ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri voters on Tuesday will consider a ballot measure that supporters say would make state government more ethical. Constitutional Amendment 1, the so-called “Clean Missouri” proposal, aims to replace Missouri’s system for drawing state legislative districts with a model designed to have the number of seats won by each party more…
By GARY FINEOUT and TAMARA LUSH , Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A man trying to stop a shooting attack on a Florida yoga studio said Sunday that he wrestled with the attacker after his gun jammed, a move credited with giving others time to flee the rampage that killed two people and wounded…
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Florida’s lone bright spot after another lopsided loss to Missouri: It won’t have to face Drew Lock again. Lock picked apart Florida’s defense for the second straight year, throwing three touchdown passes to lead the Tigers to a 38-17 victory against the 13th-ranked Gators on Saturday Lock completed 24 of 32 passes…
By ASIM TANVEER , Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The husband of a Christian woman acquitted eight years after being sentenced to death for blasphemy, but not released after countrywide protests, appealed on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May to help the family leave Pakistan. Asia Bibi’s husband,…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has approvingly evoked former President Ronald Reagan. She said she would back President Donald Trump if he stopped a migrant caravan at the border. And speaking on Fox News, she has decried “crazy Democrats.” What is the Democratic senator up to?…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO , Associated Press ROME (AP) — Storms lashing Sicily have killed at least 12 people with torrential floods, Italian authorities said as the country’s leader headed Sunday to the stricken Mediterranean island. Divers pulled out nine of those victims from a home flooded by a rapidly swelling river in the countryside near…