DALLAS, TX (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who says she mistook her black neighbor’s apartment for her own when she fatally shot him was arrested on a manslaughter charge. Officer Amber Guyger was booked into the Kaufman County Jail after being taken into custody Sunday, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in…
NEW YORK (AP) — The #MeToo movement fighting sexual misconduct had already claimed one of Hollywood’s top movie moguls in Harvey Weinstein. Now it has done the same for Leslie Moonves, one of the television industry’s most powerful executives. The CBS Corp. announced its chairman’s exit Sunday night, hours after The New Yorker magazine posted…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is asking for more time to comply with stricter identification requirements under the Real ID Act. KMBC-TV reports that the current extension ends Oct. 10. At issue is a federal law with tougher proof-of-identity requirements needed at airports, some federal facilities and military bases. Some Missouri lawmakers worried about…
ATLANTA (AP) — As Hurricane Florence heads toward the East Coast, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is encouraging its students to leave campus this week for a safer location. The university said Sunday that it has issued a voluntary evacuation for students starting at noon Monday. Students are urged — but not required —…
By MARK SCOLFORO , Associated Press Nearly 17 years after passengers on a hijacked flight from New Jersey to California fought back against a band of terrorists who then crashed the jetliner into a rural Pennsylvania field, a symbol of their bravery and sacrifice will be unveiled Sunday at the place where they fell to…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) First responders have been busy with water rescues in the metro-east amid the heavy rainfall. Authorities say late Saturday night a driver was rescued from flood waters on South 11th Street just outside of Belleville. First responders used a boat for the rescue operation. The driver wasn’t injured. This is…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) 38-year-old Jesse Michael Kelley of Green Park is in jail for a murder that occurred on the parking lot of a Walmart in South St. Louis County. Kelley was charged with second degree murder, first degree robbery, and armed criminal action in connection with the murder of an Andre’s chef. County…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A St. Joseph woman has been awarded $8.5 million in a racial discrimination lawsuit she brought against Missouri gas utility Spire. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded $1.3 million in actual damages and $7.2 million in punitive damages to 47-year-old Danielle McGaughy, who had worked…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — A judge has sentenced a Springfield woman to an extra six months in prison after learning a letter of support she submitted to the court was falsified. The State Journal-Register reports 31-year-old Elizabeth Gonzalez was sentenced last month to 15 months in prison for embezzling more than $47,500 from a bank where she…
ATLANTA, GA (AP) — The U.S. East Coast could be hit with a powerful hurricane next week as Tropical Storm Florence continues to strengthen as it moves toward the mainland, forecasters said Saturday. Florence is expected to become a major hurricane by Monday, the National Hurricane Center said, adding that “a significant phase of intensification”…