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A split federal appellate panel ruled Tuesday that a U.S. tax lien on a foreclosed St. Louis County house takes priority over the refinanced mortgage because of a two-month delay in recording the deed. Josh and Kimberly Tolin purchased a ...

A Jackson County jury returned a verdict in favor of Deere & Company on Thursday afternoon on claims that exposure to products under the John Deere brand were linked to a Lee’s Summit man’s cancer. Nine of the 12 jurors ...

A commission selected three nominees for the circuit judge vacancy in St. Louis County created by the appointment of Judge Colleen Dolan to the court of appeals. The three nominees are Margaret T. Donnelly, John N. Borbonus III and Robert ...

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday gave a Kansas City attorney with a discipline history a one-year suspension, despite a recommendation of probation from the Office of the Chief Disciplinary Counsel and a disciplinary hearing panel. Kenneth J. Geniuk, who ...

A city in Jefferson County does not owe attorneys’ fees to two plaintiffs after it failed to turn over a report requested under the Sunshine Law because the denial wasn’t a “knowing” violation of the law, the Missouri Supreme Court ...

Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a Republican proposal to provide $1.1 billion to fight the Zika virus, faulting the GOP for packing the measure with restrictions on Planned Parenthood money and changes to policies on pesticide spraying. The nearly party-line ...

The Supreme Court is allowing Washington state to require pharmacies to dispense Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, rejecting an appeal from pharmacists who said they have religious objections to providing the drugs. The justices’ order on Tuesday leaves in ...

A federal lawsuit that alleges Emporia State University discriminated against a black assistant professor after he complained about a racial incident will continue after a federal judge recently rejected motions to dismiss it. Melvin Hale, who is black, claimed that ...

  The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to referee a dispute about an odd piece of U.S. citizenship law that treats men and women differently. The justices said they will hear a case about a law that applies only to children ...

A judge has approved a settlement that will put “Happy Birthday to You” in the public domain. U.S. District Judge George King approved the agreement Monday. It ends the ownership claims of Warner/Chappell Music, the music publishing company that has ...

Volkswagen will spend more than $15 billion to settle consumer lawsuits and government allegations that it cheated on emissions tests in what lawyers are calling the largest auto-related class-action settlement in U.S. history. Under the settlement revealed Tuesday by a ...