SEMBALUN, Indonesia (AP) — Multiple strong earthquakes killed at least a dozen people on the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa as the region was trying to recover from a temblor earlier this month that killed hundreds of people. A shallow magnitude 6.9 quake that hit about 10 p.m. was one of several powerful earthquakes…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan said Sunday that he is considering taking legal action to try to prevent President Donald Trump from stripping other current and former officials’ security clearances. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Brennan said he’s been contacted by a number of lawyers about the possibility of an injunction…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead following a shooting in downtown Friday morning. According to police, a man was shot and killed around 11 o’clock just north of the City Garden. City police heard the shots and responded, where they found an armed man – who they took into custody without incident. The…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis County Police need your help in identifying a suspect involved in a robbery at a South County Pharmacy Saturday night. The incident occurred at the Walgreens at 2700 Telegraph Road just after 9:30. The man entered the building and approached a cashier with a knife. He fled on foot…
FREDERICK, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has denied a request by a defense attorney for a man accused of killing his pregnant wife and two daughters to require a coroner to collect DNA from the necks of the young girls. The judge said in an order Friday he would not tell the medical examiner’s…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Parts of Missouri are so dry that corn crops are suffering and hay for cattle is in short supply, as water becomes increasingly scarce. Missouri has had below-average rainfall since winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that nearly all of Missouri is experiencing drought, with several counties in northern and…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for a St. Louis man charged with killing three people in two separate shootings last year. Prosecutors have filed notice that they will seek to have 26-year-old Ollie Lynch Jr. put to death if he’s convicted. Lynch is charged with three counts of…
ROME (AP) — The Italian engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed 43 people warned four decades ago that it would require constant maintenance to remove rust given the effects of corrosion from sea air and pollution. RAI state television broadcast excerpts Sunday of the report that engineer Riccardo Morandi penned in…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A battle continues over how to handle the last call for alcohol in the St. Louis-area town of St. Charles. The St. Charles City Council next week will again try to come up with a solution to a growing problem of unruly closing-time revelers in the town’s historic downtown area.…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and PAOLO SANTALUCIA , Associated Press . GENOA, Italy (AP) — Italy’s president demanded guarantees Saturday that all the nation’s roads are safe following the Genoa highway bridge collapse, after he hugged and comforted mourners at a state funeral in the grieving port city. President Sergio Mattarella spoke quietly to victims’ families…