ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Political committees with ties to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and former President Barack Obama are aiming digital messages to black voters in five states with pivotal U.S. senate races. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Senate Majority PAC and Priorities USA Action plan to spend “seven figures” in Missouri,…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says state tax credits for low-income housing won’t be issued until lawmakers revamp the program. Parson on Monday said in the meantime, he will still consider voting for federal low-income housing tax credits but won’t support state tax credits. Parson is among Missouri Housing Development Commission…
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby’s sentencing hearing (all times local): 2 p.m. Bill Cosby has been sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and molesting a woman at his suburban Philadelphia home. Judge Steven O’Neill sentenced Cosby on Tuesday, five months after his conviction in the first…
NORRISTOWN, PA (AP) — A judge declared Bill Cosby a “sexually violent predator” on Tuesday as he prepared to sentence the 81-year-old comedian for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over a decade ago. The classification means that Cosby must undergo monthly counseling for the rest of his life and report quarterly to authorities. His…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The co-founders of Instagram are resigning their positions with the social media company without explanation. Chief Executive Kevin Systrom said in a statement late Monday that he and Mike Krieger, Instagram’s chief technical officer, plan to leave the company in the next few weeks and take time off “to explore our…
WELLSTON, MO (AP) — A St. Louis area high school is closed until Thursday after vandals sprayed fire extinguishers, damaged classrooms and shattered glass. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that district director of communications Sharifah Sims-Williams says the vandals “just made a mess” over the weekend at Normandy High School. The damage covers all three floors…
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (AP) — The president of Southeast Missouri State University is apologizing after he was captured on video drinking from a beer bong at a tailgate party. The Southeast Missourian reports that president Carlos Vargas-Aburto said in an email that it was a “poor decision” to accept the drink before Southeast’s Sept. 15 football…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s appearance at the U.N. General Assembly (all times local): 10:20 a.m. President Donald Trump is holding up the whole world. Trump ran a bit late for his once-a-year speech at the U.N. General Assembly, forcing organizers to change the order of speakers. Trump was scheduled…
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and MICHAEL R. SISAK , Associated Press NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Facing the possibility of prison at 81, Bill Cosby arrived at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse Tuesday to learn his punishment for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman over a decade ago in what led to the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges — for now — against three St. Louis police officers accused of falsifying time sheets and getting paid for overtime they didn’t perform. A bench trial had been set for Monday for officers Michael Langsdorf, Emin Talic, and Dan O’Brien. The decision to drop the charges was…