EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide. The charge against East Pittsburgh Officer Michael Rosfeld is included in court records obtained by media organizations. It wasn’t known Wednesday if the 30-year-old Penn Hills resident has retained an attorney, and the district…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, WILL WEISSERT and GENE JOHNSON , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seventeen states, including New York and California, sued the Trump administration Tuesday to force it to reunite the thousands of immigrant children and parents it separated at the border, as the legal and political pressure on the White House to…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers spent almost $110,000 during a special session and investigation into allegations against former Gov. Eric Greitens. Final costs provided Tuesday to The Associated Press show that most of that money went toward mileage and daily allowances for lawmakers during a special session. About one-quarter of the expenses came…
By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from several mostly muslim countries Tuesday, the conservative majority taking his side in a major ruling supporting his presidential power. A dissenting liberal justice said the court was making a historic mistake by refusing…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Community Leaders and activists took to the streets to voice their opposition to Proposition A, also known as ‘Right to Work.” The concerned citizens gathered outside the Williams Temple in north St. Louis Tuesday morning. One of the featured speakers, Brad Bakker, associate attorney at Armstrong Teasdale and Democratic candidate for…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Passengers traveling in and out of St. Louis Lambert International Airport will soon have a new carrier. The announcement comes as Lambert recorded its 32nd consecutive month of passenger growth – up 5.2% this year over last. At a press conference Tuesday, Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge stated, “So today we’re announcing that…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) A woman who was a customer at the Massage LuXe therapy center in Creve Coeurahs has filed suit against the company. She claims she was sexually assaulted by a therapist at the center in April, 2017. In the suit filed Tuesday, the woman, identified as Jane Doe 1, claims she immediately reported the…
East St. Louis, IL (KTRS) Police are investigating after a man’s body was found outside of a burning home in East St. Louis. Firefighters were called to the burning home on South 29th Street and Converse Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. While battling the fire, firefighters discovered the badly burned victim outside. Investigators are trying to…
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump denied Tuesday that his trade policy is to blame for Harley-Davidson’s decision to shift some motorcycle production overseas, saying on Twitter that the company is using “Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse” to hide previously announced plans to move jobs to Asia. The Milwaukee-based…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The owner of a corner store in St. Louis has died two years after he was shot, and police are classifying his death as a homicide. Maher Jaouni was behind the counter of Sam’s St. Louis Packing Co. when he was shot on June 9, 2016, as part of an ongoing…