WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities took a man into custody Friday in Florida in connection with the mail-bomb scare that earlier widened to 12 suspicious packages, the FBI and Justice Department said. The man was identified by law enforcement officials as Cesar Sayoc, 56, of Aventura, Florida. He was arrested at an auto parts store…
St. Louis Police report two people have been killed in a multi-vehicle accident near downtown St. Louis. It happened about 9-30 in the 94-hundred block of Riverview Drive and involved a roadside service truck and an SUV. Two adults were pronounced dead at the scene. Six juveniles and one additional adult were taken to an…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:42 a.m. A law enforcement official says the person in custody in connection with package bombs sent to prominent Democrats is a man in his 50s. Two other law enforcement officials said the man was taken…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:10 a.m. The Justice Department says a person has been taken into custody in connection with a series of package bombs sent to prominent Democrats. Spokeswoman Sarah Flores says a news conference is scheduled for later…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department: Person in custody in connection with mailing of pipe bombs.
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to visit Washington next year. Bolton said on Friday in the ex-Soviet nation of Georgia: “We have invited President Putin to Washington after the first of the year for, basically, a full day of consultations.” He says…
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the slaying of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (all times local): 4:30 p.m. The fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says she has not received any condolence call from Saudi officials after the writer was killed in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul. Hatice Cengiz, who is Turkish, also said in…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — and similar in appearance to pipe bomb devices sent to other prominent Democrats — have been intercepted, the FBI said Friday, as investigators scrambled…
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and JULIE WATSON , Associated Press PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico (AP) — The main plaza in Pijijiapan quickly became a makeshift triage center as thousands of Central Americans trudged into this southern Mexico town. A severely dehydrated woman connected to an IV line sat on a plastic chair in the gazebo. Nearby, volunteer nurses took…
(KTRS) ST. LOUIS A man is fatally shot during an altercation with North County Police. Authorities say they were called to Ruesta Drive in Spanish Lake for a disturbance Thursday evening. Officers arrived and noticed a man inside a car with a gun on the seat. A struggle occurred over police trying to get the gun.…