NEW HAVEN, CT (AP) — The number of overdose victims linked to a suspected bad batch of synthetic marijuana has risen to 76 in New Haven, Connecticut, as officials try to determine exactly what sickened people. People on and around the historic New Haven Green near Yale University began falling ill shortly after 8 a.m.…
NEW DELHI (AP) — Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a Hindu nationalist who set off a nuclear arms race with rival Pakistan but later reached across the border to begin a groundbreaking peace process, died on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 93. The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where Vajpayee…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan said Thursday that President Donald Trump yanked his security clearance because his campaign colluded with the Russians to sway the 2016 election and is now desperate to end the special counsel’s investigation. In an opinion piece in The New York Times, Brennan cites press reports and Trump’s…
BALLWIN, MO (AP) — A St. Louis man is objecting to a finding that he is mentally unfit to stand trial in a shooting that paralyzed a suburban St. Louis police officer from the neck down. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 33-year-old Antonio Taylor made the objection in a motion filed Tuesday through his public…
LAWRENCE, KS (AP) — A Missouri woman who is charged with killing her 5-year-old daughter and critically injuring her 1-year-old son by intentionally driving into the Kansas River told authorities she wanted to die and didn’t want anyone else to have her children, according to court records. The probable cause affidavit was released Wednesday in…
CLAYTON, MO (AP) — A St. Louis suburb has rejected Washington University’s request to add about 100 beds at its main campus, partially because of parking concerns. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Clayton Board of Aldermen said no Tuesday to increasing the number of beds to 3,413 from 3,300. The beds would have gone…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley has sued the St. Louis Housing Authority over conditions at a low-income housing complex, alleging problems that include rodent and pest infestations, mold and structural failures. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, cites concerns at the Clinton-Peabody Housing Complex. It also names the company that manages the complex,…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A Missouri candidate who recently claimed a surprise victory in the Republican primary for state auditor is now facing questions about if she’s lived in the state long enough to be eligible to run. The state Constitution outlines that an auditor must have been a Missouri resident for 10 years…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — Authorities say a homicide suspect who was killed by Kansas City police after wounding three officers was able to pass a firearm-purchase background check despite an extensive criminal history in Oklahoma. The Kansas City Star reports that the FBI says 25-year-old Marlin Mack provided false biographical information to an Independence gun…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — People caught texting while driving will face stiffer penalties under a new Illinois law. Starting July 1, 2019 drivers caught texting will be issued a moving violation that will go on their driving record. Anyone convicted of three moving violations in a 12-month period may have their license suspended. Under the…