By JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a “mindless CHEMICAL attack” in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an “animal” and delivered a rare personal criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting the Damascus government. As Washington worked to verify the claim by…
By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — A semi-trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western Canada, killing 15 people and injuring 14 in a catastrophic collision that left a country and its national sport heartbroken. The crash sent shockwaves through the team’s small hometown. Canadians were…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois officials expect to receive $13 million in federal funds to help update aging voting machines across the state. The money is part of a $380 million congressional influx to prevent a repeat of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Local officials report that machinery bought more than a decade ago…
By MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ personal attorney is asking a state House committee investigating Greitens’ actions during an extramarital affair to delay the release of its findings, saying an ongoing criminal investigation is likely to uncover information that will make the report inaccurate. In a letter sent…
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in New York City. The Fire Department says the blaze broke out on the 50th floor shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. The department says there was one serious injury. President Donald Trump tweeted about 45 minutes later that the fire…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a state law preventing gun ownership by felons doesn’t violate their constitutional rights. The Columbia Missourian reports that the majority of the judges found this week that Jack Alpert hadn’t proven his case. Court documents say Alpert had pleaded guilty and served time…
NIPAWIN, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police said early Saturday 14 people were killed and 14 people were injured after a truck collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game in Western Canada. Police say there were 28 people, including the driver, on board the bus of the Humboldt Broncos team…
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing Backpage.com and its affiliated websites. A notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage.com says the websites are being seized as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Internal Revenue Service. The notice doesn’t characterize or…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is trying to toss out a lawsuit alleging governor’s office staff violated the law with a message-deleting app. The lawsuit is over a request by a St. Louis attorney for records related to use of the Confide app, which deletes messages after…
By DANICA COTO, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster. Brock Long said his agency…