CHICAGO (AP) — Sen. Tammy Duckworth has given birth to a baby girl, making her the first U.S. senator to give birth while in office. The Illinois Democrat announced she delivered her second daughter, Maile (MY-lee) Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday. Her office says Duckworth is recovering well and asked for privacy. Duckworth, a 50-year-old veteran…
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the deaths of four people at a southwest Missouri home as a murder-suicide. Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader says those found dead Monday afternoon at the home south of Branson West were a 47-year-old man, a 44-year-old woman, a 75-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. Their names haven’t…
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agents have raided the office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics that include a $130,000 payment made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, who says she had sex with Trump. The raid prompted a new blast Tuesday from the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spokeswoman for Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign says she raised roughly $3.9 million for her re-election bid in recent months. Spokeswoman Meira Bernstein on Monday announced the campaign’s latest fundraising results. McCaskill ended 2017 with more than $9 million to spend on her re-election bid. After recent fundraising…
By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — Families and friends already stunned by the deaths of 15 players and team personnel for Humboldt’s youth hockey club got a new shock Monday when authorities announced that one of the dead had been misidentified. The Ministry of Justice for Saskatchewan province said the…
By ROBERT BURNS, ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising a decision within hours, President Donald Trump threatened a military strike against Syria and declared on Monday that Russia or any other nation found to share responsibility for Saturday’s apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians will “pay a price.” The White House…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys defending Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens against an invasion-of-privacy charge are raising doubts about the testimony of a woman with whom he had an affair. In a court filing dated Sunday, Greitens’ attorneys say the woman testified she never saw Greitens with a camera or phone on the day he…
Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s First Lady Sheena Greitens claims she was cyberstalked by the ex-husband of the former mistress with whom her husband had an affair. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that Sheena Greitens sent a letter to the state legislative committee that is investigating her husband. The Washington Examiner has obtained a copy…
Clatyon, MO (KTRS) Classes are canceled at Clayton High School today amid a threat. School officials say on Sunday night they became aware of a threat made on Snapchat. Clayton Police have been investigating the threat throughout the night. The following message was posted on the school’s website: Last night we became aware of a Snapchat…
Troy, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a brick from another vehicle smashed through his windshield in Lincoln County. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports that 73-year-old Frederick Lueck was driving eastbound on Highway 47 near Giles Road in Troy on Saturday night. An unknown vehicle was traveling westbound on Highway 47 when a brick came…