SEDALIA, MO (AP) — Pettis County authorities say a 37-year-old Sedalia man was arrested after bomb-making materials were found in his home outside Sedalia. The Sedalia Democrat reports Cody Lappat was charged Monday with unlawful possession, transport, manufacture, repair or sale of an illegal weapon. Pettis County Sheriff Kevin Bond said the investigation didn’t present any…
DETROIT, MI (AP) — From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs and prices. Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford, the second-largest U.S.-based automaker, said Wednesday that Trump’s taxes on imported steel and aluminum will…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Emotionally battling to rescue his Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh fought back Thursday against allegations that he’d sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when both were high school students, telling Congress that allegations by her and others have “totally and permanently destroyed” his family and his reputation. In a loud voice, the conservative…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — A man has died after an accident that happened as he reached for his food at a drive-thru window. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 20-year-old Charles Wood Jr. died Wednesday night at a Jack in the Box restaurant in St. Louis. Wood was from Velda City, Missouri, a St. Louis…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 2:35 p.m. The memoir of Brett Kavanaugh’s friend Mark Judge appears to support one aspect of Christine Blasey Ford’s account of the summer of 1982. Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday that she ran into Judge at…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was postponed until next week to avoid conflicting with a dramatic Senate hearing involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the White House said Thursday. The two were set to meet Thursday following news media reports that Rosenstein last…
JOPLIN, MO (AP) — Authorities say a hit-and-run driver struck and killed an 8-year-old girl as she waited to board a school bus in Joplin. The Joplin Globe reports that that the crash happened Thursday morning. Initial reports described the vehicle that struck the girl as a white semi pulling a white trailer. But Joplin Police…
COLUMBIA, MO (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley is asking the full Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case of a death row inmate who claims lethal injection would be unconstitutionally cruel due to his medical condition. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that Hawley has requested an en banc review in the…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Authorities say a burned body has been found inside a trash bin in a St. Louis neighborhood. Police say the discovery was made Wednesday in the city’s Baden neighborhood. Homicide and bomb and arson crews responded to the scene. No other details were immediately released, including the name of the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local): 12:23 p.m. The prosecutor at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing questioning Christine Blasey Ford about her allegation of sexual assault has asked about her fear of flying. Attorney Rachel Mitchell asked Ford about her anxieties. Ford acknowledged Thursday a…