Month: June 2024

By Associated Press When you’re expecting a baby, you hope nothing goes wrong. But at least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kills 70,000 women and 500,000 babies worldwide every year. There was no way to know when it might strike —

By St. Louis Post-Dispatch via My Courier-Tribune JEFFERSON CITY — Floodwaters that have inundated parts of Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota are making their way into Missouri, prompting an emergency declaration by Gov. Mike Parson. In an announcement Wednesday, Parson said the state needs to be prepared for potential flooding along the Missouri River in

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump granted a defense request for a hearing on whether prosecutors improperly breached attorney-client privilege when they obtained crucial evidence from one of Trump’s ex-lawyers. But U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon also denied a request for a

By St. Louis Post-Dispatch via My Courier-Tribune JEFFERSON CITY — Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft gained an ally Tuesday in his legal fight over controversial new investing rules. State Treasurer Vivek Malek, a fellow Republican, filed a brief in support of Ashcroft, who is being sued in federal court for attempting to limit the impact

By St. Louis Post-Dispatch via My Courier-Tribune JEFFERSON CITY — The leader of the Democratic minority in the Missouri Senate is stepping down early for a $150,000 per year post. Sen. John Rizzo of Independence said in a letter to Gov. Mike Parson Wednesday that he will end his tenure on Sunday to become executive

By Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down after Israel captured it. The

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Yet another civil lawsuit filed Wednesday against a Missouri Christian boarding school by a former student accuses staffers of forced child labor, physical abuse and tactics aimed at hiding mistreatment from authorities. The lawsuit, filed in Missouri’s Western U.S. District Court, alleges fraud and negligence by five former

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Republicans advanced a resolution Thursday that would hold President Joe Biden’s ghostwriter in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over records related to the special counsel investigation into Biden’s handling of classified documents. The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to recommend contempt charges against Mark Zwonitzer,

By Associated Press Nebraska lawmakers are set to address property tax relief next month in a special session being sought by Gov. Jim Pillen. But the Republican also has signaled his hope that the session could be used to take Nebraska back to a winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes ahead of this year’s tight

By Associated Press SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. — Rick Satterwhite’s house backs up to the Missouri River, but flood insurance hadn’t really seemed necessary – until this week, when he had to pump water out of his basement after a round of destructive storms. It’s not the first time he’s had to dry out his

By Associated Press WIMBLEDON, England — There is a real shift happening at the top of tennis, a youth movement that long seemed inevitable but never actually arrived until now. As the sport’s attention shifts to the grass of Wimbledon, where play begins Monday, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff are the

By Associated Press Kawhi Leonard, Tyrese Haliburton and Joel Embiid are all good to go for the start of USA Basketball’s men’s national team training camp in Las Vegas next week, the first step toward what the Americans hope is a fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal. Leonard missed 12 of the Los Angeles Clippers’ final

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that he expects the state to put together an aid plan by the end of the year to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from being lured across state lines to new stadiums in Kansas. Missouri’s renewed efforts come

By Associated Press ATLANTA — President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, will meet for a debate on Thursday that offers an unparalleled opportunity for both candidates to try to reshape the political narrative. Biden, the Democratic incumbent, gets the chance to reassure voters that, at 81, he’s capable of guiding the U.S.