Missouri’s top court blocks Trump-backed U.S. House map from being used in November and orders it to be put to a vote

By The Associated Press
September 4, 2026 | 5:47 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s top court blocks Trump-backed U.S. House map from being used in November and orders it to be put to a vote.

Pennsylvania teen and his mother are charged in the stabbing death of the son’s girlfriend

By The Associated Press
September 4, 2026 | 6:23 AM

Authorities released police bodycam footage Thursday showing the discovery of a Pennsylvania college student’s body that led to the arrest of her boyfriend, who said in court documents that a “demon” told him to stab her. The boyfriend's mother, meanwhile, is accused of helping him cover up the crime, according to state police. Royce Moser, 18, of North Strabane Township, faces a homicide charge in the death of Karoline Heintz, a student at PennWest California University whose body was found Aug. 20 after she failed to return to the southwestern Pennsylvania college, according to a criminal complaint. Moser said he became angry with Heintz during a conversation in her vehicle in Moser’s driveway and that he had a “demon take over” and tell him to stab her, according to the police affidavit. A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday for Moser and his mother, Rachel Moser, in Heintz’s death.

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