St. Louid, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting outside of Union Station in downtown St. Louis. Police say the 22-year-old victim was shot in the parking lot of Union Station around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The victim was taken to a hospital, where he died. There’s no word of any arrests. This brings…
TOWN AND COUNTRY, Mo. (AP) — One man is dead after he changed lanes suddenly in front of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 64 in west county, causing a fiery chain-reaction crash. Billowing black smoke could be seen for miles after the accident at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 64. Three other people, including an infant,…
By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student killed two classmates and hit a dozen others with gunfire Tuesday, methodically firing a handgun inside a crowded atrium at his rural Kentucky high school. “He was determined. He knew what he was doing,” said Alexandria Caporali, who grabbed her…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth is pregnant. The Illinois Democrat says she will give birth to her second daughter this spring. It will make her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. In a statement Tuesday, Duckworth said she and her husband, Bryan, are thrilled their family is getting a little…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Emergency crews are on the scene of a fatal accident on I-64 in west county. Authorities say one person is dead after a car caught on fire after being trapped in a crash with a tractor-trailer on eastbound 64 near Mason. At least 15 vehicles are involved in this accident. This…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Two people are hospitalized after being shot during a carjacking in a north St. Louis. Police say the incident happened at just before 11 p.m. Monday in the 4400 block of Anderson. Upon arrival, police found a female victim shot in the chest and a male victim who was shot in the…
By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of the state’s coast and sending some residents fleeing to higher ground. Officials at the National Tsunami Center canceled the warning after a few tense…
By ALAN FRAM, ANDREW TAYLOR and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the government late Monday, ending a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction after Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations. They relented in return for Republican assurances that the Senate will soon take up the…
By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.2 struck off Alaska’s Kodiak Island early Tuesday, prompting a tsunami warning for a large swath of coastal Alaska and Canada’s British Columbia while the remainder of the U.S. West Coast was under a watch. The strong…