WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden’s march to the Democratic presidential nomination quickened its pace Tuesday with dominating victories in Michigan, Missouri and Mississippi. The win in Michigan was most significant because it was a state that Bernie Sanders won four years ago. This time, Biden assembled a coalition of voters that was broad enough not…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in Missouri. Missouri voters on Tuesday picked the former vice president as their choice to face off against Republican President Donald Trump in November. The former vice president’s win over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders highlights his strength in the Midwest and in conservative-leaning…
(KTRS) On Tuesday, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against Jim Bakker and Morningside Church Productions, Inc. for misrepresentations about the effectiveness of “Silver Solution” as a treatment for 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The lawsuit alleges that in a February 12, 2020 Jim Bakker Show production that aired…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of passengers aboard a cruise ship struck by the coronavirus are anxiously awaiting their turn to leave the vessel, even if means being shipped to military bases for weeks of quarantine. More people were scheduled to leave the ship Tuesday after several hundred were released on Monday. The ship docked…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s presidential primary got off to a rough start for some voters in the state’s most populous county. St. Louis County elections officials said Tuesday that problems with electronic poll books meant that ballots could not be printed at some of its 400 polling sites. Election Director Rick Stream says…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brett Connolly scored early in the third period and Chris Driedger stopped 26 shots, leading the Florida Panthers to a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Monday night. Mike Hoffman also scored for Florida and Aleksi Saarela assisted on both Panthers goals, the first assists of his career. He…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) — Missouri senators have passed a bill to ban marijuana-infused candy for medical use. State senators voted 28-1 for the bill Monday. It now heads to the state House. The bill would prohibit edible marijuana products that could be geared toward children, such as candies or gummies shaped like animals or…
Beijing, China (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded from record-setting declines after U.S. futures rose on President Donald Trump’s announcement he would ask for a tax cut and other steps to ease the pain of a spreading coronavirus outbreak. The gains follow Wall Street’s biggest one-day drop since the 2008 global crisis. Oil prices…