By SHEILA BURKE , Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The mentally unstable gunman suspected of killing four people in a late-night shooting at a Waffle House restaurant was arrested near his apartment Monday after hiding from police for more than a day, authorities said. Police and federal agents had mounted a massive manhunt for…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say they will seek to disqualify prosecutors in the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office from a felony case involving the governor’s use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign. Greitens was indicted in February on invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from a man who committed robbery and other crimes on a single day when he was 16 and now isn’t eligible for parole until he’s 112 years old. The justices on Monday left in place defendant Bobby Bostic’s 241-year sentence. Bostic’s lawyers argued that…
LONDON (AP) — Kensington Palace says the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to her third child, a boy weighing 8 pounds, 7 ounces (3.8 kilograms). The palace says the child was born at 11:01 a.m. (1001 GMT), a few hours after Kate was admitted to London’s St. Mary’s Hospital in labor. Prince William was…
By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The “Great Kate Wait” entered its final stages Monday, as the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to a London hospital in labor with a third child for her and Prince William. The 36-year-old duchess and her husband traveled by car from their Kensington…
By SHEILA BURKE , Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As an intensive manhunt continued Monday for a half-naked man suspected in the slayings of four people at a Waffle House restaurant, authorities shared reports of previous efforts to contain the gun-loving man with paranoid delusions. More than 80 Nashville police officers continued to search…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The mother of Michael Brown and the maker of a documentary about his death will be speaking at Harvard University. Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson in 2014. The officer was not charged. Brown’s death touched off widespread protests and a national discussion about race relations and…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a shooting in north St. Louis. Police say the victim was found shot to death inside of residence along the 5200 block of Gilmore around 7:15 a.m. Sunday. There’s no word on a motive or of any arrests. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. This brings…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A state judicial board has filed a complaint accusing a judge in southwestern Illinois of lying to investigators when they questioned him about a suspect in a murder who had been his roommate. The Illinois Judicial Inquiry Board complaint submitted this week with the Courts Commission could potentially lead to Judge…
HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush has been laid to rest at her husband’s presidential library in Texas. Family spokesman Jim McGrath says the ceremony was “a very brief but poignant and beautiful ending to a very moving and incredible day. It would have been exactly what Barbara Bush wanted.” About 1,500 people…