A new Missouri law will double how much crime victims can receive for lost earnings. Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday signed legislation that will increase the cap from $200 to $400 a week. It takes effect Aug. 28. The money ...
Read More »Inmate loses appeal in lawsuit over Ramadan observance
A state appeals court has ruled that Missouri corrections officials didn’t violate an inmate’s rights when they prevented him from taking part in some of the 2010 Ramadan observances. Inmate John Jones is serving a life sentence at the Jefferson ...
Read More »Satanic worshippers sue over Missouri’s abortion law
A group of Satanic worshippers are suing Missouri’s governor and attorney general, alleging the state’s abortion restrictions are illegal. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the federal lawsuit on behalf of The Satanic Temple and a Missourian identified only as “Mary ...
Read More »Boston Marathon bomber sentenced, says he’s sorry for the first time
In a startling turn, Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rose to his feet and apologized to the victims and their loved ones for the first time Wednesday just before a judge formally sentenced him to death. “I am sorry for ...
Read More »Agency chief: Contractor’s credential used to breach system
The head of the government agency that suffered two massive cyberattacks said Tuesday that a hacker gained access to its records with a credential used by a federal contractor. Despite calls for her ouster, the director of the Office of ...
Read More »House approves bill to overhaul chemical regulation
The House on Tuesday approved a bipartisan bill that would update regulation of harmful chemicals for the first time in nearly 40 years. The House vote, 398-1, moves the bill to the Senate, where a similar measure awaits a floor ...
Read More »Woman gets 9 years for statutory rape of son’s friend
A 30-year-old St. Charles woman accused of having sex with her child’s 12-year-old friend has been sentenced to nine years in prison. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Nicole Marie Smith pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of statutory rape and ...
Read More »Former Fox district student sues over teacher assault
A federal lawsuit accuses a St. Louis-area school district of failing to protect a former student from being sexually assaulted by a teacher. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis on behalf of the woman now in her 20s alleges Fox ...
Read More »Judge upholds appointments to Joplin school board
A Jasper County judge says three recent appointments to the Joplin Board of Education did not violate state statute. The Joplin Globe reports Jasper County Judge Stephen Carlton ruled Tuesday that the Jasper County Commission’s three appointments to the school ...
Read More »Food supplier sues egg farm alleging breach of contract
A food supplier claims an Iowa egg farm breached a contract after bird flu disrupted the supply of eggs. Michael Foods Egg Products Co., a subsidiary of St. Louis-based cereal-maker Post Holdings Inc., filed a lawsuit in federal court in ...
Read More »Flags could be coming down in South Carolina, elsewhere
South Carolina lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to consider removing the Confederate flag from their Statehouse grounds and other politicians took aim at Civil War-era symbols across the South, saying change is imperative after police said nine black churchgoers were slain in ...
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