O’Fallon, MO (AP) — Missouri is moving ahead with plans to execute a man next week despite concerns about the coronavirus that have prompted other states to postpone lethal injections. Walter Barton is scheduled to die Tuesday for fatally stabbing 81-year-old trailer park operator Gladys Kuehler in 1991 in the town of Ozark. An expert…
Peoria, IL (KTRS) One town in Illinois is bucking Governor J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order. The Peoria City Council unanimously passed a resolution last night, challenging Governor Pritzker’s stay-at-home order. The “Resolution in Support of Small Businesses” says, “many big box retailers who sold a mix of essential and non-essential goods were deemed essential businesses, and…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Battle lines have been drawn over the latest measure to provide economic relief from the coronavirus outbreak. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the Democrat-backed bill introduced Tuesday would come up with more than $3 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers, a new round of cash payments to…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Federal officials say the COVID-19 outbreak has unleashed a wave of fraud. An arm of the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, has opened more than 300 cases in recent weeks that include counterfeit products and medicines as well as fake tests for the virus. Authorities have also found cases…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Archbishop Robert Carlson announces that parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis are permitted to begin resuming public masses on Monday, May 18th, at the discretion of each individual parish pastor. In a release, the Archdiocese says that a detailed policy will be provided to parishes early next week, and will…
Cavite, Philippines (AP) — A cruise ship being investigated in Australia for sparking coronavirus infections has dropped anchor in Manila Bay to bring Filipino crewmen home. The Ruby Princess joins at least 16 other cruise ships waiting for their more than 5,000 Filipino crew members to be tested for the coronavirus before disembarking. The Ruby…
Washington D.C. (AP) The Trump administration is making ever louder pronouncements casting blame on China for the COVID-19 pandemic, aiming to sidestep domestic criticism of the president’s own response, tarnish China’s global reputation and give the U.S. leverage on trade and other aspects of U.S.-China competition. President Donald Trump has vowed to penalize China for…
Hvammstangi, Iceland (AP) — High schools, hair salons, dentists and other businesses across Iceland are reopening after six weeks of lockdown, after this North Atlantic nation managed to tame its coronavirus outbreak. Iceland has confirmed 1,799 cases of the virus, but just 10 people have died. The number of new COVID-19 cases each day has…
Washington D.C. (AP) — What was the source of the coronavirus? President Donald Trump is speculating that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “mistake.” And his intelligence agencies say they are still examining a notion put forward by the president and aides that the pandemic may…
Brooklyn, NY (AP) — Police were called to a Brooklyn funeral home Wednesday after it resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks. The scene was the latest example of funeral homes struggling with thousands of deaths caused by the coronavirus. A law enforcement official says investigators who responded to a 911…