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A lawyer for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens argued Thursday that Attorney General Josh Hawley should be barred from investigating the governor because of critical comments that he suggested were partly motivated by Hawley’s candidacy for the U.S. Senate. During a ...

A House committee investigating allegations against Gov. Eric Greitens has hired former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward “Chip” Robertson Jr. and Sedalia attorney Mark Kempton as special counsel. “Judge Robertson provides experience and knowledge to our committee as we ...

The Missouri Supreme Court heard two cases Wednesday on LGBT issues that could potentially lead to rulings clarifying the limits of the Missouri Human Rights Act in sex-discrimination cases. In the first case, a minor plaintiff, R.M.A., sued the Blue ...

The Missouri House is advancing a proposal to ban public contractors from protesting Israel. House lawmakers gave the bill initial approval in a voice vote Tuesday. If enacted, it would prohibit state and local governments from contracting with companies boycotting ...

Kansas City Power & Light is warning customers it is seeing a dramatic increase in the number of scams directed at customers. The electric company said Wednesday that it has tracked 326 attempted utility-collection call scams in the first quarter ...

The Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear an appeal Monday by a Missouri prisoner who is ineligible for parole until age 112 for a string of non-homicide offenses he committed at age 16. Bobby Bostic, whose cause ...

Five years after two brothers who had been living in America for about a decade bombed the Boston Marathon, federally funded community programs to prevent attacks by homegrown extremists are barely underway and face an uncertain future. Those projects, which ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, denying a plea from Republicans legislative leaders to block it. Justice Samuel Alito, who handles emergency appeals from Pennsylvania, rejected the request from the ...

The former sports doctor whose serial sexual abuse of girls and young women upended the gymnastics world was sentenced Monday to a third prison term of 40 to 125 years for molesting young athletes at an elite Michigan training center. ...

When Jerome Powell was sworn in Monday as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve, the pride of the moment could have been tempered by Powell’s recognition of the risks that lie ahead. A ferocious sell-off on Wall Street on ...

Hours after her friend and colleague at the Republican National Committee had been accused of sexual misconduct, Ronna McDaniel was on the phone with President Donald Trump for a difficult conversation. Casino magnate Steve Wynn, the RNC’s finance chairman and ...