An Illinois woman who is suing the University of Kansas for how it handled her sexual assault allegations is joining a separate lawsuit that accuses the school of misleading the public about the safety of its campus housing. In a ...
Read More »Congressmen question voter registration actions by official
Three Democratic U.S. congressmen on Wednesday asked a federal agency to provide information regarding whether a top federal elections official had the right to unilaterally change voter registration forms in three states to require proof of citizenship. Reps. Elijah Cummings, ...
Read More »Death penalty in white supremacist case a tricky proposition
A Kansas capital murder case involving a white supremacist who is dying of emphysema poses some unusual challenges for a district attorney pursuing the death penalty for the first time. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe has twice rejected offers ...
Read More »Death penalty sought in Jewish site shootings
A Kansas prosecutor will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist from Missouri who was ruled competent Thursday to face trial on charges of killing three people at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City.
Read More »Drug evidence against professor ruled inadmissible
Prosecutors won’t be able to present evidence of a pot-growing operation seized from the home of a former Missouri professor whose attempt at humor on Facebook led authorities to investigate him as a potential terrorist.
Read More »KC man gets 14 years for al-Qaida support
Khalid Ouazzani, 35, who pleaded guilty in May 2010 to bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to support a terrorist group, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Kansas City.
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