A 29-year-old man who police say was fatally shot before his body was found in a burning vehicle near St. Louis was a highly visible activist during protests over the 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson. St. Louis ...
Read More »As some states curb high fines, Oklahoma’s go even higher
When riots erupted two years ago in Ferguson, Missouri, some of the tension in the black community was blamed on the city’s use of court fines and fees that burdened many low-income people with debts they could not pay. Since ...
Read More »ITT Tech shutters all campuses after federal aid sanctions
The for-profit college chain ITT Technical Institute is shutting down all 130 of its U.S. campuses, saying Tuesday it can’t survive recent sanctions by the U.S. Department of Education. In a letter to more than 35,000 students, the Indiana-based parent ...
Read More »Light shed on St. Louis police use of cellphone tracker
Defense attorneys are questioning the impact of local police using U.S. Secret Service cellphone tracking technology in 2014 to investigate a case. Attorney Diane Dragan argues that some of the charges and all of the evidence stemming from her client’s ...
Read More »Ex-Kansas governors campaigning for Supreme Court justices
Four former Kansas governors launched a bipartisan push Tuesday to retain Kansas Supreme Court justices in November’s election, warning that ousting the jurists targeted by conservatives could politicize the state’s top court and undercut its impartiality. The campaign by former ...
Read More »High court temporarily blocks subpoena over sex ads
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily blocked a congressional subpoena that seeks information on how the classified advertising website Backpage.com screens ads for possible sex trafficking. The order came hours after Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer asked the ...
Read More »Gov’t survey confirms slowdown in US health insurance gains
The nation’s progress in getting more people covered by health insurance slowed significantly this year, the government confirmed Wednesday in a report that tempers a historic achievement of the Obama administration. About 1.3 million fewer people were uninsured the first ...
Read More »Execution drop makes some think death penalty is fading away
Is the death penalty in America gradually dying? There have been just two executions since May 1 and the total for 2016 probably will hit a 25-year low. Execution drug shortages, sometimes grotesque errors in death chambers and legal challenges ...
Read More »U of Missouri defends study that led to beagles’ deaths
The University of Missouri is defending its research practices after a national pet-adoption group publicly decried an experiment that led to six female beagles being euthanized. The California-based Beagle Freedom Project, which is suing the university system over $82,000 in ...
Read More »Carlson settles lawsuit against Ailes for $20 million
Former Fox News Channel anchor Gretchen Carlson settled her sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes for a reported $20 million and a public apology Tuesday, ending the case that triggered the downfall of Fox’s chief executive. Filed two months ago, ...
Read More »Congress has long to-do list, but little chance of action
Election-year politics will rule the congressional calendar as lawmakers return from a seven-week recess. Congress have a little more than four weeks in session beginning Tuesday before the November election, or around 20 days. Lawmakers are scheduled to leave town ...
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