ST. LOUIS (AP) — Fox News contributor John Solomon has won a default judgment against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner in an open records lawsuit he filed concerning a…
Month: July 2020
Change laws that shield police, County prosecutor says
CLAYTON (AP) — After a third review failed to uncover enough evidence to charge the officer who fatally shot Black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014, some prosecutors and…
Barack Obama's address at John Lewis' funeral
ATLANTA (AP) — A transcript of former President Barack Obama’s address to those present at the funeral service for John Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Thursday. ___…
Election results may be delayed — but not because of fraud
WASHINGTON (AP) — A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night. But that doesn’t mean…
At Lewis' funeral, Obama calls for renewing Voting Rights Act
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama used Rep. John Lewis’ funeral on Thursday to issue a stark warning that the voting rights and equal opportunity the late civil rights…
County prosecutor won't charge Wilson in Brown’s death
CLAYTON (AP) — St. Louis County’s prosecutor announced Thursday that he would not charge the former police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, a dramatic decision that could…
2012 GOP presidential hopeful Cain dies of COVID-19
ATLANTA (AP) — Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of a major pizza chain who went on to become an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump,…
Trump floats unlikely idea of election delay
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, lagging in the polls and grappling with deepening economic and public health crises, floated on Thursday the startling idea of delaying the Nov. 3…
As virus aid talks stall, Trump scorns help for cities
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump dismissed on Wednesday Democratic demands for aid to cash-strapped cities in a new coronavirus relief package and lashed out at Republican allies as talks stalemated…
Parson backs push to try youths ages 12-18 as adults
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is asking lawmakers to approve legislation that would allow judges to decide whether a youth between the ages of 12 and 18…
Circuit attorney contest mirrors U.S. debate on crime, reform
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor may rest with which side city voters choose in two competing national debates: criminal justice reform versus the push…
Biden vows to fight racial inequality with economic agenda
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised that his economic agenda would combat long-standing racial inequalities as he sought to draw another sharp contrast with President Donald…