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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A downtown St. Louis nightspot accused of flouting local COVID-19 mask and social distancing rules has had its liquor license suspended after one official concluded that shootings outside made it a health and safety threat. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the suspension of Reign Restaurant’s license will last at least…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant. The government’s expansive new rules, announced Thursday, mandate that all employers with more than 100 workers require them to be vaccinated or test for…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri lawmakers could soon be considering legislation similar to a new Texas law that bans most abortions. Abortion-rights advocates protested that possibility Thursday in St. Louis. Republican Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman says she’ll file a bill next session to allow citizens to sue abortion clinics, as in Texas’ law. The Texas…
KUWAIT CITY (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the al-Qaida extremist group that used Afghanistan as a staging base to attack United States 20 years ago may attempt to regenerate there following an American withdrawal that has left the Taliban in power. “That’s the nature of the organization,” he told a small group…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden says he plans to retire in February. Hayden announced his resignation Wednesday after serving about four years as chief. He will retire Feb. 23, the 35th anniversary of his serving with the city’s police department. Former Mayor Lyde Krewson appointed Hayden to take over the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 3,000 people who died from the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 aren’t being forgotten. Their stories endure at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, where personal artifacts help memorialize some of those who perished. From scorched and bloodied shoes to mangled eyeglasses, the growing inventory at the museum is a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A doctor for Mercy hospitals says several people have been treated in Missouri emergency rooms after taking the parasite drug ivermectin, even as experts warn of dangerous side effects and a lack of proof that it helps treat COVID-19. Dr. Steven Brown told KMOV-TV that cases of ivermectin toxicity have occurred…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond is about to come down. The imposing, 21-foot (6.4-meter) tall bronze likeness of Lee on a horse sits atop a granite pedestal nearly twice that high in the grassy center of a traffic circle on Richmond’s famed Monument Avenue. Gov.…
DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Missouri are investigating after a utility vehicle crash in rural Jefferson County left a 13-year-old boy dead. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 6 p.m. Sunday on a county road about 5 miles southwest of De Soto. Investigators say a 17-year-old Hillsboro boy…
HOUMA, La. (AP) — When Hurricane Ida swept ashore, the town of Houma was the first major population center in its path. Power isn’t expected to be restored until the end of the month. One apartment complex called Chateau Creole suffered heavy damage, and residents have to move out. But at a time when housing…