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Jury selection started Friday in the murder-for-hire trial of Drew Peterson, the former suburban Chicago police officer accused of plotting to kill the prosecutor who put him behind bars in his third wife's death.

Time off from work to care for a child or relative is codified in federal law. Now, an overwhelming majority of Americans 40 and older want that time away from the job to be paid. An Associated Press-NORC Center for ...

The Missouri Legislature this session voted to curtail public access to some public records that lawmakers have sought to seal for years. Some police body camera footage, agricultural data and criminal records would become closed records under legislation sitting on ...

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that a pair of Ohio law firms did not use illegal tactics when they sent out debt-collection letters on stationery bearing the name of the state’s attorney general. The justices said the use of official ...

Designed to withstand tornadoes, earthquakes and even bomb blasts, a castle-like southwest Missouri home that was meant to last forever must be torn down and erected again, its owner argues in an ongoing lawsuit. Pensmore, a 72,000-square-foot home, might not ...

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Friday it was blocking use of its drugs in lethal injections, which means all federally approved drugmakers whose medications could be used for executions have now put them off limits. “Pfizer makes its products to enhance ...

The Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday, the latest indication of the shorthanded court’s struggle to find a majority for important cases taken up before Justice Antonin ...

The Supreme Court says an Internet search site that posted false information about people can be sued only if the errors caused actual harm. The 6-2 ruling on Monday is a narrow victory for the search service Spokeo.com and other technology ...

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon isn’t saying yet whether he’ll veto a sweeping expansion of gun rights passed by lawmakers on Friday. The legislation was among the most prominent measures passed by the Republican-led Legislature on the final day of its ...

GOP Speaker Todd Richardson, who assumed leadership of the Missouri House a year ago when his predecessor resigned amid scandal, said the 2016 Legislative session brought progress toward change in a state that's been called the wild west of ethics, but he's disappointed a bill to limit lobbyist gifts didn't win approval.

Blue Cross-Blue Shield health insurer Anthem is suing pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts over prescription drug prices. Express Scripts runs prescription drug coverage for Anthem, the nation’s second-largest health insurer. Anthem said Monday that it wants to recover damages for ...