By ROBERT BURNS and CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday put off a final decision on possible military strikes against Syria after tweeting earlier that they could happen “very soon or not so soon at all.” The White House said he would consult further with allies. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says claims by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ attorneys that she purposefully hid evidence are an unwarranted attempt to distract from a pending criminal case against the governor. Greitens’ attorneys on Thursday accused Gardner of misconduct for withholding a videotaped interview of a woman with…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) There’s new developments in the criminal case against Governor Eric Greitens. Fox 2 reports that the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office turned of a video deposition of Greitens’ former mistress to the court Wednesday at 6 p.m. Greitens’ lawyers were told the interview was lost because the video machine didn’t work.…
Jennings, MO (KTRS) A Jennings man is accused in the murder of a child. Twenty-four-year-old Corey Miller is charged with second degree murder in the death of 2-year-old Cayden Carson. Investigators say on Sunday officers responded to a residence in the 5600 block of Helen Avenue for a sick case. Upon arrival, officers located an unresponsive…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are weighing after the release of the House Special Committee report on embattled Governor Eric Greitens. The cites testimony from a woman who claims Greitens initiated a physically aggressive unwanted sexual encounter and threatened to distribute a partially nude photo of her if she…
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted President Donald Trump’s call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House’s portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. The Democratic…
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Women who say comedian Bill Cosby knocked them out with intoxicants and sexually assaulted them decades ago are finally getting a chance to confront him — and they aren’t holding back. Janice Baker-Kinney will return to the witness stand on Thursday after punctuating her first two…