By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department watchdog report has turned into Washington’s latest Rorschach test. President Donald Trump and his critics are cherry-picking its findings to either discredit or defend investigators conducting a probe into the White House. The 500-page report offered a nuanced conclusion about…
Baseball fans are paying their final respects as Cardinal Legend Red Schoendienst was laid to rest Friday. The mood was somber as a hearse and four black limousines arrived outside the Cathedral Basilica in midtown St. Louis. Albert Fred Schoendienst , also known as “Red” or “Mr. Cardinal”…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Funeral Services are underway for Red Schoendienst at the Cathedral Basilica in the Central West End. Eight-time gold glove Cardinals’ catcher Yadier Molina is one of many current and retired Cardinals to attend and pay respects.
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey will “now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI,” President Donald Trump declared on Twitter Friday. “I did a great service to the people in firing him,” he wrote. It’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Dangerous heat is in the forecast. An excessive heat warning has been issued for the St. Louis area from noon Friday until 8 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service is calling for temperatures to reach into at least into the upper 90’s with heat index values to up to 107. This has…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) The Missouri Senate race between incumbent Claire McCaskill and Republican front-runner Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is heating up, as Hawley brings his 100-stop Working Tour to St. Charles. Front and center is Hawley’s handling of the investigation into former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. At a press conference last week, Senator…
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — A shattered Mike’s Hard Lemonade bottle is making it hard to cool off in one St. Louis suburb. Maryland Heights is draining and refilling more than 400,000 gallons of water after the alcohol bottle wound up in the main pool at the city-owned Aquaport water park last week. Officials suspect…
By JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In the shadow of London’s Grenfell Tower, the pain is as fresh as the newly laid flowers for the dead. One year ago, the residential high-rise was destroyed by a fire that killed 72 people. It was the greatest loss of life in a fire on…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey says he disagrees with some of the conclusions of the Justice Department’s inspector general about his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation. But Comey says in a tweet that he respects the inspector general’s work and believes the conclusions are “reasonable.” He says “people of good…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is coming under fire for her decision to end prosecution of low-level marijuana crimes. Gardner said that her office will review more than 1,200 pending cases in which suspects are accused of possessing under 100 grams of marijuana. She says most will be dismissed, except those…