By ZEKE MILLER, CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pushing back against explosive reports his own administration is conspiring against him, President Donald Trump lashed out against the anonymous senior official who wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times claiming to be part of a “resistance” working “from…
Clayton, MO (KTRS) A St. Louis man is charged with first-degree arson after prosecutors say he set fire to a home that had 15 people inside. Investigators say 53-year-old Mark Edwin Wright was aware all the people were inside when he allegedly set the home in the 8900 block of Newby in north St. Louis…
(AP) A South Korean presidential official says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told him he still had faith in U.S. President Donald Trump despite ongoing difficulties in the nuclear negotiations. Chung Eui-yong said Kim emphasized he has not once talked negatively about Trump to anyone including his closest advisers. Chung says Kim said that…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after a woman’s body was found outside of a north St. Louis warehouse. Police say a worker discovered the victim in a loading dock area of the warehouse on St. Louis Avenue near Goodfellow at just before 8:30 a.m. Police are calling the woman’s death suspicious. There’s no…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House hearing about social media censorship was briefly interrupted as a protester stood up and yelled at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Republican Missouri Rep. Billy Long drowned her out using his auctioneering skills. A woman stood up and started loudly yelling at Dorsey, complaining about bias and publicly pleading for President…
By MARK SHERMAN and LISA MASCARO , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressured by Democrats with Donald Trump on their minds, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh rejected repeated efforts at Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing to reveal his views about a president pardoning himself or being forced to testify in a criminal case. For a second…
REDMOND, OR (AP) — One of the largest U.S. congressional districts voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016, yet an Oregon Democrat campaigning against a Republican incumbent doesn’t see it as hostile territory. Buoyed by electoral wins by a couple of Democrats elsewhere in Trump territory, candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner is undaunted, traveling a district that’s…
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — Author and actor Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who was born into political and Hollywood royalty, sank into substance abuse and addiction and rose to become a well-known advocate for sobriety and recovery, has died. Lawford died of a heart attack Tuesday in Vancouver, Canada, his cousin, former U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy,…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is limiting lawmakers’ focus during an upcoming special session to drug treatment courts, appointments and education. Parson in a proclamation released Wednesday directed lawmakers to pass legislation to reform and expand treatment courts. The special session begins Monday. Parson’s directive comes after he vetoed a wide-ranging…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — Boone Hospital Center and BJC Healthcare will end their current lease agreement when it expires at the end of 2020. The mutual decision means the Columbia hospital will continue its search for a new manager. BJC Healthcare has managed the county-owned hospital for 30 years. The Columbia Missourian reports trustees said Tuesday the…