(AP) Microsoft has uncovered new Russian hacking efforts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. The company said Tuesday that a group tied to the Russian government created fake websites that appeared to spoof two American conservative organizations: the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute. Three other fake sites were designed to…
GREELEY, CO (AP) — A Colorado man told a judge he understood he has been charged with killing his pregnant wife and two young daughters and then hiding their bodies in an oil field as his father-in-law sobbed in the courtroom Tuesday. Christopher Watts, wearing an orange jail suit and cuffed at the wrists and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday said he agrees that the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights is settled law, according to Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine who is a key swing vote on his nomination. Collins held a two-hour meeting with Kavanaugh in her office that she…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Democrats hope a ballot proposal to hike Missouri’s minimum wage will boost support for Sen. Claire McCaskill’s re-election, a seat Republicans are targeting as a top opportunity to insulate their Senate majority. Even if the measure’s presence on the Nov. 6 ballot only spikes engagement from otherwise apathetic Democrats, as…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is slated to meet with President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. The Democrat will meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday. She faces a tough battle for re-election this year in a state Trump won by 19 points. McCaskill has said she wants to know…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are investigating after human remains were found along a stretch of railroad tracks in St. Louis. Authorities say a maintenance work made the discovery Monday afternoon on Manchester Road near Tamm Avenue. Evidence markers stretched over hundreds of yards of the tracks, marking where officers discovered blood or additional human remains.…
By RYAN FOLEY , Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Investigators have recovered a body believed to be that of a 20-year-old Iowa college student who vanished from a small town one month ago, a spokesman for a reward fund said Tuesday. Greg Willey of Crime Stoppers of Central Iowa said he learned of…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) St. Louis Police are asking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who placed a skimming device on an ATM machine on Chippewa. Police say the skimming device was discovered on an American Eagle ATM at 6600 Chippewa in late July. Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 866-371-TIPS (8477).…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s third-largest county has filed a lawsuit against pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug distributors, accusing them of causing the drug epidemic through aggressive and fraudulent marketing of prescription opioids. Officials in St. Charles County filed the suit Monday, seeking compensatory and punitive damages. The lawsuit says the County spends millions of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Relatives of a black suspect killed by a white former St. Louis police officer are demanding $5 million to resolve claims of a “cover up.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that an emailed letter Sunday from the family of Anthony Lamar Smith alleges that officials violated a judge’s order by failing…