Immigrants wait overnight next to the U.S.-Mexico border fence to seek asylum in the United States on Jan. 07, 2023 as viewed from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. As of August, there is a backlog of more than 2.6 million pending immigration cases, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a research center at Syracuse University. (John […]
ST. PETERS, Mo. – A suspect faces nine felonies after an apparent road rage shooting Thursday morning in St. Peters. The St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Demario Williams, 28, with four counts of armed criminal action, two counts of first-degree assault, first-degree child endangerment, unlawful use of a weapon, and resisting arrest […]
ROME (AP) — Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday, making a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine. Francis presided over Easter Sunday Mass in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square and then delivered a heartfelt […]
A woman died in a house fire in Peters Township on Thursday afternoon. The fire was reported to Washington County 911 by a family member just before 2:30 p.m. Cathleen Castagna, 67, died in the fire. Washington County Coroner Timothy Warco said the fire was extinguished by the time the 911 call was made. The […]
A Peters Township man is accused of stabbing another man inside an Uber. The incident happened on Jan. 12, according to court documents. The Uber driver told police his two passengers got into a fight. One passenger, identified as Christopher Cavanagh, pulled out a knife. The driver stopped the vehicle and ran to safety. Police […]
The Vatican has unveiled plans for a year-long restoration of the monumental canopy over the main altar of St Peter’s Basilica. The plan is to complete the work on Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s masterpiece, which will cost around 700,000 euros (£601,000), before 2025 which is a year of Jubilee in the Catholic church. The restoration and […]