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"I was stunned and saddened to learn about the alleged misconduct of Carter Ballmann and have immediately terminated him from my office," said state Rep. Mark Matthiesen, R-Maryland Heights.

Leonard Debello was initially charged with a hate crime after the February 2016 incident.

Police say the 23-year-old man who was shot in the back near the Grove entertainment district is breathing and conscious.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The chief accuser at Bill Cosby's sexual-assault retrial talked about framing a celebrity before going to police with her allegations in 2005, a key defense witness testified on Wednesday, a day that also featured prosecutors introducing…

St. Louis singer Tish Haynes Keys saw her run on NBC TV’s “The Voice” end during Wednesday night’s broadcast, the third day of the show’s live rounds.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach violated a court order that required his office to inform certain people that they were eligible to cast a ballot while a lawsuit challenging a state law requiring proof…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. airline regulators said Wednesday that they will order inspections on engine fan blades like the one involved in fatal failure that killed a woman in a plane that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.

The state's homicide rate for blacks reached 46.24 per 100,000, far outstripping the national average of 18.68 per 100,000, in 2015, the Violence Policy Center says.

Defense lawyers say the criminal case against Greitens should be dismissed; prosecutors say alleged victim has been "wholly consistent."

Richard Syberg and his wife, Sally, opened the first Syberg's in 1980. There are now six locations and two spinoffs.

Their $14 million acquisition is just not ready yet to compete in high-leverage situations. The numbers don’t lie. In four appearances, Holland has one strikeout and seven walks. His walks and hits per innings pitched is a ghastly 3.857.

"There's been interest from the White House about how this is playing out politically in Missouri," said one Republican, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

ATLANTA (AP) — A Delta jet that departed Atlanta for London on Wednesday reported smoke coming from one of its engines and returned safely to the airport where firefighters doused the engine with powerful sprays, authorities said.

Caruana is, in many regards, regular. He likes to jog in Forest Park and peruse City Museum. He enjoys rock and hip-hop music.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Playboy model who said she had a 10-month affair with President Donald Trump settled her lawsuit Wednesday with a supermarket tabloid over an agreement that prohibited her from discussing the relationship publicly.

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As his frustration with the investigation into his campaign and business expands into threatening new fronts, President Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday whether he plans to fire special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney…

A mother is outraged after seeing a photo of her 7-month-old son tied up in a sleep sack at day care.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Who doesn't like babies?

Republicans portraying Democratic takeover of Senate as a threat to tax cuts they passed in December

Attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens have asked a Cole County judge to put the brakes on Attorney General Josh Hawley's investigation of Greitens' former charity, The Mission Continues.