JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is polling supporters as she considers whether to vote for President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee — a decision that could make or break her re-election campaign. McCaskill in a Tuesday email asked campaign supporters to fill out a survey on the nomination of…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Lugging little backpacks, smiling immigrant children were scooped up into their parents’ arms Tuesday as the Trump administration scrambled to meet a court-ordered deadline to reunite dozens of youngsters forcibly separated from their families at the border. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, two boys and a girl who had been in temporary…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prosecutors accuse a 26-year-old St. Louis man of dunking an 8-month-old boy in water so hot that some of his skin burned off and he was left with brain damage. Anthony Patrick Jr. was charged Sunday with felony child abuse or neglect causing serious injury. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s past writings that a president should not be distracted by lawsuits and investigations could become a flashpoint in what’s already shaping up to be a contentious confirmation battle. With special counsel Robert Mueller investigating whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, questions about whether a chief executive can…
By LISA MASCARO , AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh plunged into his confirmation battle Tuesday, meeting face-to-face with Senate leaders in what promises to be an intense debate over abortion rights, presidential power and other legal disputes that could reshape the court and roil this fall’s elections. Kavanaugh…
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and STEPHEN WRIGHT , Associated Press MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — “Everyone is safe.” With those three words posted on Facebook the daring rescue mission to extricate 12 boys and their soccer coach from the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in Thailand came to a close on Tuesday — a grueling…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The idea Judge Brett Kavanaugh serving on the U.S. Supreme Court is not sitting well with several local groups. The National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis hosted a National Day of Action Press Conference outside of the old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis. Representatives from several organizations, including NARAL Pro Choice…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) It was a violent night in the city of St. Louis. Police say a 41-year-old man was fatally shot in the 3200 block of Bailey in north St. Louis at just before 9:30 p.m. Monday. The victim’s name hasn’t been released and there’s no word on a motive or of any arrests.…
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s navy SEALs say all 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in far northern Thailand, ending an ordeal that lasted more than two weeks. They say the four boys and coach rescued Tuesday, after other rescues in the previous two days, are all…
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — Three ambulances, their lights flashing, have been seen leaving the site of the flooded Thai cave where rescuers are involved in an all-out effort to rescue members of a youth soccer team and their coach trapped deep within. Earlier Tuesday, Thai navy SEALS said a ninth boy had been brought…