A Democratic senator from suburban St. Louis who was censured by the Missouri Legislature for a Facebook post that hoped for President Donald Trump’s assassination said Thursday that she stands by her new tweet comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler. State ...
Read More »‘Slack-fill’ case to remain in Missouri state court
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a “slack-fill” lawsuit against a candy maker can stay in Missouri state court because not enough money is at stake to trigger federal jurisdiction. The potential class action lawsuit against ...
Read More »40 years later, answers in cold case — and more questions
For nearly half her life, Ruby Williams has prayed for her daughter, Brenda: “Lord, let her be alive.” She’s repeated this prayer tens of thousands of times, starting in the mid-1970s, when she lived in a four-bedroom apartment with her ...
Read More »Tense days for business owners without legal status in US
Maribel Resendiz and her husband came to the U.S. from Mexico, sold cool drinks to workers in the tomato fields of South Florida and eventually opened a bustling shop in a strip mall offering fruit smoothies and tacos. Now she ...
Read More »Facts undercut claim that Arpaio case was driven by politics
Politicians have made numerous claims about former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s legal troubles and his immigration enforcement legacy since he was granted a White House pardon last week. Arpaio and others have said he was the victim of a politically motivated ...
Read More »Judge tosses suits over ‘100 percent Parmesan’ claims
A judge has dismissed lawsuits that allege labels touting “100 percent grated Parmesan” are deceptive because the products include non-cheese ingredients. Judge Gary Feinerman on Thursday tossed five lawsuits against major producers and retailers that were consolidated into a single ...
Read More »Texas’ string of losses in voting rights cases continues
Texas’ voter ID law is shelved again after a judge who once compared the requirements to a “poll tax” on minorities also rejected a newly weakened version that was backed by the Trump administration. That was followed by a separate ...
Read More »Most American Indian tribes opt out of federal death penalty
In a heinous case on the Navajo Nation, an 11-year-old girl was lured into a van, sexually assaulted and killed. The tribe did not seek to have the man who recently admitted to killing her put to death. American Indian ...
Read More »Man charged after car pulls into St. Louis rally, hurting 3
A man was charged Thursday after authorities said he pulled his car into a group of demonstrators protesting a police shooting in St. Louis, injuring three people. Mark Colao, 59, faces a felony count of resisting arrest by fleeing and ...
Read More »Franken, Klobuchar deny blocking Trump’s federal nomination
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday she’s still considering the nomination of a state Supreme Court Justice to a federal post, echoing comments from fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken as Republicans accuse the pair of blocking a conservative appointment. President ...
Read More »Florida uses new drug to execute man convicted of 2 murders
Florida has put a man to death with an anesthetic never used before in a U.S. lethal injection, carrying out its first execution in more than 18 months on an inmate convicted of two racially motivated murders. Authorities said 53-year-old ...
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