A developmentally disabled Missouri man was forced to fight another man for the “amusement” of people who ran the private care home where he lived and was left to die in a bathtub from injuries he suffered in the clash, ...
Read More »Greitens says fight not done, even in surrender
Even in surrender, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is going out fighting. When he steps down Friday, the former Navy SEAL officer will be conceding political defeat amid allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign violations while still defiantly asserting that he’s ...
Read More »Judge sweeps clouds away for R-rated puppet movie
A judge in New York ruled Wednesday against the makers of “Sesame Street” in a dispute with the distributor of the upcoming Melissa McCarthy movie, “The Happytime Murders.” U.S. District Judge Vernon Broderick ruled that distributor STX Productions can continue ...
Read More »Saving Sessions: Inside the GOP effort to protect the AG
Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president’s inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general’s job. The White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, ...
Read More »Gardner drops computer-tampering charge against Greitens
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner dismissed Wednesday the felony computer-tampering charges against outgoing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. “It is time for us to move on and help the state of Missouri get back to the business of governing,” Gardner ...
Read More »Conservative Christian attorneys gain influence under Trump
Lawyers who espouse a conservative Christian agenda have found plenty of opportunities in Texas, suing on behalf of Bible-quoting cheerleaders and defending a third-grader who wanted to hand out Christmas cards that read in part “Jesus is the Christ!” For ...
Read More »Legal hurdles loom for prosecutors in USC gynecologist case
The University of Southern California has received hundreds of complaints about a former school gynecologist suspected of conducting inappropriate exams for decades, prompting the resignation of the school president and a police investigation. More than a dozen lawsuits have been ...
Read More »Jury: David Copperfield not liable for tourist’s injuries
Illusionist David Copperfield was found negligent though not financially responsible for a British tourist’s injuries during a signature vanishing act that used participants from the audience of a 2013 show on the Las Vegas Strip, a jury said Tuesday. Gavin ...
Read More »St. Louis prosecutor will seek more summonses over warrants
The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it will now seek summonses instead of arrest warrants for lower-level felonies in order to reduce the amount of defendants in custody. Chief Trial Assistant Robert H. Dierker, a former circuit judge, ...
Read More »Baker decision won’t be justices’ last word on LGBT rights
A flood of lawsuits involving LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding ...
Read More »Supreme Court limits warrantless vehicle searches near homes
The Supreme Court is putting limits on the ability of police to search vehicles when they do not have a search warrant. The court sided 8-1 Tuesday with a Virginia man who complained that police walked onto his driveway and ...
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