ST. LOUIS - The FBI is searching for the motive behind Saturday's attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. We still don't know a lot about the suspected shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. The FBI believes he acted alone and that he had little to no social media presence. Another big question still unanswered is [...]
ST. LOUIS - The downtown St. Louis area is going to be busier than usual over the next few days, with major disaster response training taking place in the St. Louis region starting Monday. In fact, 8th Street and Clark Avenue, by Busch Stadium, are going to be one of the main areas where the [...]
A St. Louis County resident is calling for tough action against the state over its efforts to reclaim millions of pandemic dollars the state claims were overpaid to recipients. Citizens describe the state’s actions as punitive and uncaring to those who have already suffered through the pandemic.
Another dangerously hot day Monday with highs near 100 and heat index values 105–110. The heat advisory remains in place through 8 p.m. While our forecast has been for rain chances to increase late Tuesday, many of our recent model runs are now hinting at a complex of storms dropping south across at least part [...]
A shooting at Donald Trump ’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, law enforcement officials say. Trump called Sunday for unity and resilience as shocked leaders across the political divide reacted to the shooting. The Secret Service said it killed the suspected [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Within minutes of the gunfire, the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump spawned a vast sea of claims — some outlandish, others contradictory — reflecting the frightening uncertainties of the moment as well as America's fevered, polarized political climate. The cloudburst of speculation and conjecture as Americans turned to the internet [...]
President Joe Biden says “we can’t, we must not go down” the road of political violence in America after Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump. In a prime-time national address Sunday night, Biden said political passions can run high but “we must never descend into violence.”
The next couple of weeks are typically the hottest time of the year for the St. Louis region, and the next couple of days will certainly live up to that.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Christopher Morel each homered twice to lead the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. Tomas Nido and Ian Happ also homered for the Cubs, who split the four-game set against their NL Central rivals. Alec Burleson homered for St. Louis. Crow-Armstrong hit solo homers in the third and fifth innings. He also stole his 17th bases of the season.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old nursing-home employee from suburban Pittsburgh who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a registered Republican who packed explosives in the vehicle he drove to the campaign rally an hour from his home. Law enforcement officials were working Sunday to learn more about Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, [...]
MICHAEL BIESECKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Sunday appealed for the country to “unite as one nation” after the attempted assassination of his predecessor, Donald Trump, and said he was ordering an independent security review of how such an attack could have happened. Biden delivered short afternoon remarks from the White House after receiving a [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shannen Doherty, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star whose life and career were roiled by illness and tabloid stories, has died at 53. After years with breast cancer, Doherty died Saturday, according to a statement from her publicist, Leslie Sloane. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend was surrounded by her loved [...]
Brian Gant was a secret service agent for about seven years during the Barack Obama administration. Gant, who lives in St. Louis, spoke to us via zoom from a conference he’s attending in Chicago.
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was surrounded [...]
JULIE CARR SMYTH, JILL COLVIN, COLLEEN LONG, MICHAEL BALSAMO, ERIC TUCKER and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press