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WASHINGTON (AP) — A declassified intelligence assessment says Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election. The assessment found broad efforts by the Kremlin and Iran to shape the outcome of the race but no evidence that any foreign actor changed votes or otherwise disrupted the voting…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black woman has become the face of Missouri’s tourism campaign, nearly four years after the NAACP warned travelers that their civil rights may not be respected if they visit the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Division of Tourism kicked off the campaign Monday. The woman,…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Philip has left a London hospital after being treated for an infection and undergoing a heart procedure. The 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth II had been hospitalized since being admitted to the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in London on Feb. 16, where he was treated for an infection. He…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis police officer is facing both criminal charges and a civil lawsuit accusing him of, while off-duty, illegally searching a man and stealing about $200 from him. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 35-year-old Kevin Baroni was charged Nov. 2 with misdemeanor kidnapping and stealing. The alleged victim,…
CHICAGO (AP) — A Black Catholic church on Chicago’s South Side is waging an unusually fierce fight with the archdiocese over its investigation of decades-old sexual abuse allegations against a popular activist priest. St. Sabina Church is a close-knit community that’s been a social activism hub for 40 years under the Rev. Michael Pfleger. But…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s rate of new coronavirus cases is ticking upward after months of decline. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the state’s coronavirus infection rate has tumbled since the fall, when Missouri hit a peak seven-day average of 4,723 new confirmed cases on Nov. 20. That average fell as low as 343…
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says FEMA will support a government-wide effort over the next three months to safely receive,…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say shots fired into a moving vehicle left one woman dead and another wounded on Interstate 270 in north St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Missouri State Highway Patrol Cpl. Dallas Thompson said the driver wasn’t shot but was injured after crashing. He was taken to a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely U.S. surplus of doses later this year when much of the rest of the world struggles with deep shortages. Even before Wednesday’s order, the U.S. was to have enough…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A task force appointed to examine concerns about a St. Louis jail is urging the city to create an independent oversight board to help oversee the lockup. Task force leaders shared the group’s findings with Mayor Lyda Krewson on Friday. Its chairman, the Rev. Darryl Gray, called the creation of an…