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Funerals for the victims of Greece’s lethal wildfire began Saturday with the burial of an elderly priest who drowned as he sought safety from the flames in the sea off the coastal community of Mati. Hundreds of people attended Father Spyridon Papapostolou’s funeral in his parish of Halandri, a northern suburb…
BERLIN (AP) — Norwegian authorities said a polar bear on Saturday attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee, the cruise company said. The Joint Rescue Coordination for Northern Norway tweeted that the attack occurred…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) An ATF agent is cleared by a jury in a civil suit related to a 2012 shooting. According to a statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, on August 29th, 2012, Special Agent Bernard Hansen was part of an Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Special Response Team undercover operation which was targeting…
Collinsville, IL (KTRS) A man is dead following a metro-east car crash Friday. According to the Illinois State Police, a 76-year-old Hamel, IL man was traveling south in a Chevy Malibu on Interstate 55 at mile-marker 23 near Edwardsville when he lost control, striking the squad car of an Illinois State Trooper. The trooper was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis County man is in jail following a shooting over the weekend. According to county police, 18-year-old Ronnie Williams of the 200 block of Suburban Avenue in Ferguson was allegedly playing with a gun while sitting in the backseat of a vehicle early Saturday morning. The gun went off,…