By JILL COLVIN , Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — Former presidential adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is drawing fire from President Donald Trump’s allies and national security experts for secret recordings she made at the White House, including her firing by chief of staff John Kelly in the high-security Situation Room. Manigault Newman said Sunday…
By ASHRAF KHALIL, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and SARAH RANKIN , Associated Press ` WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people wanting to send a message that racism is unwelcome in the United States gathered in a park outside the White House to protest a white nationalist rally on the anniversary of the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman and a child are dead after drowning over the weekend in a deadly stretch of the Meramec River. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 35-year-old Rose Shaw and 12-year-old Deniya Johnson, both of Florissant, drowned Saturday afternoon in the Meramec River in Castlewood State Park. Their bodies were recovered…
By GENE JOHNSON , Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — He cracked jokes, complimented the professional demeanor of an air traffic controller and apologized for making a fuss. But the friendly tone of a 29-year-old airport worker who stole a commercial plane Friday night, performing acrobatic stunts before the fatal plunge into a thick island forest,…
By JOHN O’CONNOR , AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The legs of the carnival ride called “Downdraft” rise and spread before they start to spin, the empty cars on the ends leaning outward, as amusement ride safety inspectors Bill Szerletich and Brian Brown watch. A bystander at the midway of the Illinois State…
By MARCIA DUNN , AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft zoomed toward the sun Sunday on an unprecedented quest to get closer to our star than anything ever sent before. As soon as this fall, the Parker Solar Probe will fly straight through the wispy edges of the sun’s corona,…
BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials have identified three Kansas City-area teens killed in the crash of a church van that injured 10 others. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Friday’s crash happened when a rear tire of the van blew out, causing it to skid off of a highway 5 miles (8 kilometers) north…
By MARCIO SANCHEZ and AMANDA LEE MYERS , Associated Press LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters made significant progress trying to tamp down a wildfire that threatened homes and has been raging for days south of Los Angeles, officials said Saturday. Aircraft have been making flight after flight, dumping water and bright pink retardant to…
SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — President Donald Trump has been briefed on the man who stole a plane from Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle before crashing it into a small, nearby island. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Saturday morning Trump is monitoring the situation. He’s currently at his New Jersey golf club. She commended the…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) Police are on the lookout for gunmen targeting a north St. Louis gas station. The St. Louis Police Department released a surveillance video showing several people firing weapons in the parking lot at the Energy Express Travel Center Phillips 66 gas station on North Broadway and Grand. The video was taken on…