McCaskill Raises $3.9M For Missouri Re-Election Bid

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A spokeswoman for Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill’s campaign says she raised roughly $3.9 million for her re-election bid in recent months. Spokeswoman Meira Bernstein on Monday announced the campaign’s latest fundraising results. McCaskill ended 2017 with more than $9 million to spend on her re-election bid. After recent fundraising…

Trump Threatens Syria Strike, Suggests Russia Shares Blame

By ROBERT BURNS, ZEKE MILLER and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Promising a decision within hours, President Donald Trump threatened a military strike against Syria and declared on Monday that Russia or any other nation found to share responsibility for Saturday’s apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians will “pay a price.” The White House…

President Trump Warns Assad: ‘Big Price To Pay’ For Fatal Syria Attack

By JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a “mindless CHEMICAL attack” in Syria that killed women and children, called Syrian President Bashar Assad an “animal” and delivered a rare personal criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin for supporting the Damascus government. As Washington worked to verify the claim by…

Canada Reels: 15 Die When Truck, Hockey Team Bus Collide

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES, Associated Press HUMBOLDT, Saskatchewan (AP) — A semi-trailer slammed into a bus carrying a youth hockey team in western Canada, killing 15 people and injuring 14 in a catastrophic collision that left a country and its national sport heartbroken. The crash sent shockwaves through the team’s small hometown. Canadians were…