By KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KMOV) — A fire broke out at the Jamestown Mall in north St. Louis County Wednesday evening. Fire crews from Spanish Lake, Pattonville, West and North County, University City, and St. Louis City responded to the fire. Smoke could be seen coming
Continue ReadingBy Marianne Garvey, CNN Bowen Yang calls his role of Edmund on “Awkwafina is Nora from Queens” his favorite project to date. While many sets are filled with drama and the stress of making a hit television show, Yang told CNN in a recent interview that his experience working on the sitcom has been completely
Continue ReadingBy Andrew James Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A new report from TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit, looks at road and bridge conditions, congestion and safety on North Carolina roads. “In the Asheville area, 11% of major roadways have pavement in poor condition,” said Rocky Moretti, TRIP
Continue ReadingBy Gili Remen and Celina Tebor, CNN New York state education officials voted unanimously this week to prohibit public schools from using or displaying Indigenous team names, logos, or mascots to represent the school. Throughout the state, boards of education must commit through a resolution to eliminating the use of all Indigenous imagery by the
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has struck a conciliatory tone while talking about strained U.S.-China relations, saying the nations “need to find a way to live together.” Yellen on Thursday called for cooperation on “urgent global challenges” while supporting economic restrictions on China to advance U.S national security
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann, CNN The US transferred an alleged al-Qaeda associate from Guantanamo Bay to Algeria, the Defense Department announced Thursday, part of the Biden administration’s ongoing efforts to close the prison facility. Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush, a 72-year-old Algerian native who has been held in detention in Guantanamo Bay for 20 years,
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — A man from Hendersonville will spend at least six years behind bars after pleading guilty to operating a continuing criminal enterprise in the area. A press release from District Attorney Andrew Murray says during Henderson County’s two-week trial term
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn The early morning alert was a test but the outrage was real. Many in Florida were woken up at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday by a notification on their phones from the Emergency Alert System: “TEST – This is a TEST of the Emergency Alert System. No action is required.” After sending the
Continue ReadingBy Charles Perez Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The city of Asheville is being sued by 14 residents who were banned from the city’s public parks after a demonstration at the end of 2021. The 14 brought on the lawsuit with the support of the North Carolina ACLU,
Continue ReadingBy Allison Morrow, CNN The CEO whose “pity city” speech backfired spectacularly is now apologizing to her employees. “I feel terrible that my rallying cry seemed insensitive,” wrote Andi Owen, chief executive of office furniture giant MillerKnoll, in an email to staff Tuesday. “What I’d hoped would energize the team to meet a challenge we’ve
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN One Friday afternoon, not long after Oregon made cannabis legal in 2015, some lab researchers in the state embarked on a quirky experiment. The team worked with a type of tiny nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, smaller than a human eyelash, to understand its food preferences and, on a whim, decided
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Environmental protesters say they are not planning to disrupt the London Marathon on Sunday after two other big sporting events in Britain were targeted by activists over the past week. Extinction Rebellion is staging a four-day protest outside Parliament Square in London starting on Friday. It has been in talks with marathon
Continue ReadingBy Spencer Wilson Click here for updates on this story AURORA, Colorado (KCNC) — Once they started noticing the bruises and bloody nose that just wouldn’t stop, parents Khloe and Adam Haney knew something was wrong with little 2-year-old Karina. “That’s when the fatigue started, which is little like pencil marking bruises all over your
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and colleges from allowing transgender athletes whose biological sex assigned at birth was male to compete on girls or women’s sports teams. The legislation approved by a 219-203 vote is unlikely to advance further
Continue ReadingCNN, WSOC By Dianne Gallagher, Eric Levenson and Jamiel Lynch, CNN Robert Louis Singletary, the suspect accused of shooting a 6-year-old neighbor and her parents in North Carolina after a basketball rolled into his yard, was apprehended and is in custody in Hillsborough County, Florida, according to Gaston County, North Carolina, spokesperson Adam J. Gaub.
Continue ReadingBy KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press First, Doug Tallamy wrote an influential book urging home gardeners to replace lawns and invasive plants with native trees and plants. Now, in time for Earth Day, Tallamy is back with another version of his message. This time it’s for kids. The new version of “Nature’s Best Hope” is aimed
Continue ReadingBy Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story MACON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Police say they were able to arrest their suspects after a tip that the duo, traveling through Appalachian Trail towns, were allegedly selling narcotics to hikers. The Macon County Sheriff’s Office says on Tuesday, April 18, a tip came
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information about what the agent alleges is mishandling of an investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, according to a letter sent to members of Congress. Mark Lytle, the attorney for the IRS whistleblower, wrote to
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press WEST BATH, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who police say confessed to shooting seven people — killing four of them — has made his initial court appearance. A state police affidavit filed in court Thursday noted details of a crime scene including broken glass, bullet holes, blood and guns
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria citing that his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Bakush was captured in Pakistan in 2002; last year a review board found
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