ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — In a brief and subdued speech to hundreds of St. Louis area police officers, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens praised law enforcement while making no reference to his own legal problems. Greitens spoke Wednesday at an annual breakfast of the St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association. He told the officers that…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press . ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday that a man confessed to knocking over about 120 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in University City last year and that it doesn’t seem to have been motivated by hatred. The vandalism at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City…
By SOPHIA BOLLAG and DON THOMPSON , Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A DNA match led to the arrest of a 72-year-old former police officer in one of the most baffling and sadistic crime sprees of the 1970s and ’80s — a string of at least 12 slayings and 45 rapes in California by…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House is advancing a proposal to ban public contractors from protesting Israel. House lawmakers gave the bill initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. If enacted, it would prohibit state and local governments from contracting with companies boycotting Israel. The bill is in response to an increasingly visible…
By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is saving one of its biggest cases for last. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several mostly muslim countries. It’s the last case the justices will hear until October. The Trump administration is asking the…