A broad outline of how concealed weapons will be allowed on Kansas college campuses cleared a key panel Wednesday and edged closer to expected final approval, with individual campuses asked to come up with their own plans to implement the ...
Read More »Navy to award Purple Hearts to Chattanooga victims
After determining a shooting at a Chattanooga reserve center this summer was inspired by foreign terrorists, the Navy will award the Purple Heart to the four Marines and one sailor who were killed and the one Marine who was injured ...
Read More »Audit says $65K gone from Missouri court under clerk’s watch
The state auditor says more than $65,000 went missing from a southwestern Missouri court under a former clerk’s watch. Auditor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday that the previous Carl Junction Municipal Court clerk took advantage of her position to defraud the ...
Read More »AP source: Ferguson, Justice Department close to agreement
The Justice Department is close to an agreement with the Ferguson, Missouri, police department on a deal intended to bring sweeping changes to the agency, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The overhaul, once finalized, could avert a ...
Read More »Officer’s mistrial in Gray’s death a letdown for both sides
As jurors deliberated the fate of one of six police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, Baltimore braced for a possible repeat of the protests, destruction and dismay that engulfed the city in April, when Gray died of ...
Read More »Missouri bid to strip scholarships if athletes strike pulled
A Missouri lawmaker withdrew a bill Wednesday that sought to strip scholarships from college athletes who refuse to play for reasons unrelated to health. Republican state Rep. Rick Brattin had filed the legislation Friday in response to last month’s threat ...
Read More »Analysis: Bush strong in GOP debate but it may not matter
Jeb Bush finally delivered a powerful debate performance. But it may not matter. The former Florida governor repeatedly took the fight to front-runner Donald Trump in Las Vegas Tuesday night as the Republican Party’s 2016 class met on the debate ...
Read More »Congress set for year-end push on tax, spending compromise
Congressional leaders are girded to push a Christmas compromise on tax cuts and spending through the House and Senate by week’s end after Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on a legislative package extending dozens of tax breaks for businesses and ...
Read More »Appeals court: Judge didn’t have power to hear DC gun case
A lawsuit over the District of Columbia’s strict gun law hit a speed bump Tuesday when an appeals court ruled that a federal judge who halted the law’s enforcement didn’t have authority to rule on the case. A three-judge panel of ...
Read More »Texas sends fewer to death row as capital punishment wanes
Texas sent far fewer prisoners to death row in 2015, marking the lowest number of new condemned inmates since the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the state’s capital punishment statute nearly four decades ago, according to a Texas-based group opposed to the ...
Read More »Backlash begins over University of Missouri protest response
Two Missouri legislators propose that universities revoke the scholarships of athletes if they go on strike. Another proposes mandatory classes on free speech for all students. And state legislative leaders say funding for the University of Missouri could be cut. ...
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