Students living in the country illegally no longer would be required to pay international tuition rates to Missouri colleges and universities under a proposal approved by a key legislative committee as part of negotiations over a proposed state budget plan ...
Read More »Kansas water park where boy died appears unlikely to open
A Kansas water park where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated isn’t hiring lifeguards, advertising or selling tickets with less than a month left before its typical Memorial Day weekend opening date, underlining speculation that it could be put up for ...
Read More »Court TV pounds gavel again as all-trial channel is reborn
Court TV is ending its long recess. The channel for legal junkies that thrived during the trial-crazy 1990s comes back from the dead after more than a decade Wednesday amid a crime-story craze that its backers hope will launch it ...
Read More »A loophole could keep young terror suspects out of US courts
The Justice Department’s ability to charge minors for supporting terrorist groups has been hampered by a 2018 Supreme Court decision, forcing prosecutors to hand off at least one such case to local authorities in a state without anti-terrorism laws. The ...
Read More »White House orders ex-counsel McGahn to defy House subpoena
The Trump administration has instructed former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a subpoena for documents from the House Judiciary Committee, arguing that the materials are subject to executive privilege. The committee wants to speak to McGahn and review ...
Read More »Crests aside, more rain means more worries for river towns
Rainfall in the coming days could raise water levels in the Mississippi River higher than expected and lead to more flooding, the National Weather Service at St. Louis said Saturday. At some points, including Davenport, Iowa, the past week’s levels ...
Read More »Missouri could face fees, limited returns on state park sale
The Missouri House’s plan to sell a new state park could cost the state thousands of dollars in appraisal, auction and legal fees, according to state budget officials. The Committee on Legislative Research Oversight Division also found that the potential ...
Read More »Survey reveals sanitary product issues in Missouri prisons
A survey behind a proposal to provide women in Missouri prisons free access to sanitary products found that about 80 percent of respondents made their own tampons out of materials available to them. Nonprofit Missouri Appleseed’s survey found that a ...
Read More »Cohen’s prison reality: A bunk bed in barrack-style hall
“The Situation” and the Fyre Festival fraudster are already there. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is up next. It’s not reality TV. It’s a federal prison 70 miles from New York City where white-collar and D-list ...
Read More »Barr besieged by allegations he’s being Trump’s protector
Attorney General William Barr portrayed himself as an apolitical elder statesman at his confirmation hearing. He declared he’d rather resign than be asked to fire special counsel Robert Mueller without cause and insisted the prosecutor he’d known for decades would ...
Read More »Emails show Missouri lobbyist’s efforts to help expelled son
A Missouri lobbyist strategizing how to advance a measure to help college students like his son who have been disciplined for sex-discrimination complaints suggested pushing the idea that the real problem on campuses is not rape but women regretting casual ...
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