CLAYTON, MO (AP) — New sample ballots for the Nov. 6 election will be sent out to 12 percent of St. Louis County voters after they received the wrong sample ballots in the mail due to a print vendor’s mistake. Election officials said Wednesday that the mistake does not affect any real ballots, including absentee…
WASHINGTON (AP) — NYPD’s chief of counterterrorism says the explosive device sent to CNN’s headquarters in New York appeared to be sent by the same person who mailed pipe bombs to George Soros, Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama. John Miller and FBI officials said a news conference the devices all appeared to be…
SPANISH LAKE, MO (AP) — Horses near an elementary school in northeast Missouri caused a brief shutdown at the school after deciding to go on a short romp. Six or seven of horses from the Division Cavalry Brigade barn in north St. Louis County wandered the campus of Larimore Elementary School Tuesday, causing officials to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is echoing his vice president’s condemnation of explosives sent to the homes of Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama. Trump retweeted a message from Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday, adding “I agree wholeheartedly!” In his tweet, Pence condemned “attempted attacks against fmr Pres Obama, the Clintons, @CNN &…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders say that the person or people who sent explosives to the homes of Hillary Clinton and former President Barack Obama should be brought to justice. House Speaker Paul Ryan said they were “reprehensible acts” and “we cannot tolerate any attempt to terrorize public figures.” The U.S. Secret Service said…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — An Illinois appellate court has ruled that a state labor board erred when it declared that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s negotiations with a state labor union were at a standstill. The ruling Tuesday by the Fourth District Appellate Court sends the issue back to the Illinois State Labor Relations Board. The board…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service has intercepted a bomb that was addressed to Hillary Clinton and also discovered a possible explosive that was sent to former President Barack Obama. Also Wednesday, a police bomb squad was sent to CNN’s offices in New York City and the newsroom…
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Joplin police are investigating an Uber driver’s report that she was raped by a customer. Capt. Trevor Duncan says police learned of the attack when the 50-year-old woman sought treatment Sunday at a Joplin hospital. The Joplin Globe reports the Uber driver told police she drove two men to a downtown…
By MICHAEL BALSAMO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says a “functional explosive device” was found at Hillary and Bill Clinton’s suburban New York home. The official says investigators believe the explosive is linked to one found Monday at the compound of liberal billionaire George Soros. The official wasn’t authorized to publicly…
By AYA BATRAWY , Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday will give his first speech to an international audience since the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Prince Mohammed’s anticipated remarks at the Future Investment Initiative summit in Riyadh come…