Woman shot in car-to-car shooting on National Avenue SPRINGFIELD, Mo. --  Springfield Police say they are investigating a shooting by an occupant of one vehicle into another vehicle on National Avenue.  They say a woman was injured in the incident. Police responded to the area where the shots were fired ...

Convoy of Hope in Moore offering emergency relief SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Convoy of Hope is in Oklahoma offering help.  Trucks from the Springfield based charity rolled out early Tuesday morning, loaded with relief supplies.  The agency responds to disasters across the globe.  Although it hurts even more when one hits ...

Breaking News: Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner resigns following arrest LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas' state treasurer has resigned after federal prosecutors accused her of taking cash payments from a broker who handled a large amount of the state's investment portfolio. Democrat Martha Shoffner resigned effective Tuesday from the office she ...

Mo. bill would allow more time for moms to give up baby, add Springfield's PCC to list SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--  Dozens of times, in recent years, new mothers have decided that -- after having a baby -- that they cannot care for the child, so they dropped off their newborn at designated safe places.Right now, parents can leave their ...

SBA offering help in eastern Missouri counties affected by severe weather in April JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon says federal help is being offered to residents and businesses in several eastern Missouri counties affected by severe weather in April. Nixon's office said Tuesday the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest ...

UA system president recommends schools opt out of law allowing concealed handguns on campus LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The president of the University of Arkansas system is recommending its 11 campuses opt out of a law allowing faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus. A spokesman on Tuesday said UA System President ...

Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street
MOORESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Lowe's first-quarter net income rose almost 3 percent, even as a wet and cool spring dampened sales of gardening products.

Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing
LONDON (AP) — A 61-year-old Irishman has been charged with the Irish Republican Army bombing of the queen's ceremonial cavalry in Hyde Park in 1982 that killed four soldiers and seven horses.

Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were released on Wednesday, ending a crisis that has highlighted lawlessness in the desert peninsula bordering Israel. Security sources said the men were freed following talks mediated by Bedouin tribal leaders. They were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, a town straddling the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip. ...

Pussy Riot member declares hunger strike in prison
BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on parole.

Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis.