The Supreme Court on Thursday placed new limits on state laws that make it a crime for motorists suspected of drunken driving to refuse alcohol tests. The justices ruled that police must obtain a search warrant before requiring drivers to take ...
Read More »C-SPAN uses social media feeds to cover protest
With the cameras it uses to cover Congress shut off, C-SPAN turned to social media feeds on to beam live coverage of the House Democrat’s sit-in to demand votes on gun control legislation “No bills, no break,” the Democrats chanted ...
Read More »Jury finds Led Zeppelin did not steal riff for ‘Stairway’
Led Zeppelin did not steal a riff from an obscure 1960s instrumental tune to use for the introduction of its classic rock anthem “Stairway to Heaven,” a federal court jury decided Thursday. The verdict in Los Angeles settles a point ...
Read More »After Orlando, some businesses stress LGBT inclusivity moves
Some small business owners already working to make their companies more welcoming to LGBT employees say the massacre at a gay dance club in Orlando gives them an impetus to make more changes. “I’ve committed to myself and within our ...
Read More »New Border Patrol head has ties to Missouri legal community
An FBI veteran was named Monday to head the U.S. Border Patrol, a departure from the historical practice of picking someone who has risen through the ranks. Mark Morgan, who briefly led the internal affairs department at the Border Patrol’s parent agency, ...
Read More »2011 effort to remove judge shows bold Trump legal tactics
Five years before Donald Trump accused a federal judge of bias against him in a Trump University lawsuit, the New York billionaire tried to get another judge pulled from a case, court records show. The attempt to remove the judge ...
Read More »Judge says trust manager will decide fate of Grant’s Farm
A St. Louis judge has ruled that a trust manager will decide the future of Grant’s Farm. The popular south St. Louis County attraction that includes 900 animals and the Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales is owned by the Busch family, founders of Anheuser-Busch. ...
Read More »Judge: US agency lacks authority to set rules on fracking
A judge ruled Tuesday that federal regulators lack the authority to set rules for hydraulic fracturing, dealing another setback to the Obama administration’s efforts to tighten how fossil fuels are mined. U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl said the Bureau of ...
Read More »Missouri law to expand crime of sex trafficking to cover ads
Advertising commercial sex acts soon will be a crime in Missouri under an expanded sex trafficking law. Legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Jay Nixon will expand the crime of sex trafficking in the state to include ads. It takes effect ...
Read More »Nearly 1 in 3 on Medicare got commonly abused opioids
Nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller last year at a cost of $4.1 billion, according to a federal report that shows how common the addictive drugs are in many older Americans’ medicine ...
Read More »Philadelphia: No crackdown on Democratic convention protests
Philadelphia officials say they will respect the First Amendment rights of all protesters during the Democratic National Convention, but they are sticking with requirements that all demonstrators have permits and preparing a mothballed prison in case there are mass arrests. ...
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