WASHINGTON (AP) – Ohio’s elections chief has cleared the way for Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson to appear on fall ballots in the critical swing state. Johnson’s ballot access had been in question after party activists submitted paperwork and voter signatures earlier this month on behalf of a different candidate. They said they planned to…
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) – Thieves who stole 15 bottles of laundry detergent from a Massachusetts home have made a clean getaway. New Bedford police Lt. Amos Melo says the homeowner called police Saturday night after returning home and finding that someone had used the stairs leading to the room where the laundry detergent was…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – An astronaut has set a U.S. record for most time spent in space. Jeffrey Williams, commander of the International Space Station, marked his 521st day in orbit Wednesday, a number accumulated over four flights. That surpasses the 520-day record set by Scott Kelly, whose one-year space station mission ended in…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing the accident that killed a pregnant 15-year-old passenger in his car. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 21-year-old Bryan Green pleaded guilty Monday to armed criminal action and second-degree manslaughter. The accident happened March 6, 2014, when Green’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ruled that a ballot measure to raise cigarette taxes to benefit early childhood programs can stay on the Nov. 8 ballot. The ruling Tuesday by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem is a follow-up to an appeals court decision earlier this summer that changed the official summary…
