WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama has paid tribute to his one-time political rival, delivering a eulogy for the late Arizona Sen. John McCain at Washington National Cathedral. Obama said: “We come to celebrate an extraordinary man, a warrior, a statesman, a patriot who embodied so much that is best in America.” Obama spoke…
WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain’s casket has arrived at Washington National Cathedral for a memorial service where two former presidents — George W. Bush and Barack Obama — are among the scheduled speakers. Saturday’s service is the last event in Washington for the late Arizona senator. He’ll be buried Sunday at his alma mater, the…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The top prosecutor in St. Louis said Friday that her “exclusion list” of officers who will not be permitted as primary witnesses in criminal cases was requested by the police department itself. Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s list of 28 officers, announced Thursday, raised concerns from…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has tossed out a court challenge that sought to remove a medical marijuana initiative from the November ballot. Cole County Judge Patricia Joyce in a Friday ruling dismissed the lawsuit. It was filed by another medical marijuana initiative organizer who is trying to remove two other competing…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ronan Farrow’s former producer at NBC News says his old network breached its journalistic duty by failing to stick with the story of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct. Farrow instead took the story to the New Yorker, where he shared a Pulitzer Prize with the New York Times for the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Attorney General Josh Hawley is suing the owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank in Missouri, killing 17 people. Hawley filed the lawsuit Friday. He alleges that the owners and operators of the Ride the Ducks tours put profits above people’s safety. His office is suing under the…
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN , Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three children, including two infants, were among the dozens of passengers seriously injured when the commercial bus they were riding in was hit head-on by a semitruck on a New Mexico highway, killing eight people, hospital officials said Friday. Officials at University of New Mexico…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has granted eight requests for clemency and denied 85 other petitions. Rauner’s office announced the clemencies Friday. They continue the Republican’s practice of approving requests at a far lower rate than his predecessor, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. The petitions granted were for crimes including burglary, theft, drug possession…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) State Senator Jamilah Nasheed is calling for a hearing on the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s so-called police exclusion list. Nasheed said she wants the Board of Aldermen’s Public Safety Committee to hold hearings into the ‘exclusion list’ of officers for whom the Circuit Attorney’s office has said it may refuse cases…
By LAURIE KELLMAN and MATTHEW DALY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans lined up for blocks outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday to say goodbye to John McCain as officials, relatives and friends paid their tributes inside to the Vietnam hero and longtime senator lying in state under the majestic dome. Earlier, Vice President Mike…