JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand an address confidentiality program to cover all crime victims who fear for their safety. Senators voted 32-0 Friday to give the bill final approval. The state program now allows victims of domestic violence, stalking, human trafficking and rape to route mail through…
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Montana rescuers pulled a man from raging floodwaters and authorities warned of dangerous debris being swept downstream as water levels continued rising Friday in rivers and streams across the western half of the state. The Clark Fork River in Missoula was expected to crest more than a foot (30 centimeters) above…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is urging a judge to halt all evidence-gathering as his trial gets underway on an invasion-of-privacy charge. Greitens’ attorney Jim Martin said Friday that a special examiner had extracted thousands of images from Greitens’ cellphone “and none were found” of a woman with whom…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting in south St. Louis. Police say the victim was gunned down at just after 8 p.m. Thursday in 4300 block of Michigan. He died after being taken to an area hospital. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim is said…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State senators have voted to move up the date of a public vote on whether Missouri should be a right-to-work state. Senators voted 23-7 on the measure early Friday morning after Democrats fought overnight to block a vote. The proposal deals with a right-to-work law banning mandatory union fees that…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Gov. Eric Greteins’ office want to be able to call and publicly question witnesses during a potential impeachment process in the Missouri House. Attorneys Ross Garber and Eddie Greim said Thursday that any impeachment proceedings should be open to the public and follow rules similar to those used in…
By SOPHIA YAN and SETH BORENSTEIN , Associated Press PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — If Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano blows its top in the coming days or weeks, as experts fear, it could hurl ash and boulders the size of refrigerators miles into the air, shutting down airline traffic and endangering lives in all directions, scientists said…
UPDATE: Jury selection was taking longer than anticipated. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison, prosecutors and Greitens’ attorneys had planned to work through two sets of 40 prospective jurors during the first day of jury selection. They were still working on the first group at the end of the day. Ten prospective jurors have been…
By MATTHEW LEE, JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Staging a made-for-TV, still-of-the-night arrival ceremony, President Donald Trump welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula. Speaking early Thursday on an…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The St. Louis judge presiding over the felony invasion case of Governor Eric Greitens ruled on several key motions on Wednesday during a pre-trial hearing. Judge Rex Burlison ruled against the prosecutions request that the former mistress be referred to as the “victim.” Defense attorney Jim Martin argued that the term is…