SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Italy’s foreign minister says North Korea’s rocket launch puts at risk both international and regional security, as well as peace. Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni noted in a statement that Sunday’s launch comes just one month after North Korea conducted a nuclear test, making for the North’s “latest provocation.” He said…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri lawmaker says he’s pleased that a colleague dropped a restraining order against him, but says the man was trying to hurt his reputation. Representative Courtney Allen Curtis confirmed Friday he dropped the restraining order against Representative Michael Butler. Curtis and Butler are St. Louis-area Democrats. Curtis says Butler…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers appears to have little chance in Missouri. More than a dozen states have strengthened laws over the past two years on gun ownership for convicted domestic abusers, a rare area of consensus in the national gun debate. St.…
