The operator of a suburban St. Louis landfill where an underground fire smolders near illegally dumped radioactive waste is suing the drug maker whose predecessor processed the Cold War-era nuclear material. Bridgeton Landfill LLC seeks help paying for the $205 ...
Read More »Officials: 35 lives, $3 billion in timber lost to Michael
Trees brought down by Hurricane Michael’s ferocious winds took a heavy toll on life, property and the timber industry in the heavily forested Florida Panhandle, where $3 billion in timber was lost, authorities said Friday. A firefighter became the latest ...
Read More »AP-NORC Poll: Just 1 in 4 thinks Kavanaugh told entire truth
Just 1 in 4 people thinks Brett Kavanaugh was completely honest when as a Supreme Court nominee he gave sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, with Republicans and Democrats holding starkly distinct opinions of his credibility, according ...
Read More »Job growth is found to be no cure for a community’s poverty
A healthy dose of job growth has long been seen as a likely cure for poverty. New research, however, suggests that poor Americans are frequently left behind even when their cities or communities benefit from hiring booms. When such cities ...
Read More »Home sales fell in September to slowest pace in 3 years
U.S. home sales fell for the sixth straight month in September, a sign that housing has increasingly become a weak spot for the economy. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that sales declined 3.4 percent last month, the biggest ...
Read More »Melinda Gates speaks on smoothing the shift to digital age
Instead of destroying jobs and leaving legions of people without work, the digital revolution can open doors to unseen opportunities and industries, though only if everyone has access to the internet and the ability to use it, Melinda Gates said ...
Read More »Byrn denies defenders’ request for new judge
A judge has denied the Jackson County district defender’s request that a new judge hear her office’s concerns about public-defender caseloads. On Tuesday, Judge David M. Byrn issued an order in which he found Presiding Judge John Torrence’s September comments ...
Read More »Attorney’s role questioned in Jungerman civil case
Attorneys representing the man accused in the fatal shooting of Kansas City attorney Thomas Pickert have asked a judge to remove the lawyer appointed as receiver in a wrongful-death case brought by Pickert’s widow because he is also a Kansas ...
Read More »KC Attorney Justus returns to mayoral race
Kansas City Councilwoman Jolie Justus is back in the city’s mayoral race. Justus, a former Missouri state senator, announced Wednesday that she’s returning to a race she left earlier this year when former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander declared ...
Read More »ACLU files excessive force lawsuit over 2013 takedown
The American Civil Liberties Union alleges in a lawsuit that a Kansas City police officer used excessive force when taking a man into custody in December 2013. The suit filed Thursday against former officer Jordan Nelson seeks unspecified damages. It ...
Read More »Judge’s ruling means clinic can’t resume abortions
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Planned Parenthood’s request for a mid-Missouri clinic to be temporarily exempted from certain abortion regulations, ensuring that the Columbia clinic will not be able to resume abortions. U.S. Western District Court Judge Brian Wimes ...
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