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The Missouri Ethics Commission says it has found no evidence that Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer improperly used his authority over state spending in an effort to keep an opponent out of the Republican primary for attorney general. Former U.S. ...

A judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed on behalf of a transgender embalmer who was fired by a Detroit-area funeral home after disclosing that she was transitioning from male to female and would dress as a woman. U.S. District ...

A Texas couple is suing footwear maker Crocs and a Waikiki resort after their 2-year-old son’s foot got caught in an escalator while the family visited Hawaii for an oral surgeon convention. The lawsuit says the Crocs shoes were “negligently ...

A federal judge has rejected a legal settlement that would have divided up to $100 million among about 380,000 Uber drivers to resolve claims the ride-hailing service has been exploiting them by treating them as independent contractors instead of employees. ...

T-Mobile is phasing out data limits and pushing people toward unlimited data plans — which will mean higher prices for many new customers. Although T-Mobile is cutting the price of the unlimited plan, those who haven’t been using that much ...

Elmer Riehle does not want to wait “until death do us part,” but he may not have a choice. The 88-year-old former Jesuit brother wants to divorce Carolyn Riehle, saying the marriage is “irretrievably broken.” In court documents, she agrees. ...

Gawker.com is going to shut down as its parent company is sold to Univision, a reporter for the 14-year-old site said Thursday. A Gawker report Thursday said that Nick Denton, Gawker’s founder, told staffers that Gawker.com was ending on Thursday ...

Election officials in St. Louis are asking the city’s circuit attorney and the U.S. attorney’s office to investigate allegations of voter fraud in the August primary election for a state representative race that was won by a narrow margin. On ...

Correction: An earlier version of this post reported erroneously the reason more than 12,000 motorcycles had been found out of compliance with federal clean air regulations. The bikes were in violation because they were sold without required environmental certifications, not ...

Twenty-two religious leaders were spared from jail Thursday but still could face fines after being convicted of trespassing during protests in the Missouri Senate in support of expanded Medicaid coverage for low-income adults. The religious leaders, many of whom are ...

A Yale-educated investment banker was convicted of insider trading charges Wednesday after a jury concluded he gave tips about mergers and acquisitions to his father, enabling over $1 million in illegal profits. Sean Stewart, 35, testified during the two-week Manhattan ...