By CHAD DAY , Associated Press Eds: APNewsNow. WASHINGTON (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining the legal team defending President Donald Trump in the special counsel’s Russia investigation. That’s according to a statement from Trump personal attorney Jay Sekulow. The addition of Giuliani adds an experienced litigator and former U.S.…
By BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A mysterious green substance sent to a Missouri lawmaker who was censured by the Legislature last year for a Facebook post hoping for President Donald Trump’s assassination appears to pose no danger, officials said Thursday, and it’s not yet clear whether the package was…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) The felony invasion of privacy case against Governor Eric Greitens is moving forward. In a packed courtroom on Thursday morning, Judge Rex Burlison denied a request by the Governor’s defense team to dismiss the indictment. He said In order to dismiss case,the defendant would have to be irreparably harmed. The judge…
By CLAUDIA LAUER and DAVID KOENIG , Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The engine explosion aboard a Southwest Airlines jetliner puts new pressure on airlines and regulators to act faster to inspect fan blades like the one that snapped off and triggered an accident that killed a passenger. The initial findings from investigators show that Tuesday’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens have asked a judge to block Attorney General Josh Hawley from any investigation or prosecution of the governor. A filing in Cole County Circuit Court says Hawley should be barred from any probe related to Greitens because the attorney general called on Greitens to…
By MICHAEL GRACZYK , Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — In his first public comments since his wife’s death, former President George H.W. Bush said Wednesday that he used to tease his spouse of 73 years that he had a complex about how much people liked her. That fact, he said, is buoyed by stories about Barbara…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) Webster Groves police are looking for a teenager who has been missing since March 20th. Police say 17-year-old Taylor Stevenson is under state’s custody and has not made contact with her friends, her case worker or her biological mother. Taylor is approximately 5’5″ tall, weighs about 125 pounds with dark hair and brown…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top Republican legislative leaders abandoned fellow GOP Gov. Eric Greitens on Tuesday, calling on him to resign instead of continuing to fight allegations that he illegally took advantage of both a charity he founded and a woman with whom he had an affair. Greitens quickly replied that he won’t…
BEIRUT (AP) — A United Nations official says a U.N. team on a security mission to the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria was fired upon and had to return to its base in Damascus. The official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the shooting occurred during a…
HOUSTON (AP) — Former first lady Barbara Bush has died. She was 92. A family spokesman says she died Tuesday. The snowy-haired Mrs. Bush was one of only two first ladies who was also the mother of a president. The other was Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams and mother of John Quincy Adams. Mrs. Bush’s…