JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An incoming high school senior from the Kansas City area will be one of the youngest delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Seventeen-year-old Rachel Gonzalez will be attending the convention that starts Monday in Philadelphia as a Missouri delegate for likely presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Missouri Democratic Party guidelines say…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Roy Blunt has served in Congress for two decades, but as he seeks re-election to the Senate, it’s uncertain whether his lengthy political career will be a help or a hindrance. Donald Trump’s rise to the Republican presidential nomination was fueled, in part, by anti-establishment fervor. Even in a solidly red…
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BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s dpa news agency reports that police in Munich are saying “we expect multiple dead” in a shooting at a mall and police are hunting for the shooter or shooters. Dpa is quoting Munich police as saying no one has been captured yet. Dpa says the attack started at a fast food…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has apologized for a 2011 email in which he characterized Chicago public school teachers as “virtually illiterate” and principals as “incompetent.” The Republican governor told reporters Friday that the comments were “inaccurate,” “intemperate,” and he apologized to teachers. But he added that the pace of change in the…
CHICAGO (AP) – A judge has ordered Illinois health officials to reconsider their decision not to include migraine headaches on the list of conditions that qualify for use of medical marijuana in the state. The Chicago Tribune reports that a Cook County judge overturned Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Nirav Shah’s denial of…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – An advocate for victims of sexual abuse by clergy says his group will likely not hand over personal information about people who made accusations against a priest despite an order from a St. Louis federal judge. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests has…
Ferguson voters in April approved a half-cent sales tax increase and narrowly defeated a property tax increase
