Todd Akin at News Conference: I’m Staying in the Race
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(ST. LOUIS, M.O.) — Todd Akin’s message to Missouri: I’m staying in the race.Akin, the sixth-term Republican congressman who is running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, held his first news conference on Thursday afte…
Todd Akin to Claire McCaskill: You Should Drop Out
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — After days of ignoring Republican pleas to abandon his U.S. Senate campaign in Missouri, Rep. Todd Akin on Thursday received an even more damning message: A new Rasmussen poll shows that Akin, who held a tidy lead…
Todd Akin Opens Door to Possible Exit from Missouri Senate Race
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Republican Congressman Todd Akin opened the door to a possible exit from Missouri’s Senate race on Wednesday, saying he doesn’t know the future.“Well George, I’m never going to say everything that could possibly happen…
Todd Akin Asks for Forgiveness in New Ad
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(NEW YORK) — Amid growing pressure for him to drop out of Missouri’s Senate race, Rep. Todd Akin released a new ad Tuesday asking for forgiveness over remarks he made about women rarely becoming pregnant from “legitimate rape.”"…
New Poll Shows Rep. Todd Akin Still Leads in Missouri Senate Race
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(NEW YORK) — In spite of the controversy surrounding Missouri Congressman Todd Akin because of remarks he made about women not becoming pregnant after a “legitimate rape,” he still leads Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in …
Republicans Condemn Todd Akin for ‘Legitimate Rape’ Remarks
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin said today that he would not step aside despite calls for him to quit by two prominent Republican senators following his comments about “legitimate rape.” Akin, a Republican, in…
GOP Senate Candidate Says Pregnancy ‘Rare’ in ‘Legitimate Rape’
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Missouri Republican Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin, who opposes abortion in most cases, including rape, said in a television interview Sunday that it is “really rare” that victims of “legitimate…
Todd Akin Defeats Self-Funder, Palin-Backed Rival in Missouri Primary
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(ST. LOUIS) — Sarah Palin’s chosen candidate has lost Missouri’s GOP Senate primary. So has the race’s self-funding front-runner.Instead, Missouri Republicans picked Rep. Todd Akin in an upset victory for…
Missouri Passes Right to Pray Amendment
Ciaran Griffin/Stockbyte/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) — Missouri voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution reiterating individuals’ right to pray publicly and in schools.On a day when GOP primaries promised the mo…
Lacy Clay Jr. Ousts Russ Carnahan in St. Louis Redistricting Battle
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) — Rep. Lacy Clay, Jr. won the primary fight over St. Louis on Tuesday, emerging without much of a scar from the political ring of his newly-merged district.Clay defeated neighboring Democratic Rep. Russ Carnahan in a …
Political Scions Face Off in St. Louis Redistricting Matchup
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) — On Tuesday, St. Louis will be a re-election Thunderdome for two political scions. Two men will enter; one man will leave.Democratic Reps. Russ Carnahan and Lacy Clay, Jr. will square off for the whole of the c…
Sarah Palin Cuts TV Ad for Sarah Steelman in Missouri Senate Race
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Sarah Palin is leaping to the assistance of a fellow “momma grizzly” in Missouri.Sarah Steelman, who has enjoyed the backing of Tea Partiers in Missouri’s three-way Republican Senate primary…
Bomb Threats Rattle Walmart Stores in Kansas, Missouri
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(LEAVENWORTH, Kan.) — Two Walmart stores received bomb threats on Sunday, prompting police to evacuate stores and search for dangerous devices, Kansas police officials said.The threats in Leavenworth and Lawrence came after…
Immigrant Mom Loses Effort to Regain Son Given to US Adoptive Parents
Encarnacion Bail Romero cries after learning she won’t regain custody of her child she knew as Carlos. (ABC News)(CARTHAGE, Mo.) — In a controversial case that involved the rights of illegal immigrants and their young children, a Guatemalan mother los…
Man Charged With Murdering Missouri Sisters
ABC News (PLATTE COUNTY, Mo.) — A Missouri man has been charged with murder in the beating and suffocation deaths of two Missouri sisters who went missing over the weekend. Police confirmed at a news conference Monday that the bodies of two women foun…
Britny Haarup, Ashley Key: Truck Found in Missing Missouri Sisters Search
Britny Haarup (right) and Ashley Key (left). ABC News (NEW YORK) — A truck linked to two missing Missouri women was found on a dusty, country road this weekend, raising concerns about foul play. Britny Haarup, 19, and Ashley Key, 22, were last seen Fr…
‘Serial Hugger’ Preys on Women in St. Louis Suburbs
Hemera/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) — Missouri prosecutors are trying to decide whether to charge an alleged serial hugger who pretends to know women and cons them into giving him a hug.So far, at least 36 women have come forward to complain about unwanted h…
Fourth Child Dies After Missouri, Tennessee Lake Electrocutions
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A fourth child has died after a pair of separate electrocution incidents at lakes in Missouri and Tennessee.Nathan Lynam, 11, died Thursday night at Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, Tenn., authorities said.O…
Missouri, Tennessee Lake Electrocutions Kill Three Children
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Fourth of July turned deadly after three children died in two separate electrocution incidents in Missouri and Tennessee.Alexandra Anderson, 13, and brother Brayden, 8, were killed while swimming near a private d…
Missouri Party Host Blamed in Teen’s Fatal Drunk Accident
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — On Halloween 2009, as Kenneth Blake, 19, was driving himself home from a party at which he had gotten drunk, he hit another car, killing Laura Reynolds, 16. Nearly three years later, a Missouri judge is…