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ST. LOUIS (KTRS) — $30,000 in reward money is available for tips leading to the arrest of the suspect or suspects responsible for the murder of a 7-year-old girl and her father in the Central West End on Sunday. St. Louis Police say Darrion Rankin-Fleming and his daughter Dmyah were fatally shot inside a parked…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House impeachment case against Donald Trump has been delivered to the Senate for his upcoming trial. House Democratic prosecutors made the ceremonial walk across the Capitol late Monday to deliver the charge of incitement of insurrection, but Republican senators are easing off their criticism of the former president. It’s an early…
A 36-year-old Metro East woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a medical hoax that tricked people who gave her money and other benefits. Sarah Delashmit of Highland pleaded guilty in October to multiple fraud charges after authorities claimed she defrauded nonprofit organizations by pretending to have muscular dystrophy and breast…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is set Monday to bring the impeachment article against Donald Trump for the Senate trial. But a growing number of Republican senators say they oppose the proceedings against the former president. That’s a sign of the dimming chances that Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Health experts say Missouri isn’t vaccinating people quickly enough to create widespread immunity by this summer. To reach that goal, officials want to inoculate between 70% and 85% of the state’s residents. That means getting between 4.3 million and 5.2 million people immunized. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal law enforcement officials are examining a number of threats aimed at members of Congress as the second trial of former President Donald Trump nears. That’s according to a U.S. official briefed on the matter who spoke to The Associated Press on Sunday. Part of the concern is ominous chatter about killing…
DETROIT (AP) — Someone bought a winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot at a grocery store outside of Detroit. The winning numbers for Friday night’s drawing were 4, 26, 42, 50 and 60, with a Mega Ball of 24. The ticket that won the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history was sold…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A potential aerial surveillance program aimed at helping St. Louis police investigate the city’s soaring violent crime problem has cleared one hurdle. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Board of Aldermen voted 15-14 Friday to give preliminary approval to the measure. It would direct Mayor Lyda Krewson or her successor…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s health department doesn’t include antigen tests in its count of COVID-19 cases, meaning tens of thousands of positive tests have not been included in the state’s tally. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that though Missouri doesn’t count antigen testing in its tally of 445,621 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the state’s…
WASHINGTON (AP) – Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington are sparking new calls for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two weeks ago. Members of both…