The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits stayed at a 43-year low last week in the latest sign that layoffs are scarce. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment benefits were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted 246,000, the Labor Department said ...
Read More »Some truth, some hyperbole in Missouri governor race claims
The general election campaign for Missouri governor has featured attack ads and face-to-face accusations at a debate in Branson. It turns out that in most of the claims, there’s some truth and some hyperbole. Republican Eric Greitens, a former Navy ...
Read More »Now hear this: Emergency agencies turn off radio encryption
Some police and fire departments are bucking a trend to conceal dispatch communications from the public, acknowledging that radio encryption has the potential to backfire and put first responders in danger. Agencies with digital radio systems have turned off the ...
Read More »2 federal lawsuits seek compensation for exonerated man
The Louisiana Supreme Court won’t consider whether the family of a man who was exonerated of murder after nearly 30 years on death row is due compensation for wrongful conviction. That leaves intact rulings against Glenn Ford, who died of ...
Read More »Court: ‘Who’s on First’ can remain in theatric production
Producers of a now-closed Broadway play can use Abbott and Costello’s famous “Who’s on First” routine over objections by the comedy duo’s heirs, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a lower-court ...
Read More »Curator out after racial sensitivity of exhibit questioned
The chief curator of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis is stepping down after an exhibition that depicts 1960s black civil rights protesters and black women on magazines smeared in toothpaste and chocolate was criticized as racially insensitive. The exhibit ...
Read More »Comcast fined $2.3M to end probe into mischarging customers
Government regulators are fining Comcast $2.3 million, saying the cable giant has charged customers for stuff they never ordered, like premium channels or extra cable boxes. The Federal Communications Commission says the Philadelphia company must clearly ask customers before charging ...
Read More »Samsung stops making Galaxy Note 7s as fresh problems emerge
Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it is discontinuing production of Galaxy Note 7 smartphones permanently, a day after stopping global sales of the ill-fated devices. The South Korean company said in a regulatory filing that it decided to stop manufacturing ...
Read More »Dakota Access pipeline work to resume in protest area
The company building the four-state Dakota Access pipeline plans to resume construction on private land near Lake Oahe in North Dakota, where protests supporting tribal rights have endured for months. The statement early Tuesday from Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners comes ...
Read More »Missouri gubernatorial candidates on social issues
Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri’s gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates by phone about various social issues. Here’s how they responded: Should Missouri ...
Read More »Justices weigh dispute over racial bias in jury room
There was nothing subtle about the ethnic slurs a juror in Colorado is reported to have made during deliberations over a Hispanic defendant charged with inappropriately touching teenage girls. Two other jurors claim their colleague determined that defendant Miguel Angel ...
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