O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus in Missouri has reached another record, and the seven-day average positivity rate was more than triple the benchmark suggested by the World Health Organization. The state health department’s COVID-19 dashboard showed other alarming numbers Thursday: 1,875 new confirmed cases and 22 deaths. The…
(AP) Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S. Many places are being forced to reimpose tough restrictions they had eased just a few months ago. Well after Europe seemed to…
Beijing, China (AP) — A hospital president and the director of the health commission in the northern Chinese city of Qingdao have been fired after China’s latest coronavirus outbreak. A brief notice on the Qingdao city government’s official microblog says the the two people were placed under further investigation. No other details were given. Authorities…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Police need your help finding the man responsible for shooting in north city. It unfolded Wednesday in the city’s Mark Twain Neighborhood, specifically, the 5100 block of North Euclid. That’s where officers responded to a call and found a 25-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — More people are back at work in Missouri after joblessness spiked during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. State data released Wednesday show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 7% in August to 4.9% in September. But joblessness is still significantly up compared to the same time last year.…
Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday, extending the market’s losses from a day earlier, as talks drag on in Washington over another economic stimulus package. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% after swaying between small gains and losses earlier in the day. The White House and Congress still have differences over providing more aid…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett (all times local): 11:05 a.m. Sen. Dick Durbin says there’s an “orange cloud” hanging over the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The Illinois Democrat didn’t specifically say he meant President Donald Trump in Barrett’s confirmation…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters near their home have pleaded not guilty to two felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey appeared during a brief hearing Wednesday. The McCloskeys, who are both attorneys in their early 60s, have been charged…
Washington D.C. (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators are digging deeper into the conservative judge’s outlook on abortion, health care and a potentially disputed presidential election. The conservative judge has been giving hours of testimony, but…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The woman hit by a car in the city’s North Riverfront Neighborhood last week is identified. 37-year-old Shannell Jamison was crossing the street in the 6200 block of North Broadway shortly before midnight last Thursday when she was hit by a White Dodge Avenger. The driver fled the scene. EMS responded…