By CATHERINE LUCEY and JONATHAN LEMIRE , WASHINGTON (AP) — Serious contenders are hiding from view. Celebrity hangers-on are applying via Twitter. Fresh names circulate practically on the hour. And the man in charge is stoking much of the confusion. President Donald Trump’s hunt for a new chief of staff has taken on the feel of…
By JIM MUSTIAN , Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump offered a simple defense Thursday to accusations he broke campaign finance law by directing attorney Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump’s alleged affairs: He was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer. “I never directed Michael Cohen to break…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police have identified the man fatally shot by an officer during a violent incident on a gas station parking lot. Police on Thursday identified the suspect as 29-year-old Demario Bass. On Wednesday, two officers on patrol spotted a stolen 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe at a BP gas station. One…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press Democrat Claire McCaskill had stern words for her soon-to-be former colleagues in the Senate in a farewell speech on Thursday, saying that polarization and fear of political consequences have rendered the body ineffective and unwilling to take on difficult issues. The two-term senator lost to Republican Attorney General Josh…
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The office of the Paris prosecutor, which handles terrorism cases in France, says a man killed in Strasbourg in a shootout with police has been identified as the main suspect in a Christmas market attack that killed three people. The man was identified as Charif Chekatt, a 29-year-old whom police had…
LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out the possibility that the Brexit withdrawal text that all 28 leaders, including British Prime Minister Theresa May, endorsed last month can be altered. Speaking ahead of a Brexit discussion at a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels, Macron said it is “important to avoid…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri GOP is calling on an attorney for the secretary of state to recuse herself from investigating outgoing Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley. Missouri GOP spokesman Chris Nuelle on Wednesday said Secretary of State Deputy General Counsel Khristine Heisinger has a conflict because she donated to Hawley’s former rival,…
By BURHAN OZBILICI and SUZAN FRASER , Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass Thursday at a station in the Turkish capital of Ankara, killing nine people and injuring dozens, officials said. The 6:30 a.m. train from Ankara to the central Turkish city…
Author: Glenn Fuselier Published: 2:53 Am CST December 13, 2018 (KTRS) St. Louis MO A scary situation for bowlers inside a bowling alley Wednesday night. O’Fallon Illinois Police say a man walked into the bar area at the St.Clair Bowling Alley on Old Collinsville Road around 11 PM and shot a man in the chest. Police…
An investigation into a stolen car this afternoon led to an altercation that left a suspect dead and a St. Louis Police officer taken to a hospital with injuries. The officer shot the suspect in the chest and was himself injured in the incident at a gas station near the intersection of Goodfellow and Lillian. Investigators…