Longtime Arizona GOP Rep. Jim Kolbe dies at 80

GOP Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire said Sunday he is considering a White House bid in 2024, citing the Granite State’s “live free or die” spirit as a model for the Republican Party. “Yes,” Sununu said when asked by CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri mother who reported that her infant twins were stillborn has been convicted of manslaughter. Twenty-eight-year-old Maya Caston was convicted Friday of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangerment. Prosecutors argued that Caston’s lack of action to get care for the babies showed that she caused the deaths. And her extensive internet searches for miscarriages and abortion methods before she gave birth demonstrated that she didn’t want the babies. Caston told the jury that she had planned to give the babies up for adoption at a doctor’s appointment three days after they were born, but by that time, the babies had died after not eating.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 23-year-old Missouri man charged with raping eight teenage girls has been given 16 consecutive life sentences. Dominic Yocco was sentenced Thursday in St. Louis County for 16 counts, including nine counts of rape. He was subject to a life sentence because jurors in September found him to be a predatory sexual offender. Prosecutors said Yocco contacted the girls using social media. He then gave them alcohol and drugs before assaulting them. Yocco was 17 and 18 when the attacks occurred between 2016 and 2018. The girls were 16 and younger. He read a statement denying that he had done anything wrong.

TODAY: Conditions will be drastically different than the start of the weekend with morning temperatures in the teens. Some folks in northeastern Missouri saw light ice accumulation overnight but no road impacts are expected Sunday. Highs today remain below freezing thanks to cloudy skies and wind chills will be in the teens through the afternoon. Low clouds could produce light freezing drizzle in a line from the Lake to Mexico and areas southeastward today.

TONIGHT: Another round of a freezing drizzle/rain mix is heading into the forecast area late tonight. The highest chances for Missouri are just to the south of us, but that doesn't mean we are completely out of it. Amounts are less that 1/10th of an inch once again, but because of the fact that surfaces have had such a long time to cool off, we could see stronger effects. Overnight, the chances for slick spots rise, and stay into Monday morning, so make sure to drive a bit more carefully late tonight into the Monday morning commute.

* WHAT…A light mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain and/or. drizzle is expected. Total snow and sleet accumulations of less. than half an inch and ice accumulations less than one tenth of an. inch. * WHERE…Portions of south central and southwest Illinois. Portions. of central, east central,...