ST. LOUIS (AP) — A protest forced a St. Louis area shopping mall to close for an hour on one of the year’s busiest shopping days, and renewed concerns by protest leaders about how police handle demonstrations. Protesters marched Friday at the St. Louis Galleria Mall in Richmond Heights. Police say seven people were arrested…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and JOSEPH PISANI, AP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers worked hard to attract shoppers to stores on Black Friday, offering in-person deals meant to counter the ease of shopping by phone on Amazon. A better economy and colder weather helped, to be sure. But stores have also tried to improve the…
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers were out before dawn in the U.S. for fun and for deals, as retailers that have had a tough year were hoping to bring customers to their stores and websites for Black Friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Black Friday has…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead and a 14-year-old boy is wounded after being shot by police in north St. Louis. Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole says early Thursday afternoon,officers were on routine patrol when the driver of a car lost control and struck a curb in front of the officers on College Avenue…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis murder count is now at 188, the same as the total for last year. Police say a man was shot to death at just after in the 26-hundred block of Burd in north St. Louis. Less than a mile away on Hebert Street, another man was shot to death…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s office says it’s investigating Uber over the ride-hailing company’s massive data breach. Hawley’s office sent a letter Wednesday telling Uber to notify customers if their personal information might have been affected and demanding that the company make changes to protect data. The company came clean…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A New Jersey woman who was helped by a homeless man after she ran out of gas on an interstate in Philadelphia has raised more than $60,000 for the good Samaritan. Kate McClure, 27, started the Gofundme.com campaign earlier this month after she said she ran out of gas on Interstate 95…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Lambert-International Airport is expecting one of the busiest Thanksgiving holiday travel periods in years, projecting a seven percent increase in departing passengers. Airlines predict a three percent rise in air travel over last year nationwide. Industry experts attribute the increase to cheaper airfares. Lambert expects more than 21,000 passengers on…
By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family” and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer, died at age 67. Cassidy, who announced earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with dementia, died surrounded…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump wielded his pardon power Tuesday to spare a pair of turkeys from the Thanksgiving roaster, joking that he would also let last year’s turkey pardons stand despite his penchant for overturning Obama-era orders. In a brief and humorous White House ceremony, Trump extended the annual…