LONDON (AP) — Britain has become the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths, and infections are rising sharply again in Russia. That took place Tuesday even as other nations reported strides in taming the virus. China marked its third week with no new reported deaths and South Korea restarted its…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker is asking a judge to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing him of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus. Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker and Morningside Church Productions Inc. in early March. Schmitt asked for an injunction ordering Bakker to…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker is asking a judge to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing him of falsely claiming that a health supplement could cure the coronavirus. Republican Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued Bakker and Morningside Church Productions Inc. in early March. Schmitt asked for an injunction ordering Bakker to…
NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of J.Crew is filing for bankruptcy protection, the first major retailer to do so since the pandemic forced the closing of most stores in the United States. More retail bankruptcies are expected in coming weeks with the doors of thousands of stores still locked. March sales at stores and…
(KTRS) St. Louis Police detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects in a theft at the Aldon Condominiums on April 30, 2020 Officers responded to a call for a “Burglary” after the suspects entered the building, took property and then fled the scene. The investigation is ongoing. We have posted the…
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Nearly 300 workers at a northwestern Missouri pork processing plant have now tested positive for the coronavirus, the latest of several meat plants around the country to see huge spikes in confirmed cases of the virus. Missouri’s health department oversaw testing this week of more than 2,300 asymptomatic workers at the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is denying a former staffer’s allegation of sexual assault, saying it “never, never happened.” Biden’s first public comment on the allegation came during an interview Friday on MSNBC’s ”Morning Joe.” Former staffer Tara Reade says Biden assaulted her during the 1990s and that she filed a complaint in 1993. Biden…
NEW YORK (AP) — The world’s economic pain was on full display as Europe and the United States released more figures showing just how devastating the impact has been from coronavirus lockdown measures. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits soared past 30 million, worsening a crisis unmatched since the 1930s and heightening pressure…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Advocates for Missouri state workers are pushing for higher pay and more protective equipment. Union leaders, Democratic state lawmakers and other advocates for worker rights on Thursday called on Gov. Mike Parson to do more to protect employees from the coronavirus. One union leader said public workers shouldn’t have to die…
(AP) U.S. government officials say an experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major study. Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir is the first treatment to pass such a strict test against the virus, which has killed more than 218,000 people since it emerged late last year. The study was led by the U.S.…