Belgium Shooting Rampage Was Terrorist Act, Prosecutors Say
By LORNE COOK and RAF CASERT , Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The man who killed three people during a knife and shooting rampage through the Belgian city of Liege carried out an act of "terrorist murder," prosecutors said Wednesday, and authorities were trying to establish whether he acted alone. Benjamin Herman, an inmate on…
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GOP Leaders Say Governor’s Resignation Puts Missouri First
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Missouri House say GOP Gov. Eric Greitens has "put the best interest" of the state's residents first in deciding to resign. House Speaker Todd Richardson, Speaker Pro Tem Elijah Haahr, and Majority Leader Rob Vescovo issued a joint statement Tuesday, moments after Greitens announced he was…
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Belgian Officer’s Killing Orphans Twin Daughters
BRUSSELS (AP) — The police chief in the Belgian city where a prison inmate on 48-hour leave grabbed the service weapons of two officers and then fatally shot them and a bystander has identified the slain officers, one of whom had twin daughters now orphaned. Liege Police Chief Christian Beaupere named the two female officers…
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Man Kills Three In Belgian City After Seizing Police Weapons
By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY , Associated Press LIEGE, Belgium (AP) — A knife-wielding man stabbed two police officers Tuesday in the Belgian city of Liege, stole their weapons and shot them and a bystander dead in an attack that prosecutors fear could be terror-related. The attacker, who was later killed by police, was…
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US Team in North Korea Raises Expectations of a Trump-Kim Summit
North Korea (AP) A U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take place. Both the State Department and South Korea's Foreign Ministry said the nations' officials have been engaged in talks at…
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