SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration says it needs up to two more months to produce a plan to provide three years’ back pay to union workers. A lawyer for the Republican governor told the Illinois State Labor Relations Board in a letter Monday that determining how much is owed to 20,000 workers is…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and sexual misconduct allegations (all times local): 11 a.m. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway is defending President Donald Trump after he mocked a woman who has accused his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault. Conway told reporters at the White House Wednesday that Christine…
By JIM HEINTZ and DAVID KEYTON , Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three researchers who “harnessed the power of evolution” to produce enzymes and antibodies that have led to a new best-selling drug and biofuels won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Frances Arnold of the California Institute of Technology was awarded half of…
St. Louis, MOÂ (KTRS)Â It was another violent night in the city of St. Louis. Police say the first incident happened at just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, when a man was found fatally shot in the 1900 block of Congress in south St. Louis. Another man was shot and killed in the 3800 block of…
By ROBERT BURNS and DEB RIECHMANN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities were investigating two envelopes suspected of containing a suspected poison that were addressed to top military chiefs and a third with unknown contents sent to President Donald Trump. In a statement Tuesday evening, the Secret Service confirmed that a suspicious envelope had…
By MIKE CORDER , Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court on Wednesday ordered the United States to lift sanctions on Iran that affect imports of humanitarian goods and products and services linked to the safety of civil aviation. The ruling by the International Court of Justice is legally binding, but…
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – The Air Force is reprimanding a former Scott Air Force Base commander as part of a plea agreement over sexual misconduct accusations against him. The agreement comes after Col. John Howard was removed in December as commander of the 375th Air Mobility Wing. The (Belleville) News-Democrat reports the reprimand states Howard…
By ALAN FRAM, MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for two women who accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct say they fear the FBI is not conducting a thorough investigation, as Republican leaders steer toward a decisive vote on the nomination this week. Attorneys for Christine…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 37-year-old man was placed on two years of unsupervised probation for making a bomb threat at a Walmart in Jefferson City. Carl Rhoads, of Holts Summit, pleaded guilty to third-degree making terroristic threat, a misdemeanor, in September. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports Rhoads also was ordered never to enter the Walmart…
By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD , Associated Press Security companies spent years pushing schools to buy more products — from “ballistic attack-resistant” doors to smoke cannons that spew haze from ceilings to confuse a shooter. But sales were slow, and industry’s campaign to free up taxpayer money for upgrades had stalled. That changed last…