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The Pro Bowl linebacker was back on the practice field Wednesday after serving a suspension in Week 1 for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. He will try to bolster a pass rush Sunday at Buffalo that was virtually nonexistent in a 40-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons last weekend.

The Rams lost Sunday for the 66th time in their past 81 games. But it has not dimmed their new-found competitive fire under first-year coach Jeff Fisher.

The president ordered increased security at U.S. diplomatic posts around the world.

Two of the three residents were home Tuesday night during the armed apartment robbery.

Between five and eight shots were fired in the street in northeast Columbia.

The FBI says surveillance video indicates the man who robbed an Erie, Pa., bank is the same man responsible for nine previous heists in eight other states since June 21, including one in Columbia.

Pike County Sheriff Stephen Korte said 40-year-old William John Thomas Wilkerson of Florissant was captured overnight in St. Louis County.

Mary Hull-Lovett, the first female pastor of the 145-year-old St. Paul A.M.E. Church, has led the church for seven years.

The San Diego Padres beat the Cardinals 6-4 Tuesday night to send the slumping World Series champions to their 10th loss in 14 games.

The annual veto session that kicks off Wednesday carries some suspense this year for at least two bills.

Republican Sens. Jim Lembke of St. Louis and Brian Nieves of Washington, Mo., were the only state senators to get a perfect score from the conservative group.

The program takes food from four restaurants at Lambert Airport in St. Louis. It will be processed as compost and sold as soil additives for farms and gardens.

Gov. Jay Nixon reconvened the Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission to recommend changes to the state's tax credit programs.

The bill now moves onto the Missouri House of Representatives to be voted upon.