By DAVID CRARY , AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No one has been hurt or killed. But the wave of mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats this week has angered and dismayed some of the people affected personally by past acts of political violence in the United States. In the past 60 years alone,…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s health department says it mailed more than 10,400 letters to notify people that there was a security breach of personal information. According to a Friday release from the Health and Senior Services Department, the 2016 breach included names, dates of birth and in some cases social security numbers. The…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Missouri next week for a campaign rally. The rally is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Columbia Regional Airport. Trump has made several appearances in Missouri in support of Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley, who is running against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill in…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the cancellation of Megyn Kelly’s NBC morning show (all times local): 4 p.m. A lawyer for Megyn Kelly says that she remains an employee of NBC News following the cancellation of her morning show and negotiations about “next steps” are ongoing. Attorney Bryan Freedman did not elaborate on…
CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Democrat Brendan Kelly listened as the people crowded inside a Southern Illinois University conference room talked about how trouble at the Carbondale campus has brought trouble for the whole region. Decreasing enrollment means jobs aren’t filled when employees quit or retire. A local furniture store that used to sell a truckload…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A crane as tall as the Verruckt water slide in Kansas City, Kansas, is now in position to dismantle the attraction where a 10-year-old boy was killed more than two years ago. A spokeswoman for the Schlitterbahn water park told the Kansas City Star that demolition work is expected to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages, the FBI and Justice Department said. The man was identified by law enforcement officials as Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Florida. He was arrested at an auto parts store…
St. Louis Police report two people have been killed in a multi-vehicle accident near downtown St. Louis. It happened about 9-30 in the 94-hundred block of Riverview Drive and involved a roadside service truck and an SUV. Two adults were pronounced dead at the scene. Six juveniles and one additional adult were taken to an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:42 a.m. A law enforcement official says the person in custody in connection with package bombs sent to prominent Democrats is a man in his 50s. Two other law enforcement officials said the man was taken…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:10 a.m. The Justice Department says a person has been taken into custody in connection with a series of package bombs sent to prominent Democrats. Spokeswoman Sarah Flores says a news conference is scheduled for later…