By COLLEEN LONG and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect in the deadly New York City truck rampage was inspired by the Islamic State group’s online videos and plotted his attack for two months, renting a truck ahead of time to practice turning it, federal authorities said in bringing terrorism charges against…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are dead and five are injured, including three children following an accident in north St. Louis. Police say a car was traveling at a high rate of speed on Natural Bridge when it struck another vehicle at Fair around 10 p.m. Wednesday. One of the surviving victims is listed in…
BY ZEKE MILLER and RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roused by the first major ISIS-inspired attack on U.S. soil since he took office, President Donald Trump urged swift repeal of an immigration program that brought the suspect to America and laid into a political foe he said was responsible for it — though Republican…
St. Charles, MO (KTRS) The man suspected of the deadly New York terror attack has a connection to the St. Louis area. Authorities say Sayfullo Saipov was arrested and booked into the St. Charles County Jail last year after a problem stemming from a big rig he was driving. The Missouri Highway Patrol arrested him…
NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI says it’s no longer looking for a second man in connection with a deadly truck attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center. The bureau on Wednesday issued a poster seeking the public’s help with information about the man. But at a news conference later FBI Assistant Director…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Former President Bill Clinton visited the Gateway City on Wednesday. This was part of his tour of facilities which have implemented the Alliance for a Healthier Generation program, co-founded by the Clinton Foundation. Clinton’s first stop was at Gateway Elementary, located in one of the city’s highest crime neighborhoods. Clinton said…
ST. CHARLES (KTRS) The suspect in the New York City attack yesterday, Sayfullo Saipov, was arrested in St. Charles a year ago on a traffic violation. Saipov, who ran a small trucking firm, was ticketed for not having the right brakes on his vehicle in Platte County, near Kansas City in late 2015. A warrant was…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Updated at 11:25 a.m., 11/1/2017: MERS Goodwill officials say they have reunited a box of World War II medals, including a Purple Heart, with the family of the man who had earned them in the war. Goodwill officials said Wednesday that Natalya Cox, the widow of Dr. Marvin L. Cox, had been cleaning their…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The husband of Sen. Claire McCaskill remains hospitalized in St. Louis, but the Democratic senator says on Twitter that he is showing signs of improvement. Developer Joseph Shepard is hospitalized in an intensive care unit. McCaskill on Monday posted that he has “a very big heart but right now not working…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s mayor says a truck attack in lower Manhattan killed eight people and was a “cowardly” act of terror. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center “was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at…