The relatives of those killed by the sinking of a Branson duck boat in July have begun filing lawsuits against the companies responsible for operating and manufacturing the boats. At a press conference Monday at the Ambassador Hotel in Kansas ...
Read More »Fed is set to leave rates alone as trade war raises anxiety
The Federal Reserve will meet this week to assess an economy that has just enjoyed a healthy spurt of growth but faces a flurry of trade fights pushed by President Donald Trump that could imperil that growth in time. If ...
Read More »US pending home sales rose 0.9 percent in June
More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in June compared to May, although the volume of pending sales has slipped in the past year. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its pending-home-sales index rose 0.9 percent last month ...
Read More »Many rooting for inmates after credit bug exposed on devices
Officials say it was “intentional exploitation,” while some inmates’ families described it as more of a “glitch.” Either way, reports that 364 Idaho inmates had a quarter-million dollars in credits improperly applied to their JPay tablet accounts had many on ...
Read More »Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh’s gun views are clear
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh says he recognizes that gun, drug and gang violence “has plagued all of us.” Still, he believes the Constitution limits how far government can go to restrict gun use to prevent crime. As a federal ...
Read More »What does Mueller have? Manafort trial offers glimpse
The trial of President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money flowing through offshore bank accounts and into the political consultant’s pocket. What’s ...
Read More »EPA seeks dismissal of lawsuit in Colorado mine spill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed by Utah, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation seeking the repayment of cleanup costs for a mine spill in Colorado that polluted rivers in three states. ...
Read More »Judge: Opioid-distribution data not for public consumption
A federal judge has ruled that state and local governments cannot publicize federal government data about where prescription opioids were distributed — a blow to news organizations seeking to report more deeply on the nation’s overdose and addiction crisis. The ...
Read More »KC family copes with mom’s deportation
It’s almost as if Letty Stegall is back home in the United States, beside her daughter to wake her for school, fussing about the list when her husband goes shopping, beaming when she sees what her family has managed to ...
Read More »US economy surges to 4.1 percent growth rate in Q2
The U.S. economy surged in the April-June quarter to an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent. That’s the fastest pace since 2014, driven by consumers who began spending their tax cuts and exporters who rushed to get their products delivered ...
Read More »Senators spar on access to Kavanaugh’s staff-secretary work
More than a decade after he served as what’s been called the president’s “inbox and outbox,” Brett Kavanaugh’s role as White House staff secretary to President George W. Bush has become a flashpoint as Republicans push his confirmation to the ...
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