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St. Louis’ prosecutors are seeking a new trial for a man serving a life sentence for murder after an internal investigation found authorities fabricated evidence and paid a key witness. The request for a new trial filed last week comes ...

Tagged with: Conviction Integrity Unit Lamar Allen Johnson St. Louis St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner

When Bernie Sanders wanted to preview a speech about his signature health care plan, “Medicare for All,” he did not opt for a traditional interview. Instead, he made an appearance on “The 99,” his Democratic presidential campaign’s in-house livestreamed show, ...

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Stay-at-home mom Maryam Alidadi used to lead a comfortable middle-class life. The 35-year-old and her husband, a mechanic, could afford a spacious rental apartment in a central neighborhood of Tehran, along with a car, occasional restaurant meals and holidays abroad. ...

Tagged with: Iran Iranian Islamic Republic President Donald Trump Sanctions

U.S. home sales tumbled 1.7 percent in June, with rising prices and a scarce supply locking out many Americans from ownership. The National Association of Realtors said Tuesday that homes were sold last month at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate ...

Tagged with: economy home sales jobs National Association of Realtors Zillow

Coca-Cola shares hit a record high after the company upped its full-year revenue expectations and said it’s winning customers with new drinks like low-sugar sodas and iced coffees. Shares of Coca-Cola Co. rose 5.5 percent to $54.07 in early trading ...

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Four months after the country’s largest auto dealership chain named a new chief executive to replace its longtime CEO, it’s making another change at the top. Chief Financial Officer Cheryl Miller is the new CEO at AutoNation, replacing Carl Liebert, ...

Tagged with: AutoNation Carl Liebert Chief Financial Officer Cheryl Miller Mike Jackson

Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand said this week that she doesn’t regret calling for Al Franken’s resignation from the Senate and that female senators are being blamed for it in a way their male colleagues are not. In an interview ...

Tagged with: #MeToo 2020 election Al Franken Bernie Sanders Cory Booker Democrats Elizabeth Warren Kamala Harris Kristen Gillibrand

The Trump administration announced this week that it will vastly extend the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days. Fast-track deportations can apply ...

Tagged with: border wall deportation Donald Trump fast track deportation immigration Mexico migrants

Joe Biden is proposing to reverse several key provisions of the 1994 crime bill he helped write in an acknowledgment that his tough-on-crime positions of the past are at odds with the views of the modern Democratic Party. In a ...

Tagged with: 2020 election criminal reform Democratic Party Joe Biden New Orleans

President Donald Trump and congressional leaders have announced a critical debt and budget agreement that’s an against-the-odds victory for Washington pragmatists seeking to avoid political and economic tumult over the possibility of a government shutdown or first federal default. The ...

Tagged with: budget Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi President Donald Trump Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer

Tofurky Co., which produces plant-based alternatives to meat, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday claiming an Arkansas law that bans the use of “meat” in the labeling of its products violates free speech rights. The ACLU filed the lawsuit ...

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