Triple Murder Trial Postponed Because of Attorney’s Illness

WARRENTON, MO (AP) — The trial of a suspect facing the death penalty after a triple homicide has been postponed. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports 27-year-old Shawn Kavanagh’s trial on three counts of first-degree murder and other charges was scheduled to begin Wednesday. One of Kavanaugh’s lawyers, Robert Lundt, asked for a postponement because he was too…

Accuser’s Story of Attack Roils Plan for Kavanaugh Vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation for the Supreme Court is taking an uncertain turn as Republican senators express concern over a woman’s private-turned-public allegation that a drunken Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes at a party when they were teenagers. The White House and other Kavanaugh supporters had dismissed…