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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Eric Greitens, the former Navy SEAL officer who rose quickly to become Missouri governor before scandal forced him out of office just a year and a half into his tenure, is making a political comeback with a bid for the Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Roy Blunt. Greitens announced…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials are extending an emergency 8 p.m. curfew for at least another week. Sunday’s decision by city commissioners comes after days of intense partying, where unruly crowds gathered by the thousands on South Beach, fighting in the streets, destroying property and ignoring masks and other COVID-19 orders. Tourists…
The Illinois State Police is seeking the public’s help in identifying two persons of interest in a Saturday night East St. Louis homicide. A 49-year-old East St. Louis man was fatally shot in the incident which occurred in the 300 block of North 70th Street. The ISP has released the video below featuring the two…
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered near the Georgia state Capitol to demand justice for the victims of shootings at massage businesses in and around Atlanta. The crowd Saturday called for an end to racism and xenophobia. Many waved signs and cheered speakers including U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Georgia state Rep.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is extending the deadline to file taxes this year, and a new pilot study shows transmission of COVID-19 was rare among some Missouri schools. Gov. Mike Parson on Friday announced individuals now have until May 17 to file state taxes, instead of April 15. Parson says his administration delayed the…
CEDAR HILL, Mo. (AP) — Court records say a Missouri man charged in the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was identified after posting on Snapchat and Facebook that he was inside the building during the melee. The Kansas City Star reports that documents released in the case against 28-year-old Nicholas Burton Reimler, of Cedar…
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Top U.S. and Chinese officials have sparred in a particularly contentious manner in the first face-to-face meeting since President Joe Biden took office. In unusually pointed remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other’s…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two St. Louis police officers have been charged with sexually assaulting four women, while a third office has been charged with witness tampering in the case. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Officer Lafeal Lawshea is charged with two counts of forcible rape, forcible sodomy, sexual misconduct and tampering with a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation creating a bipartisan panel to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is stalled, at least for now. Democrats and Republicans are split over the scope and structure of a review that could force Congress and the American people to reckon again with the violent attack. House Speaker Nancy…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A large coronavirus vaccination event will be held in St. Louis next week. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday announced the mass vaccination site. The event will be held March 25 and 26 at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park. As many as 6,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson…