WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the FBI’s background investigation of Brett Kavanaugh didn’t corroborate any of the sexual misconduct allegations against the Supreme Court nominee. McConnell says the FBI didn’t uncover information from any witnesses to corroborate the…
FLORENCE, SC (AP) — A Vietnam veteran who bragged online about maintaining his target-shooting skills was being held Thursday in the shooting of seven law enforcement officers, one of whom died, as deputies tried to serve a search warrant at his home. Authorities said Frederick Hopkins opened fire on the deputies from inside the home…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — A federal judge has denied Planned Parenthood’s request for a Columbia clinic to be temporarily exempted from certain abortion regulations. U.S. Western District Court Judge Brian Wimes on Wednesday ruled against Planned Parenthood. The organization had asked Wimes to exempt the Columbia center from a state requirement that doctors must…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Authorities are looking for two women captured on surveillance video stealing security cameras from a Missouri home improvement store. St. Louis County police said in a Facebook post that the thefts happened on two separate occasions in September at a Menards store in the western part of the county. On Sept. 5,…
Arizona (KTRS) Over six-million pounds of beef is being recalled due to a salmonella outbreak. The USDA announced Thursday morning that Arizona-based JBS Tolleson is recalling the meat after 57 cases of salmonella in 16 states have been reported since August 5, 2018.. The raw, non-intact beef items, including ground beef, were packaged on various dates…
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on a new wave of global cyberattacks blamed on Russia (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Justice Department officials say three of the seven Russian military intelligence officials accused in the hacking of anti-doping agencies were previously charged by special counsel Robert Mueller. The three defendants named in an indictment unsealed…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 9:20 a.m. Some senators might need to wait until Friday for the chance to see the FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. A Democratic senator says lawmakers are being told that time slots for reading…
By JEFFREY COLLINS and MEG KINNARD , Associated Press FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A police officer was killed and six of his comrades were wounded when a man began shooting at deputies who came to serve a search warrant, barricading himself in his home with children and spraying bullets across his upscale suburban neighborhood, authorities…
Festus, MO (KTRS) A woman is dead following a fire at a mobile home in Festus. Firefighters responded to the burning mobile home on Scenic Lane around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. Upon arrival, firefighters found the woman’s body. The victim’s name hasn’t been released. There’s no word on what may have caused the fire.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner attacked Democrat J.B. Pritzker, last night, calling Pritzker a “trust fund baby” and a tax cheat. The debate held in Chicago, was the first of two debates. Pritzker is the billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel chain. Pritzker blasted multimillionaire, Rauner, for covering up a deadly legionnaires disease outbreak at a…