Paris (AP) A police document shows the suspect in a Paris apartment building fire that killed 10 people was detained after she allegedly tried to torch a car nearby. The police document obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday states officers responding to a trash can fire early Tuesday spotted the woman with her hand…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pope Francis ministered on Tuesday to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with the first-ever papal Mass here and a call for his flock to remain meek in following God. A day after making a…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Michael Sam, the first openly gay player to be drafted in any major U.S. sport, is scheduled to speak at the University of New Mexico. The former University of Missouri football standout is slated to address student on Feb. 12, in Albuquerque. Sam is expected to tell students how to use…
YORBA LINDA, Calif. (AP) — Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday. The male pilot, who was the only person in the twin-engine plane, and four people…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) The trial will get underway Monday morning for the man accused of killing St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder. Twenty-year-old Trenton Forster is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of the 33-year-old officer. Snyder was shot while responding to a disturbance call at a Green Park residence in…
ATLANTA, GA (AP) — Graying but still gritty, Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots came to the Super Bowl intending to stave off, for at least one more game, the inevitable onslaught of the NFL’s future. Job well done. Pro football never looked flatter, older and more stuck in the days of the VCR…
Fulton, MO (KTRS) A silver advisory is in effect for a missing Callaway County man. 89-year-old Clifford Charles Borgelt is from 3700 County Road 227 in Fulton Missouri. He went missing at around noon on Sunday. Borgelt is described as a white male, 5 foot 9 inches tall, 150 pounds with white hair, blue eyes,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is ready to deliver his State of the Union speech following a roller-coaster will-it-or-won’t-it-happen ride. His topic is to be “choosing greatness.” White House officials say Trump is not expected to dwell on the government shutdown or on the looming Feb. 15 deadline for a budget deal. Instead, Trump…
A St. Louis man has been sentenced to 85 years in prison for kidnapping and raping a Washington University medical student in 2016. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 28-year-old Jared Hurst was convicted in November and sentenced Friday. His attorney, Matt Waltz, says Hurst will appeal. Waltz had sought a 20-year sentence. Prosecutors say…
By ELANA SCHOR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker on Friday declared his bid for the presidency in 2020 with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a “common purpose.” The New Jersey Democrat, who is the second black candidate in a primary field that’s already historically diverse,…