ST. LOUIS (AP) — A special legislative committee investigating Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says it will release its report Wednesday. A news release from the Missouri House says the House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight is scheduled to release its findings at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The investigation is a potential precursor to impeachment proceedings. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sex offenders convicted of lower-level crimes would be able to petition to have their names removed from a state registry under a bill that a Senate committee is considering. The Columbia Missourian reports that Republican Rep. Kurt Bahr’s bill already has passed the House. It would create a tiered system,…
By JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens are conducting a “smear campaign” against a woman with whom he had an affair as he awaits trial next month on allegations that he took and transmitted a nonconsensual photo of the woman while she was partially nude, the woman’s attorney…
WASHINGTON (AP) — If his notes are any indication, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expected senators to ask whether he’d resign. His notes acknowledge he’s made mistakes and say the company is facing a “big challenge” but will solve this one too. Zuckerberg’s notes were briefly visible to an Associated Press photographer during a hearing Tuesday…
ST. LOUIS (AP) St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison has issued a partial gag order for attorneys and witnesses in the criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Burlison issued the order Tuesday in response to a request from St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Gardner expressed concern that Greitens’ attorneys were trying the case in…
CHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. The Illinois Democrat announced she delivered her second daughter, Maile (MY-lee) Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday. Her office says Duckworth is recovering well and asked for privacy. Duckworth, a 50-year-old veteran…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of four people at a southwest Missouri home as a murder-suicide. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader says those found dead Monday afternoon at the home south of Branson West were a 47-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 75-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. Their names haven’t…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics that include a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Trump. The raid prompted a new blast Tuesday from the…