By MARK STEVENSON and SONIA PEREZ D. , Associated Press SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala (AP) — Emergency crews cautiously resumed search-and-rescue operations Wednesday in towns and villages devastated by the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, but time was quickly running out to find survivors of a disaster that killed more than 75 people with…
By PAUL ELIAS , Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leader of the successful recall of a Northern California judge for an unpopular sexual assault sentence warned that the results show women’s rights and the #MeToo movement are now a potent political force that politicians ignore at their own peril. “The broader message of…
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois’ imprisoned ex-governor, Rod Blagojevich, has filed paperwork asking President Donald Trump to commute his 14-year prison term for corruption that included seeking to sell an appointment to the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated to become president. A spokesman for Blagojevich’s lawyers told the Chicago Tribune it was submitted Tuesday to the…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — The trial of a St. Louis man charged in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a southwestern Illinois beauty salon was unexpectedly stopped Tuesday in a dispute over possible new evidence in the case. Jury selection was to continue Tuesday for Samuel L. Johnson’s trial on murder charges when…
By SONIA PEREZ D. and MARK STEVENSON , Associated Press ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — Lilian Hernandez wept as she spoke the names of aunts, uncles, cousins, her grandmother and two great-grandchildren — 36 family members in all — missing and presumed dead in the explosion of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire. “My cousins Ingrid, Yomira, Paola,…
St, Louis County, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis County Police Department has a new law enforcement tool. On Tuesday county leaders unveiled the Special Response Unit, which will focus on community policing and feature two-officer patrol cars. St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger said this initiative the benefit to the community is two-fold. “The SRU…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after an attempted break in at a south St. Louis home. Authorities say the man was allegedly trying to break into the home in the 4300 bock of Wallace Street Monday night when a resident fatally shot him. The man’s name hasn’t been released. The resident hasn’t been…
By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press . WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision that leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis police are investigating after a pizzeria worker fatally shot a man who threw a piece of concrete through the restaurant door. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that officer found 31-year-old Ollice Upchurch dead of a gunshot wound about 1:40 a.m. Saturday. Police say Upchurch had thrown a large piece…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two workers are dead after a construction accident in downtown St. Louis on Monday. Investigators say two construction workers were killed after a safety cable snapped, causing them to fall down an elevator shaft. The workers were doing renovations on the old International Shoe Building the 1500 block of Washington Avenue. City…