Basketball legend Kobe Bryant and one of his daughters were among nine people killed Sunday morning when a helicopter crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, California, sources and officials said.

A west St. Louis County man accused of murdering his wife is expected to appear in court Monday. 

President Donald Trump's impeachment trial enters a pivotal week as his defense team resumes its case and senators face a critical vote on whether to hear witnesses or proceed directly to a vote that is widely expected to end in his acquittal.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Albert Pujols returned to St. Louis today for his 9th Annual Albert's All-Star game at Missouri Baptist University.  Pujols talked about why this event means so much to him.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- A newly released novel is garnering mixed reviews from readers around the country. The controversy surrounding "American Dirt" by Jeanine Cummins was enough to abruptly cancel a question and answer session hosted by Left Bank Books in the Central West End.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he wanted to maintain a freeze on military assistance to Ukraine until it aided political investigations into his Democratic rivals, former national security adviser John Bolton recounts in a draft of his forthcoming book.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Steve's Hot Dogs and Burgers started as a hot dog cart in 2008 and after 11 years, they will close for good. 

LOS ANGELES (KMOV.com) -- Fans chanted "Kobe, Kobe, Kobe" as they gathered near the Staples Center in LA to pay their respects to the former Lakers star. 

The helicopter company involved in the crash that took the lives of Kobe Bryant and eight others has released a statement.

(CNN) -- Gone but never forgotten. As tributes poured in remembering Kobe Bryant's remarkable basketball career following his death in a helicopter crash on Sunday in California, fans were left cherishing countless memories as they mourned the NBA great's passing.

A St. Louis nonprofit is literally giving kids in the city a smile.

Health officials in Los Angeles County have confirmed a fourth U.S. case of the new pneumonia-like virus from China.

Five people were injured early Sunday in a shooting inside a southwestern Missouri banquet hall, Cape Girardeau police said.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion is expected to play a key role in Missouri's 2020 governor’s race, when voters will decide whether to stick with a Republican who signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. or go with the only Democrat who holds statewide office.

A dog rescuer in Oklahoma City is trying to help a puppy who appears to have three ears and other medical issues.

Abortions in Illinois increased about 7% from 2017 to 2018, mostly from residents of the state who were seeking the procedure, according to the health department.

A 30-year-old man who was reported missing Tuesday night was found dead Saturday afternoon.

North Carolina authorities are investigating a shooting that unfolded shortly after midnight inside a Salisbury restaurant, leaving 14 people injured, at least six of them from gunfire, police said.

An Arizona woman is recovering from surgery after getting a sex toy stuck in her bladder, a case that stunned emergency room doctors and an OBGYN. 

 A former southwestern Missouri fire chief convicted last year of raping a young woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

SIKESTON,Mo. (AP) -- Authorities in southeastern Missouri say four firefighters were injured when the roof of a house where they were battling a fire collapsed on top of them.KFVS reports that fire crews responded Friday evening to the house fire in Sikeston. Arriving firefighters found flam…

An investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death in Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood Saturday night. 

The Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis is issuing a call to action for black men in the community.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- The NHL All-Star Weekend is underway in downtown St. Louis!

Newly released 911 audio reveals an Oklahoma man shot his girlfriend by mistake in the middle of the night. 

A suspect is on the loose after a shooting in Fenton left a man dead and a woman injured.

A North Carolina man is facing a human trafficking charge after police alleged he kept a person in sexual servitude for five years.

President Donald Trump’s lawyers plunged into his impeachment trial defense Saturday by accusing Democrats of striving to overturn the 2016 election, arguing that investigations of Trump’s dealings with Ukraine have not been a fact-finding mission but a politically motivated effort to drive him from the White House.

A Pennsylvania women is being accused of keeping her dependent sister in a cage, according to police.

Two people are in custody in connection with a double shooting that happened in Barnhart, Mo. Saturday afternoon. 

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- The proposed plan to have Bi-State takeover operation of the Loop Trolley and fold it into the Metro system was roundly rejected Friday by local officials, and it may result in a lawsuit from the federal government. 

Sheena McDaniel says she had to place sandbags at her back door because of pooling water that floods into her home.

The man accused shooting Ballwin Police Officer Michael Flamion is expected to go to trial.

A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed at an East St. Louis housing complex Friday morning.

The University of Missouri is tracking all new students on campus this semester through a cellphone app to learn whether they're attending class.

ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) -- Michael Williams lost part of his right leg last June and still struggles getting used to walking with a prosthetic leg.

A New York transit police officer and his fiancée were arrested Friday and charged with murder in connection with the death of the officer's 8-year-old son, Suffolk County police said Friday.

A North Carolina woman said she was surprised to find photos of her three children on a stranger's Facebook page. 

A Louisiana woman is accused of beating a 93-year-old grandmother in a disturbing video.

"I’m with her through sickness and health."

Hunters brought in more than 153,000 deer during the latest archery and firearm seasons, according to updates totals that Illinois officials released this week.

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (KMOV.com) – A woman who prosecutors say was under the influence of prescription drugs during a wrong-way crash in Madison County, Illinois was sentenced to prison Friday.

A small protest was held outside a Clayton law firm Friday in support of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in the Senate appear unmoved by the Democratic push for witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial despite persistent appeals from Rep. Adam Schiff and the other House prosecutors.

A reporter for National Public Radio alleged Friday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo screamed obscenities and demanded she prove she could find Ukraine on an unmarked map after she asked -- and Pompeo refused to answer -- whether he owed former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch an apology.

A Town and County woman was shocked to find a coyote hiding in her basement after getting into a fight with a neighbor's dog.

A 4-year-old boy and his father sustained gunshot wounds to the head after the man's concealed weapon accidentally discharged while the two were play-wrestling, police said.

An Alabama teenager has been arrested for allegedly killing his mother and twin 13-year-old brothers.