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Private jets collide at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, killing 1 person, authorities say

7 months ago
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — One person was killed and others were injured when a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil collided with another jet Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities said. Neil's jet was landing at the airport when it veered off the runway and collided with another parked [...]
SEJAL GOVINDARAO and HALLIE GOLDEN, Associated Press

71-year-old killed in Iron County single-vehicle crash

7 months ago
IRON COUNTY, Mo. - One man is dead after a single-car crash Monday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a 71-year-old House Springs man was traveling northbound along Route N, around eight miles north of Johnson Shut Ins State Park. Just before 4 p.m., the vehicle traveled off the left side of the [...]
Megan Mueller

St. Louis finds budding business partnership in Rwanda

7 months ago
Mentioning Rwanda rewinds the mind to 1994 and one of the worst genocides in history. Many of the more than 800,000 people killed during the 100-day massacre are remembered inside the Genocide Memorial in Rwanda’s capital city of Kigali. 30 years later, reconciling the atrocities that occurred—with a focus on unity and progress—has turned Kigali into one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies.
Mike Colombo

Western Illinois University looks to add new program with latest senate bill

7 months ago
Western Illinois University is looking for an upgrade to its Quad Cities campus. State Senate Bill 1308, introduced by State Sen. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, could potentially bring $7.2 million to help fund the project. The university president wants an innovation center to help bridge the school's programs with the Quad Cities' workforce. "We know [...]
Gavin Waidelich

Trump pardons ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich 5 years after commuting his sentence

7 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose 14-year sentence for political corruption charges he commuted during his first term. The Republican president called the Democratic former governor, who once appeared on Trump’s reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice,” “a very fine person” and said the conviction and prison [...]
ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press