By CHUCK BURTON and MARTHA WAGGONER , Associated Press WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — With one of North Carolina’s largest cities still mostly cut off by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence, officials prepared to begin distributing food, water and tarps to Wilmington residents as yet more people were rescued from submerged inland neighborhoods. Workers will begin handing…
CHRISTOPHER WEBER , Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After announcing that he’ll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company for the week-long journey. The Japanese billionaire said he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the…
An auto-accident kills a Warrenton County, Missouri, teenager while heading to school Monday. The Missouri Highway Patrols says 17-year-old Megan N. Gross, of Wright city, lost her life after a car she was riding in, attempted to pass a Semi on Veterans Memorial Parkway near Highway 47. The two vehicles collided, sending the kids car…
By CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday declassified a trove of documents related to the early days of the FBI’s Russia investigation, including portions of a secret surveillance warrant and former FBI Director James Comey’s text messages. Trump made the extraordinary move in response to calls from his…
By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans abruptly laid plans Monday for a Senate committee hearing at which Brett Kavanaugh and the woman alleging he sexually assaulted her decades ago will testify publicly, as GOP leaders grudgingly opted for a dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the accusation from…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump grudgingly opened the door Monday to “a little delay” in a Senate vote on Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, even as top Republicans fought to prevent the accusation that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted a fellow high school student from morphing into a mortal blow to the nomination. Kavanaugh and…
LAREDO, TX (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor charged in the killings of four women knew the victims and targeted them for their vulnerability, authorities said Monday, as some feared more deaths at the hands of the agent remained undiscovered. Though investigators didn’t detail Juan David Ortiz’s history with the women, who were believed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of foster children may be getting powerful psychiatric drugs prescribed to them without basic safeguards, says a federal watchdog agency that found a failure to care for youngsters whose lives have already been disrupted. A report released Monday by the Health and Human Services inspector general’s office found that about 1 in 3…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s U.S. senators want a review of sexual misconduct allegations made against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Republican Sen. Roy Blunt on Monday said the Senate Judiciary Committee should examine the claims before any further action is taken. The committee was set to vote Thursday. Democratic…
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say that a preliminary review by the St. Charles County prosecutor’s office indicates that criminal charges are not anticipated for the driver of an ice cream truck who fatally struck a 2-year-old girl in Wentzville. Police say the girl crossed in front of the ice cream truck as it began driving…