SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials say the state has received a major donation that will help those who have suffered severe bleeding as part of a deadly outbreak involving synthetic marijuana. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday said it will receive nearly 800,000 vitamin K tablets, which if taken over…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Judges have scheduled two hearings on Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ request to block those investigating his use of a charity donor list for his gubernatorial campaign. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison is to hold a hearing Tuesday on Greitens’ request to disqualify St. Louis prosecutors from a felony case filed…
By CHARMAINE NORONHA , Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A rented van jumped onto a crowded Toronto sidewalk Monday, killing nine people and injuring 16 before the driver fled and was later arrested in a confrontation with police, Canadian authorities said. Witnesses said the driver was moving fast and appeared to be acting deliberately, but…
By SHEILA BURKE , Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The mentally unstable gunman suspected of killing four people in a late-night shooting at a Waffle House restaurant was arrested near his apartment Monday after hiding from police for more than a day, authorities said. Police and federal agents had mounted a massive manhunt for…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say they will seek to disqualify prosecutors in the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office from a felony case involving the governor’s use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign. Greitens was indicted in February on invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a man who committed robbery and other crimes on a single day when he was 16 and now isn’t eligible for parole until he’s 112 years old. The justices on Monday left in place defendant Bobby Bostic’s 241-year sentence. Bostic’s lawyers argued that…
LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to her third child, a boy weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces (3.8 kilograms). The palace says the child was born at 11:01 a.m. (1001 GMT), a few hours after Kate was admitted to London’s St. Mary’s Hospital in labor. Prince William was…
By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The “Great Kate Wait” entered its final stages Monday, as the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to a London hospital in labor with a third child for her and Prince William. The 36-year-old duchess and her husband traveled by car from their Kensington…
By SHEILA BURKE , Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As an intensive manhunt continued Monday for a half-naked man suspected in the slayings of four people at a Waffle House restaurant, authorities shared reports of previous efforts to contain the gun-loving man with paranoid delusions. More than 80 Nashville police officers continued to search…