St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner today charged suspect Thomas Kinworthy in the shootings of St. Louis Police Officer Tamarris Bohannon and Officer Arlando Bailey while they were responding to a shots fired call in the Tower Grove South neighborhood. Officer Bohannon died from his injuries on Sunday. Officer Bailey was…
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance in Pittsburgh, where he’s expected to say Trump is contributing to the violence in the streets nationwide. Biden will accuse Trump of forfeiting “any moral leadership in this country.” Biden says Trump can’t stop the…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The white St. Louis couple charged for waving guns during a racial injustice protest outside their home in June made their first court appearance on felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were in court briefly Monday morning and did not enter a plea. The judge continued their case until Oct. 6.…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Alderman Larry Arnowitz pleads guilty and is sentenced for using campaign funds illegally. The 66-year old was first elected to serve the 12th ward in 2011. He was sentenced to 18 months after entering the plea to one count of mail fraud related to his illegal use of campaign…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights advocates have begun gathering to highlight the scourge of police and vigilante violence against Black Americans at a commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Thousands gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic “I Have…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area hospitals have seen a sudden and “alarming” spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus, and the leader of the region’s pandemic task force is imploring residents to wear face coverings and practice social distancing. For several weeks, the number of new daily admissions for COVID-19 had hovered around 40. But…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will lash out at the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention speech Thursday evening,. He is telling voters that the former vice president will pursue the “most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major party nominee.” Trump has…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor says a Washington University saliva test for the coronavirus has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday lauded the St. Louis-area university for developing the test. Meanwhile, Missouri’s state health director says he won’t follow new guidance from U.S. health officials against testing…
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Hurricane Laura is rapidly intensifying and forecasters now expect it to become a Category 4 hurricane. It’s already a Category 3 storm as it approaches Texas and Louisiana, with landfall expected overnight. Stacy Stewart at the National Hurricane Center says some people are going to wake up Thursday and not believe…
NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. About 43,000 new cases have been reported daily over the past…