WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday in the Senate. Trump is charged by the House with inciting the violent mob attack on the U.S. Capitol to overturn the election. Prosecutors argue it is a “grievous constitutional crime,” but Trump’s defense team insists his fiery words at a rally just before…
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Tesla says it has invested more than $1 billion in Bitcoin and will accept the digital currency as payment for its electric vehicles. In a regulatory filing Monday, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company said its board approved of the $1.5 billion investment and potentially more in the future. It said…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is running for another term and former Democratic state Sen. Scott Sifton is challenging him. A spokeswoman for Blunt on Monday confirmed his candidacy to The Associated Press shortly after Sifton announced he’s entering the race. Missouri first elected Blunt to the U.S. Senate in…
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has imposed a curfew and bans on gatherings of more than five people in the country’s two biggest cities as protests against its coup show no sign of abating. The decrees covering Yangon and Mandalay were issued on a township-by-township basis, and those which have become public so…
NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Plummer, the dashing award-winning actor who played Captain von Trapp in the film “The Sound of Music” and at 82 became the oldest Academy Award winner in history, has died. He was 91. Plummer enjoyed varied roles ranging from the film “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” to the voice…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry says it is expelling diplomats from Sweden, Poland and Germany, accusing them of attending a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as international tensions grew over the jailing of the Kremlin’s most prominent foe. The announcement came as the European Union’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told…
St. Louis police say an arrest has been made in the gruesome shooting deaths of a woman, a young girl and an infant inside a St. Louis home. 34-year-old Ronald Marr is facing three counts of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. Marr was arrested Thurday afternoon in Effingham, Illinois. Police say officers called to…
A St. Louis-area man is now the third Missourian facing federal charges in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Paul S. Westover of Lake St. Louis made his initial court appearance Thursday on a felony count of impeding law enforcement officers. He’s also charged with three misdemeanors accusing him of entering a restricted…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will freeze Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal of some U.S. troops stationed in Germany. The announcement Thursday from White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan came ahead of Biden’s visit to the State Department. The White House also said the U.S. would end support for Saudi Arabia’s military in the…