By MARI YAMAGUCHI , Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was re-elected as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a landslide Thursday, paving the way for up to three more years as the nation’s leader. The decisive victory may embolden Abe to pursue his long-sought revision to Japan’s U.S.-drafted pacifist…
By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO , WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next week, her lawyers said in a letter to the panel. The lawyers wrote that Ford,…
A valet driver is run over and killed in a metro-east parking lot. Thirty-nine-year-old Kenya Randall was struck and killed while working at the popular Club-Da-Beano Monday night. East St. Louis Detective Lemar Martin says surveillance video shows the driver did brake but then kept going. Co-worker Earlest Johnson says Randall was well liked and…
CHRISTOPHER WEBER , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After announcing that he’ll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company for the week-long journey. The Japanese billionaire said he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the…
An auto-accident kills a Warrenton County, Missouri, teenager while heading to school Monday. The Missouri Highway Patrols says 17-year-old Megan N. Gross, of Wright city, lost her life after a car she was riding in, attempted to pass a Semi on Veterans Memorial Parkway near Highway 47. The two vehicles collided, sending the kids car…
A man is murdered during a home invasion overnight. Northwoods Interim Police Chief John Buchannan says a 69-year-old man was fatally shot after his front door was kicked in. This happened at 4312 Edgewood around 1 a.m.. There was also a woman and child inside the home but they were unharmed. Buchannan says they are…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) The death toll in a suicide bombing among a group of people protesting a local police commander in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 68, up from 32, provincial officials Wednesday. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, said 165 others were wounded in the attack a day earlier.The bombing happened when a…
NEW YORK (AP) – Americans are commemorating the Sept. 11 terror attacks with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims. Thousands of victims’ relatives, survivors, rescuers and others are expected at Tuesday’s ceremony at the World Trade Center. President Trump and first lady Melania plan to join an observance at the 9/11…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived on a surprise visit to Afghanistan’s war-shattered capital on Friday, the U.S. command in Afghanistan said, just days after a suicide bomber killed 21 people in the city and wounded 90 others. As helicopters patrolled the skies over Kabul, Mattis arrived accompanied by Gen. Joseph…
(KTRS) Two brothers are killed after reportedly leading several Metro East police Departments on a chase in a stolen car. 28-year-old Rodney L. Williams… and 21-year-old Thomas C. Williams from Alton were pronounced dead at the scene. The brothers wrecked into a tanker truck on route 111 at New Poag Road…around 10:30 Wednesday night…111 was…