WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a plan to lower prices for some prescription drugs, saying it would stop unfair practices that force Americans to pay much more than people in other countries for the same medications. “We are taking aim at the global…
WELLSTON, MO (AP) — A man has been charged with robbing a suburban St. Louis bank with a note scrawled on the back of a losing lottery ticket. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 42-year-old Joseph Thomas, of St. Louis was charged Wednesday with stealing or attempting to steal from a Regions Bank in Wellston, which…
By AYA BATRAWY and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA , Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Signaling a major pivot in its narrative, Saudi Arabia on Thursday said evidence shows that the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was premeditated, an apparent effort to ease international outrage over the death of a prominent critic of Crown Prince Mohammed…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Nearly 200 St. Louis business owners are calling for voters to approve Proposition B, the ballot initiative to raise Missouri’s minimum wage. On Thursday morning, a group of business owners joined state and local lawmakers during a press conference at Bridge Bread in south St. Louis to show their support. Those…
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi (all times local): 9:30 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country is prepared to take “appropriate measures together with international partners” following the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Merkel’s office didn’t elaborate on the warning in a statement Thursday following…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats and CNN (all times local): 3:10 p.m. Investigators probing crude pipe bombs sent to prominent Democrats are trying to determine whether the devices were intended to detonate or whether they were simply sent to sow fear. That’s according to two law enforcement officials…
EMINENCE, MO (AP) — The Missouri Department of Conservation is asking the public for any information about who shot and killed an elk calf in Shannon County. The calf was born in July in Shannon County and was fitted with a radio collar. It was found shot in the head near a road a few…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — Republican Josh Hawley’s Senate campaign will donate a $2,500 contribution from a political action committee accused of scamming donors by claiming to support police officers. Campaign spokeswoman Kelli Ford said the money from the Police Action Fund will be contributed to the Missouri Sheriffs’ Association and the Missouri Police Chiefs…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists are classifying 18 U.S. volcanoes as a “very high threat” because of what’s been happening inside them and how close they are to people. The U.S. Geological Survey is updating its volcano threat assessments for the first time since 2005. The danger list is topped by Hawaii’s Kilauea, which has…
By ROBERT BURNS , AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to sign an order as early as Thursday sending 800 or more troops to the southern border to support the Border Patrol, a U.S. official said. Mattis is responding to a request from President Donald Trump, who says he’s…