By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Like actors rehearsing a script, Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday publicly read aloud the previously secret criminal case transcripts of a woman who accused Gov. Eric Greitens of sexual misconduct and asserted that his attorney suggested she should deny it. The unusual scene played…
By JAE C. HONG and SOPHIA YAN , Associated Press PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Authorities were racing Tuesday to close off production wells at a geothermal plant threatened by a lava flow from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island. Workers were capping the 11th and last well at the plant to prevent toxic gases from…
By JAKE PEARSON , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime business partner of President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, whose business dealings are being scrutinized by federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a state tax fraud case that requires him to cooperate in any ongoing investigation, according to a person briefed…
St. Louis, MO (AP) A St. Louis judge has continued the computer data tampering case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to July 2. Judge Madeline Connolly issued the ruling during a brief hearing Tuesday. Jack Garvey, one of Greitens’ attorneys, says the delay is because the case is still pending before a grand jury. The…
By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks before his planned North Korea summit, President Donald Trump is staring down a dealmaker’s worst nightmare: overpromising and under-delivering. As the Singapore meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un draws near, the president and his allies are growing increasingly anxious about…
Alton, IL (KTRS) The Major Case Squad continues to investigate a double murder in the metro-east. Investigators say police responded to a shooting at just before 11 p.m. Monday in the 3100 block Lawn Street in Alton. Upon arrival, two men were found dead inside of a residence. The victims are identified as 30-year-old Elijah Ingram…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A Silver Advisory is in effect for an elderly man who went missing in south St. Louis. Police say 95-year-old John Thomas Webb, who suffers from dementia, called his wife from White Castle on Gravois around 5 p.m. Monday and asked for directions. Webb was last seen traveling northbound on Gravois Ave.…