By BLAKE NELSON and SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are returning to the capitol Monday for the second half of the 2018 legislative session in the shadow of legislative and criminal investigations into Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. Republican leaders, who control both chambers, downplayed the impact of the governor’s legal…
TREBES, France (AP) — France is mourning the death of a courageous police officer who offered himself up to an Islamic extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage during an attack on a supermarket. Lt. Col. Arnaud Beltrame, a 44-year-old gendarme, died from his injuries after the attacker shot him. Flags are at half-staff at…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says the latest court filing by the St. Louis prosecutor shows a “certain level of desperation.” In a court filing Friday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner asked a judge to disqualify the Dowd Bennett law firm from Greitens’ criminal case, saying it simultaneously worked…
JEFFERSON CITY (KTRS) Both the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office and the state of Missouri are investigating The Mission Continues … the charity founded by Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. At issue is whether donor lists for the charity were used for Greitens’ gubernatorial campaign in violation of federal law. Earlier today, Attorney General Josh Hawley, a…
By THOMAS ADAMSON, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and RENATA BRITO, Associated Press TREBES, France (AP) — A gun-wielding extremist went on a rampage Friday in a quiet corner of southern France, killing three people as he hijacked a car, opened fire on police and took hostages in a supermarket, where panicked shoppers hid in a meat locker or…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Friday said his office has issued 15 subpoenas as part of an investigation into a veterans charity founded by indicted Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. Republican Hawley — who is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race with national…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor is asking a judge to disqualify the law firm representing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in his criminal case. In a court filing Friday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says the Dowd Bennett law firm simultaneously worked both for and against the state. Greitens was indicted by a…
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced criminal charges and sanctions Friday against Iranians accused in a hacking scheme to pilfer sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and American government agencies. The nine defendants, accused of working at the behest of the Iranian government-tied Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hacked…
By LISA MASCARO, ALAN FRAM and CATHERINE LUCEY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump threw the massive spending bill into doubt Friday, saying he was “considering” a veto of the $1.3 trillion plan over concerns about young “Dreamer” immigrants and border wall money. Hours before funding for the government expires, Trump said on Twitter…
St. Louis County, MO (KTRS) Police have released a list of locations where young girls were photographed in bathroom stalls in the St. Louis area. This comes after the arrests of Heather McDorman and Zachary Hamby for allegedly photographing an 11-year-old girl in a South County Mall bathroom on March 12th. Detectives have identified specific times…