HERCULANEUM, Mo. (AP) — A suspect is dead after allegedly firing shots at officers during a pursuit along an interstate highway in Jefferson County. The pursuit began Friday afternoon in Herculaneum when police tried to pull over an SUV. The man sped away, dragging an officer a short distance. The officer is expected to make…
LAS VEGAS, NV (AP) — Robin Leach, whose voice crystallized the opulent 1980s on TV’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” died Friday. He was 76 Leach’s family said through a public relations firm that he died in Las Vegas, where he made his home. Leach had a stroke in November while on vacation in…
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s finance chief, a confidant who has worked for the family’s real estate business since the early 1970s, was granted immunity in the federal probe of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Friday. The immunity granted to the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he has directed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to delay a planned trip to North Korea, citing insufficient progress on denuclearization. Trump put some blame on Beijing, saying he does not believe China is helping “because of our much tougher Trading stance.” The surprise announcement appeared to…
NEW YORK (AP) — A former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was accused of grabbing a woman’s behind and was arrested on Friday on a sex abuse charge but said the woman’s allegation “does not reflect” who he is or the values he has. Dr. Thomas Frieden was awaiting a…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Storms brought much-needed rain to drought-ravaged Missouri on Friday, but it was too much too quickly in some cases. Drought conditions are so bad in parts of northern and southwestern Missouri that they are severely affecting corn farmers and cattle ranchers. Recent heavy rain is soaking parched pastures, but also…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — The University of Missouri has asked an electric scooter rental company to leave campus. Karlin Seville is the communications manager with the university’s Division of Operations. He tells The Columbia Missourian that the university doesn’t have a contract with Bird, the California-based dockless scooter rental company. Seville says the university will meet with…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Sandra Karsten is retiring and will take on a job leading the state Public Safety Department. Karsten on Friday announced she will retire from the Highway Patrol Sept. 1. She will take over as acting public safety director when current Director Drew Juden steps down…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner calls him “one of the youngest, most effective lobbyists” in Illinois. Hunter Martin’s two-year lobbying effort ended this week when the Republican governor signed a law requiring insurance companies to pay for replacement hearing aids every three yearsfor children under 18. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports that the 10-year-old Hunter lost…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Illinois’ attorney general is planning to meet with Chicago Archdiocese officials to discuss seven priests with links to the state who were included in a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report on clergy sex abuse. The report released this month found that about 300 Catholic priests abused at least 1,000 children over the past…