PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 1,000 people have poured into one of Pittsburgh’s largest synagogues to mourn the two intellectually disabled brothers who were killed in Saturday’s massacre. Rabbi Jeffrey Myers says Cecil and David Rosenthal were the very definition of “beautiful souls” at their joint funeral Tuesday at Rodef Shalom. Myers also survived the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Appeals court judges say a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s new voter photo identification law can proceed. A Western District Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday undid a lower judge’s earlier decision to toss the case, meaning it can move forward. At issue is a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s effort to end birthright citizenship (all times local): 2:20 p.m. House Speaker Paul Ryan says President Donald Trump can’t end birthright citizenship on his own. The top Republican tells WVLK radio in Kentucky, “Well you obviously cannot do that. You cannot end birthright citizenship with an…
BOSTON, MA (AP) — James “Whitey” Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America’s most wanted men, died in federal prison. He was 89. Bulger was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the U.S. penitentiary in West Virginia where he’d just been…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Republicans are not in danger of losing control of the state Legislature in this year’s election but said they are concerned about losing about a dozen legislative seats around the state’s metropolitan areas. If enough of those districts switch to Democrats, the Republican party could lose its super majority…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — There was good news in an August letter to The Associated Press: The Illinois attorney general’s public access counselor had ruled in favor of the AP’s Freedom of Information Act request for records that the Department of Human Services had refused to disclose. The bad news: The AP requested them in…
By ANICK JESDANUN and MAE ANDERSON , AP Technology Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Apple’s new iPads will more closely resemble its latest iPhones as they ditch a home button and fingerprint sensor to make more room for the screen. As with the latest iPhone models — the XR and XS —the new iPad Pro will…
CUBA, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri home where a racial slur was recently spray-painted on a wall has been destroyed by fire, prompting state and local investigations. The fire broke out Saturday near Cuba, Missouri, about 85 miles southwest of St. Louis. The family was out of town at the time. The Crawford County…
St. Clair County, IL (KTRS) Two men are facing charges in the death of a Washington Park police officer. St. Clair County State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly announced Tuesday morning that Chaunt’ Tuan Gillespie and Valention Miller, both 19, were charged with involuntary manslaughter and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in the death of Auxiliary…
By ZEKE MILLER and ALLEN G. BREED , Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — To Marianne Novy, President Donald Trump isn’t wanted “unless he really changes his ways.” For David Dvir, politics should take a pause for grief: “It’s our president, and we need to welcome him.” Trump is once again called upon to step into the…