KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The company that owns the Ride the Ducks operation in Branson asked a judge Monday to dismiss some of the lawsuits filed after one of its boats sank in a Missouri lake in July, killing 17 people. Ripley Entertainment said in its motions that the boat’s sinking on Table Rock…
By STEVE PEOPLES , Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Republican senator who suddenly sits at the center of the explosive Supreme Court debate promised Monday to oppose President Donald Trump’s nominee should an ongoing federal investigation determine he lied under oath. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, who holds extraordinary leverage in the confirmation process,…
LAS VEGAS, NV (AP) — A flock of doves fluttered skyward at sunrise in Las Vegas on Monday, each bird bearing a leg band with the name of one of the 58 people slain in the deadliest mass shooting in the nation’s modern history one year ago. Marking the anniversary of the night that a…
ST. PAUL, MN (AP) — An ex-girlfriend’s allegation that Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison once physically abused her could not be substantiated because she refused to provide video she said she had of the incident, an attorney with links to the state’s Democratic party who was hired to investigate the claims concluded in a draft report…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — The Latest on the Missouri Senate candidates and the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Republican Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley is calling for an investigation of how Democrats handled allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Hawley on Monday called…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Three people are injured after a car crashed into two other vehicles during a police pursuit that began in St. Louis County and ended in the city. None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening following the accident that happened around 10 a.m. Monday. The injured included the suspect…
WASHINGTON (AP) — American dairy farmers get more access to the Canadian market. U.S. drug companies can fend off generic competition for a few more years. Automakers are under pressure to build more cars where workers earn decent wages. The North American trade agreement hammered out late Sunday between the United States and Canada, following…
SACRAMENTO, CA (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown has approved the nation’s strongest net neutrality law, prompting an immediate lawsuit by the Trump administration and opening the next phase in the battle over regulating the internet. Advocates of net neutrality hope California’s law, which Brown signed Sunday to stop internet providers from favoring certain content…
LADUE, MO (AP) — A mother is suing a northeast Missouri high school for discrimination after her son didn’t make the varsity soccer team and was kicked off the junior varsity team last month. KTVI reports that the mother is identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit against Ladue Horton Watkins High School. Ladue officials said…
BOURBON, MO (AP) — Authorities say a man has drowned after falling off a raft in the Meramec River in eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victim as 55-year-old Matthew Lawless, of Florissant. The patrol says he fell overboard Saturday, briefly resurfaced and then went under water again. His body was recovered…