ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — In a brief and subdued speech to hundreds of St. Louis area police officers, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens praised law enforcement while making no reference to his own legal problems. Greitens spoke Wednesday at an annual breakfast of the St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association. He told the officers that…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press . ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities said Wednesday that a man confessed to knocking over about 120 headstones at a Jewish cemetery in University City last year and that it doesn’t seem to have been motivated by hatred. The vandalism at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City…
By SOPHIA BOLLAG and DON THOMPSON , Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A DNA match led to the arrest of a 72-year-old former police officer in one of the most baffling and sadistic crime sprees of the 1970s and ’80s — a string of at least 12 slayings and 45 rapes in California by…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House is advancing a proposal to ban public contractors from protesting Israel. House lawmakers gave the bill initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. If enacted, it would prohibit state and local governments from contracting with companies boycotting Israel. The bill is in response to an increasingly visible…
By MARK SHERMAN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is saving one of its biggest cases for last. The justices are hearing arguments Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from several mostly muslim countries. It’s the last case the justices will hear until October. The Trump administration is asking the…
. WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says President Donald Trump is urging his nominee for Veterans Affairs secretary, Dr. Ronny Jackson, to keep fighting to win confirmation. The Oval Office meeting comes as Jackson’s nomination has been imperiled by allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior. The official says Jackson is denying the allegations. The official…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison is considering a request to disqualify St. Louis Prosecutors in the computer data tampering case against Governor Eric Greitens. During a Tuesday afternoon hearing, the Governor’s defense team argued that the special investigator, William Don Tisaby, who was hired by the Circuit Attorney lied repeatedly…
By MICHAEL GRACZYK , Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston with an infection, just after attending the funeral of his wife, Barbara, a spokesman said Monday. Jim McGrath said on Twitter that the 93-year-old Bush is “responding to treatments and appears to be recovering.” He was…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The law firm representing the ex-husband of the woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2015 received two anonymous $50,000 payments that went toward the man’s legal fees, the man’s attorney said Monday. Attorney Al Watkins, in an interview after a…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials say the state has received a major donation that will help those who have suffered severe bleeding as part of a deadly outbreak involving synthetic marijuana. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Monday said it will receive nearly 800,000 vitamin K tablets, which if taken over…