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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in St. Louis County say a man fatally beat a 5-year-old boy who was blind and developmentally disabled while the child’s mother was away giving birth. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that investigators were so shaken by the death of Jamarion Delancy that they’re raising money for his funeral and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election. That formally starts the transition of power after President Donald Trump has spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. The move came after Trump suffered yet more legal and procedural defeats in his seemingly…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Officials are discussing canceling all but the mot urgent medical procedures and building a field hospital as the coronavirus surges in Missouri. Dr. Alex Garza, the chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force, said on Friday that projections show the region’s hospitals maxing out intensive care units in a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime national security aide to President-elect Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, is expected to become Biden’s nominee for secretary of state. Multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning tell The Associated Press that Blinken is at the front of his choices to be America’s top diplomat. Blinken served as deputy secretary…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say two men were killed Thursday in a shooting in north St. Louis. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department says officers were called just after 6 a.m. Thursday to St. Louis’ College Hill neighborhood for reports of a shooting. Arriving officers found two men dead at the scene. Police say…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frantic steps to subvert the results of the 2020 election, including summoning state legislators to the White House as part of a longshot bid to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. Trump also has personally called local election officials who are trying to rescind their…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote count. It’s part of an unprecedented effort by Trump and his allies to upend the electoral process, sow chaos and perpetuate unsubstantiated doubts about the election’s result. The battle is centered…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Saint Louis University study shows mask mandates in St. Louis and St. Louis County slowed the spread of the coronavirus this summer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday that the study compared St. Louis and St. Louis County infections to neighboring Franklin, St. Charles and Jefferson counties. The study found…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced new COVID-19 restrictions that will cap crowds in retail stores and temporarily close museums and casinos. The first-term Democrat said Tuesday that he hopes the limits will help curb soaring coronavirus cases in the state. Starting Friday, retail stores must lower capacity to 25% from…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden has been forced to seek extraordinary workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security challenges he will inherit in just nine weeks. Blocked from the official intelligence briefing traditionally afforded to incoming presidents, Biden gathered virtually on Tuesday with a collection of intelligence,…