ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis have identified the victim of a Halloween morning shooting and announced an arrest in the case. Television station KMOV reports that 45-year-old Leeland Ross has been arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter in the Sunday killing of 41-year-old Demetrius Combs. Police say Combs was found shot in
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers A government advisory panel is discussing which schoolchildren should get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration last week OK’d the emergency use of kid-size doses for children ages 5 to 11. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also must sign off
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers A government advisory panel is discussing which schoolchildren should get Pfizer’s pediatric COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration last week OK’d the emergency use of kid-size doses for children ages 5 to 11. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also must sign off
Continue Reading By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares of Tesla Inc. tumbled almost 4% in midday trading on Tuesday after its CEO and founder Elon Musk tweeted that a contract to sell 100,000 cars to Hertz had not been signed, suggesting the deal had not been finalized. Shortly after the market
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By The Associated Press The PGA Tour goes from one vacation destination in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean to another one in Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico. The difference between Bermuda and Mayakoba is the strength of field. The World Wide Technology Championship has its strongest field since it began in 2007. That
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street Tuesday ahead of more news this week on the Federal Reserve and the jobs market. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% in the first few minutes of trading, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq were little changed. Small-company stocks
Continue Reading The Associated Press Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street Tuesday ahead of more news this week on the Federal Reserve and the jobs market. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% in the first few minutes of trading, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq were little changed. Small-company stocks
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Germán Padinger (CNN) — Los asesores independientes de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC) aprobaron recomendar la vacuna de Pfizer contra el covid-19 para los niños de 5 a 11 años. El Comité Asesor sobre Prácticas de Inmunización (ACIP, por sus siglas en inglés), el grupo independiente de
Continue Reading WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish hospital says doctors and midwives did everything they could to save the lives of a pregnant woman and her fetus in a case that has put the spotlight on new restrictions on Poland’s abortion law. The 30-year-old woman died of septic shock in her 22nd week of pregnancy. Doctors
Continue Reading By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian families in a tense neighborhood of Jerusalem have rejected an offer that would have delayed their eviction by Jewish settlers. The families’ plight helped ignite protests and clashes earlier this year that eventually led to the 11-day Gaza war. The families said in
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — BP reported soaring profits Tuesday on the back of surging oil and gas prices as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The British energy giant also warned that gas markets would remain “tight” over the coming months, which will likely further pressure household budgets. The
Continue Reading By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — BP reported soaring profits Tuesday on the back of surging oil and gas prices as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The British energy giant also warned that gas markets would remain “tight” over the coming months, which will likely further pressure household budgets. The
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The Asian Development Bank says it has won commitments of $665 million to support climate-related projects in Southeast Asia. The Manila, Philippines-based lender manages a regional platform that has targeted a total of $7 billion for such spending. It says the new funding announced at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow,
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN Ethiopia will lose access to a lucrative US trade program due to human rights violations unless it takes significant steps toward ending the ongoing conflict and alleviating the humanitarian crisis by the start of 2022, senior administration officials said Tuesday. President Joe Biden has determined that Ethiopia is out of compliance
Continue Reading By Stephanie Baumer, Digital Content Producer Click here for updates on this story PONTOON BEACH, Illinois (KMOV) — The life of fallen Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins will be remembered at a funeral service Tuesday morning. Visitation was held from 1-7 p.m. Monday at the Gateway Convention Center in Collinsville. A first responder walk-through line-up
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A state government building in Jefferson City went up in flames on Monday night causing East Elm Street between Eldorado Drive and Nelson Drive to remain closed for part of Tuesday. Due to ongoing operations with the fire, officials said the road is expected to remain closed until later Tuesday. Officials
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Families are spreading bulks of marigold petals, lighting up candles for their loved ones and some are even wearing colorful skull makeup. It’s Día de los Muertos. The Mexican holiday, also known as Day of the Dead, extends over the first two days of November and has nothing to do with
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The mayors of Seattle and Freetown in Sierra Leone greeted each other like long lost sisters on a train hurtling toward the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow. They have been bonded by years of Zoom calls and collaboration in the fight against climate change, even though
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The mayors of Seattle and Freetown in Sierra Leone greeted each other like long lost sisters on a train hurtling toward the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow. They have been bonded by years of Zoom calls and collaboration in the fight against climate change, even though
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say one man has died and another person was critically wounded in a shooting in north Wichita. Police say the shooting happened just before 5:30 p.m. Monday in an area several blocks east of the Little Arkansas River. Arriving officers entered an apartment, where they found a 20-year-old man with
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