BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri high school student faces a felony charge after authorities say he posted on social media that he was going to buy an assault rifle and “make history.” William James Nelson, an 18-year-old from Branson, was charged Thursday with making a terroristic threat, the Springfield News-Leader reported. No attorney was…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two former St. Louis police officers face sentencing in March after admitting taking bribes to provide information to a chiropractor. The men, 49-year-old Mark Taylor and 51-year-old Marlon Caldwell, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court. Two other former officers, Cauncenet Brown and Terri Owens, pleaded guilty previously. The chiropractor and his…
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will nominate William Barr, the late President George H.W. Bush’s attorney general, to serve in the same role. Trump made the announcement while departing the White House for a trip to Missouri. He called Barr “a terrific man”…
BEIJING (AP) — North Korea’s foreign minister said his country remains committed to ending its nuclear weapons program in talks Friday with his Chinese counterpart, according to China’s foreign ministry. The talks in Beijing between Ri Yong Ho and Wang Yi came amid a lack of progress in international efforts to persuade North Korea to…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) – Missouri’s secretary of state is investigating fellow Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley over allegations that he used public funds to bolster his successful U.S. Senate bid. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s deputy general counsel confirmed the investigation in a Thursday letter . The investigation is in response to a complaint…
HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on events honoring former President George H.W. Bush (all times local): 12:25 p.m. A procession carrying the body of former President H.W. Bush is slowly making its way through Houston following a funeral at his family’s church. As the motorcade made its way through Houston early Thursday afternoon, police officers…
Not guilty pleas have been entered by four St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers indicted by a federal grand jury in the arrest and beating of an officer who was working undercover during the Jason Stockley protests last year and then trying to cover up the assault. Dustin Boone, Bailey Colletta, Randy Hays and Christopher…
PHOENIX, AZ (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals struck gold in their search for a big hitter, acquiring slugging first baseman Paul Goldschmidt in a blockbuster trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Eager to push for the playoffs after a three-year absence, St. Louis sent pitcher Luke Weaver, catcher Carson Kelly, minor league infielder…
VIENNA (AP) — OPEC countries were meeting Thursday to find a way to support the falling price of oil, with analysts predicting the cartel and some key allies, like Russia, would agree to cut production by at least 1 million barrels per day. Crude prices have been falling since October because countries like the U.S.…
By DON THOMPSON and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ , Associated Press PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Nearly four weeks after the devastating blaze leveled her town, Jennifer Christensen was allowed back to return to her home in Paradise, where the first thing she saw was her son’s charred tricycle in the front yard. Christensen was among hundreds of…