CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Chancellor Carlo Montemagno died Thursday at age 62, the university’s interim president announced. The school didn’t reveal the cause of death. In June, Montemagno revealed in his blog that he was suffering from cancer and was treating it “aggressively.” “This was unexpected. Even though he carried a diagnosis…
By JAY REEVES and BRENDAN FARRINGTON , Associated Press PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — The devastation inflicted by Hurricane Michael came into focus Thursday with rows upon rows of homes found smashed to pieces, and rescue crews began making their way into the stricken areas in hopes of accounting for hundreds of people who may…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a January 2016 rape at the University of Missouri. Austin Campbell was sentenced Thursday after being found guilty in August of raping a woman who was sleeping in her dorm room in January 2016. He was a freshman at…
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has purged more than 800 U.S. pages and accounts for spamming users with garbage links and clickbait. Facebook accuses their backers of “coordinated inauthentic behavior” for setting up networks of pages and accounts designed to mislead users about who they are and what they’re doing. The social network says these…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring that his red “MAGA” hat makes him “feel like Superman,” rapper Kanye West made a free-styling appearance in the Oval Office Thursday. Ahead of a private lunch, President Donald Trump and West spoke with reporters as they sat across from each other at the Resolute desk. West dominated the conversation with…
SPRINGFIELD, MO (AP) — A Missouri man who started his own religious ministry has been charged with illegally circumcising two teenagers. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 47-year-old Curtis Abbott, of Nixa, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of child endangerment and one count of unauthorized practice of medicine or surgery. Abbott sent a statement to…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Adam Wainwright is staying with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals agreed to a one-year deal with the veteran right-hander Thursday, bringing Wainwright back to the only major league team he’s pitched for. The 37-year-old Wainwright has been with St. Louis since making his big league debut in 2005. “Adam…
PANAMA CITY, FL (AP) — Search-and-rescue teams fanned out across the Florida Panhandle to reach trapped people in Michael’s wake Thursday as daylight yielded scenes of rows upon rows of houses smashed to pieces by the third-most powerful hurricane on record to hit the continental U.S. At least two deaths were blamed on Michael, and…
SAN ANTONIO, TX (AP) — Beto O’Rourke’s improbable U.S. Senate campaign has challenged expectations of what was thought possible by a Democrat in Texas. But with just weeks before Election Day doubts remain over whether he can pull off another crucial feat: getting a surge of Latinos to the polls. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz is…
LADUE, MO (AP) — A lawsuit over a 16-year-old boy who didn’t make a suburban St. Louis soccer team has been dismissed but the legal wrangling isn’t over. The student’s mother and stepfather said Wednesday in dismissing the suit that they are focusing for now on a separate civil rights complaint that’s been referred to…