(AP) — Missouri teachers and child care providers will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-March. Gov. Mike Parson said during his weekly media briefing on Thursday that the state plans to open up vaccinations to those in Phase 1B, Tier 3, effective March 15. That group includes an estimated 550,000 additional residents. The newly…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police say Lady Gaga’s dog walker was shot and two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery. The singer is offering a $500,000 reward for the return of her dogs. Los Angeles police are seeking two suspects in connection with the Wednesday night shooting. Police…
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York prosecutor has obtained copies of Donald Trump’s tax records after the Supreme Court this week rejected the former president’s last-ditch effort to prevent them from being handed over. A spokesperson for the Manhattan district attorney’s office said Thursday that prosecutors enforced a subpoena on Trump’s accounting firm within…
MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A Honduran immigrant who has spent 3 1/2 years living inside a Missouri church to avoid deportation has finally stepped outside. Alex Garcia left the church in suburban St. Louis on Wednesday after a promise from President Joe Biden’s administration to let him be. Garcia is a married father of five.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former U.S. attorney will be the special prosecutor in the case of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters last summer. Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer on Wednesday named Richard Callahan to prosecute the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey. Callahan was U.S. attorney in St. Louis…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Lottery officials say someone won $3 million on a Mega Millions ticket sold in St. Louis. The lucky winner bought the ticket for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions at a Gas Mart at 209 E. Grand Ave. in St. Louis. The ticket matched all five white ball numbers to win…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — States are not willing to wait for more federal help and have been moving ahead with their own coronavirus relief packages. Maryland and California recently approved help for small businesses, the poor, the jobless and those needing child care. New Mexico and Pennsylvania are funneling grants directly to cash-starved businesses. The…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities and Tiger Woods’ manager say the golf star has suffered leg injuries in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says Woods had to be extricated from the vehicle Tuesday with the so-called jaws of life tools. No other…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several Missouri health departments are preparing to administer extra vaccinations this week, the result of postponed appointments necessitated by last week’s brutal winter weather. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that the weather delayed the expected delivery of 3,000 doses to St. Louis County. County officials this week expect to receive…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former security officials are testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, casting blame on the Pentagon, the intelligence community and each other. Congress is hearing from the former security officials about what went wrong when a violent mob laid siege to the Capitol and interrupted…