Missouri voters will be the first in the nation to decide whether to amend their state constitution to prohibit sales taxes from being expanded to services such as auto repairs, haircuts, legal work and financial accounting. The proposal on the ...
Read More »Ted Cruz’s Supreme Court remark draws White House criticism
Sen. Ted Cruz’s suggestion of an indefinite Supreme Court vacancy under a President Hillary Clinton raises questions about the credibility and integrity of Republicans who have said the next president should get to the choose who fills the vacancy, White ...
Read More »Breyer says he won’t get into a debate over court vacancy
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said Thursday he won’t get drawn into a political debate over filling the vacancy on the high court. The 78-year-old justice declined to address comments from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who said Republicans ...
Read More »Posting a ballot selfie? Better check your state laws first
You probably already know whether you’ll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling place: Is it OK to take a picture of your ballot? While ...
Read More »Lawyer says Justice Thomas groped her in 1999; he denies it
An energy company lawyer said Thursday that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas touched her inappropriately at a 1999 dinner in suburban Washington. Thomas denied the allegation. Lawyer Moira Smith said in a statement that she was 23 when “Justice Thomas ...
Read More »Broadband privacy rules approved despite industry pushback
Federal regulators have approved new broadband privacy rules that make internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon ask customers’ permission before using or sharing much of their data, potentially making it more difficult for them to grow advertising businesses. Under ...
Read More »Amtrak to pay $265M for Philadelphia crash that killed 8
Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve at night. The settlement allows victims to have ...
Read More »Twitter slashes staff with revenue under pressure
Twitter, seemingly unable to find a buyer and losing money, is cutting about 9 percent of its employees worldwide. The social media site has failed to keep pace with rivals Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram and in recent months, rumors that ...
Read More »2 men sentenced in mining operation scheme
A suburban St. Louis man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay back $1.7 million to victims of a scheme that defrauded investors in a mining operation. The U.S. Attorney’s office on Thursday announced ...
Read More »United Way loses its ranking as America’s largest charity
United Way, ranked as America’s largest charity for all but one of the past 25 years, has been emphatically knocked from that spot by Fidelity Charitable, the leader of a rapidly growing philanthropic sector that is transforming the way many ...
Read More »Early voting: More good signs for Clinton in key states
The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in critical battleground states, as well as signs of strength in traditionally Republican territory. The strong early-voting turnout by ...
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