By ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a showdown 25 years in the making: With the world itching to finally get a look at classified Kennedy assassination files, and the deadline for their release just hours away, intelligence officials were still angling for a way to keep their secrets. President Donald Trump, the…
FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) — A woman charged with murdering her husband, who was a Ku Klux Klan leader in Missouri, has decided to testify against her son. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports testimony at a hearing Friday indicated 44-year-old Malissa Ancona, of Leadwood, will testify against 24-year-old Paul Edward Jinkerson Jr., of Belgrade. They are…
By CURT ANDERSON and TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods pleaded guilty Friday to reckless driving in a deal that will keep him out of jail as long as he stays out of trouble, resolving charges from an arrest last spring in which he was found passed out in his…
By CALEB JONES, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A planned voyage from Hawaii to Tahiti aboard a small sailboat didn’t start off well for two Honolulu women. One of their cellphones washed overboard and sank into the deep blue water on their first day at sea. From there, things got worse. Much worse. About a month…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former dean at Washington University is facing 4 1/2 years in prison in a federal child pornography case. That sentence was handed down on Thursday to Justin Carroll. He pleaded guilty in June to one count of access with intent to view child pornography. Carroll is a 67-year-old former dean…
Grambling, LA, (KTRS) A student from St. Louis is behind bars in connection with a double fatal shooting at Grambling State University earlier this week. Nineteen-year-old Jaylin Wayne was taken into custody Thursday night. The Vashon High School graduate is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting that killed another student and his friend after…
By LAURIE KELLMAN and DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump acted Thursday to block the release of hundreds of records on the John F. Kennedy assassination, bending to CIA and FBI appeals to keep those secrets. “I have no choice,” Trump said in a memo, according to White House officials. He was…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several journalism organizations have signed off on a letter to St. Louis’ mayor expressing concern about the arrests of reporters covering protests sparked by the September acquittal of a white former police officer in the 2011 killing of a black suspect. The Committee to Protect Journalists sent…
By JILL COLVIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In ringing and personal terms, President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged that “we will overcome addiction in America,” declaring opioid abuse a national public health emergency and announcing new steps to combat what he described as the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. Trump’s…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Five apartment complexes in St. Louis and St. Charles counties are accused of Fair Housing Act violations On Thursday, the St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for construction violations which limits accessibility for the disabled. Will Jordan, EHOC Executive…