By STEPHEN R. GROVES and MORGAN LEE , Associated Press AMALIA, N.M. (AP) — A property owner questioned Friday why authorities did not search a squalid New Mexico compound sooner for a missing boy, saying he told them in late spring that he had met the child’s father at the site and that the man…
BOLIVAR, Mo. (AP) — Three teenagers from Kansas were killed and 10 other people were injured Friday after a church van heading for an outing crashed in southwestern Missouri. The wreck happened around 10:40 a.m. on Missouri Route 13, five miles north of Bolivar. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. John Lueckenhoff said those killed were…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri governor’s office said Friday it doesn’t have the authority to appoint a special prosecutor reinvestigate the 2014 fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, despite pressure from Brown’s mother to do so. Lezley McSpadden said earlier in the day that she’d launched…
By LISA MASCARO and MARK SHERMAN , Associated Pres WASHINGTON (AP) — Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin the day after Labor Day, Republicans announced Friday over Democratic objections that they are rushing the process without properly delving into his background. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he hopes to have…
By STEPHEN R. GROVES and MORGAN LEE , Associated Press TAOS, N.M. (AP) — At a remote New Mexico outpost, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj and others who came to the area with him last year were by local authorities’ accounts “extremist of the muslim belief” who trained youth to use fire arms and carry out future…
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Four people, including two police officers, were shot to death in an apartment complex in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton on Friday, and a suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. It was a rare instance of gun violence in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Fredericton police said…
Kansas City, MO (KTRS) — Federal labor officials say temporary farmworkers were kept in “inhumane” conditions and paid less than they were owed while working in southeast Missouri. The U.S. Labor Department recently issued a preliminary injunction against Florida-based Marin J Corp, responsible for overseeing 107 workers near the Missouri Bootheel town of Kennett. Marin…
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (AP) — Police in the eastern Canadian city of Fredericton, New Brunswick said Friday at least four people have been killed and one suspect is in custody after a shooting. Fredericton police are asking residents to avoid the area and stay in their homes. The circumstances of the shooting are unclear, but…
Alton, IL (KTRS) A suspect is in custody in connection with a near fatal stabbing of a cab driver in Alton earlier this week. Fifty-four-year-old Arthur Smallwood was arrested on Thursday and charged with attempted first-degree murder. Police say the victim, who is a driver for Alton’s Best Cabs, was stabbed more than a dozen times…
By LOLITA C. BALDOR , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S. Space Force as a sixth, separate military warfighting service by 2020. The proposal taps into the American public’s long fascination with space —…