SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ Illinois officials expect to receive $13 million in federal funds to help update aging voting machines across the state. The money is part of a $380 million congressional influx to prevent a repeat of Russian interference in the 2016 elections. Local officials report that machinery bought more than a decade ago…
By MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ personal attorney is asking a state House committee investigating Greitens’ actions during an extramarital affair to delay the release of its findings, saying an ongoing criminal investigation is likely to uncover information that will make the report inaccurate. In a letter sent…
NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters are at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in New York City. The Fire Department says the blaze broke out on the 50th floor shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday. The department says there was one serious injury. President Donald Trump tweeted about 45 minutes later that the fire…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that a state law preventing gun ownership by felons doesn’t violate their constitutional rights. The Columbia Missourian reports that the majority of the judges found this week that Jack Alpert hadn’t proven his case. Court documents say Alpert had pleaded guilty and served time…
NIPAWIN, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police said early Saturday 14 people were killed and 14 people were injured after a truck collided with a bus carrying a junior hockey team to a playoff game in Western Canada. Police say there were 28 people, including the driver, on board the bus of the Humboldt Broncos team…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens is trying to toss out a lawsuit alleging governor’s office staff violated the law with a message-deleting app. The lawsuit is over a request by a St. Louis attorney for records related to use of the Confide app, which deletes messages after…
By DANICA COTO, Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administrator of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said Friday it will take up to an estimated $50 billion to help rebuild Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria and warned that the U.S. territory is not ready for another disaster. Brock Long said his agency…
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a modest 103,000 jobs in March after several months of robust gains, though the government’s overall jobs report suggests that the labor market remains fundamentally healthy. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent, a 17-year low, for a sixth straight month, the Labor Department…
Washington, MO (KTRS) An Endangered Person Advisory is in effect for a missing Franklin County man. Police say 43-year-old Michael Jolly was last seen at his residence in Washington, Missouri on March 2nd. On March 11,he was traveling from Washington, Missouri to visit family in Affton. He contacted a relative that day on his cell phone…
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police seeking to quell simmering anger over their shooting of a mentally disturbed black man on a New York City street released a montage of security videos Thursday that showed him minutes earlier thrusting a metal object that looked like a gun into the faces of several…