Reform groups are hoping a landmark settlement to effectively end indefinite solitary confinement in California state prisons will soon spread.
Read More »Senate leader: Not enough votes to defund Planned Parenthood
Federal agencies run out of money Oct. 1 unless Congress sends Obama legislation financing them. A stalemate would lead to a government shutdown, which McConnell has repeatedly said will not occur. Congress returns next week from a summer recess.
Read More »Challenge to med mal expert law returns to high court
For the second time in two years, the Missouri Supreme Court is weighing the constitutionality of a law that requires a doctor’s expert opinion at the outset of a medical malpractice case.
Read More »Missouri executes man for 15-year-old girl’s 1989 killing
A man who spent nearly 25 years on Missouri's death row was executed Tuesday for the kidnapping, rape and fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl who was waiting for a school bus.
Read More »Clerk in gay marriage fight: ‘A heaven or hell decision’
Now as the Rowan County clerk, Davis is refusing to surrender in a battle over who can and can't be wed. She invoked "God's authority" Tuesday as she defied a series of federal court orders and once again denied marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Read More »FDA issues warning letters to powdered caffeine distributors
The Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to five distributors of pure powdered caffeine, saying the products put consumers at risk.
Read More »Amnesty program for delinquent Missouri taxpayers to begin
Hundreds of thousands of delinquent Missouri taxpayers will get the chance to pay back taxes without penalties or interest as part of a temporary amnesty program that's expected to bring in about $75 million.
Read More »Illinois will be first state to lock painkiller pill bottles
Illinois will be the first state in the country to test out a pilot program that will put locking devices on some prescription painkillers to make it harder for people to abuse the drugs.
Read More »Missouri man faces execution for raping, killing 15-year-old
An inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a 15-year-old Missouri girl has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment, saying the death penalty is unconstitutional.
Read More »Missouri man faces execution for raping, killing 15-year-old
An inmate scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing a 15-year-old Missouri girl has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment, saying the death penalty is unconstitutional. But a detective who helped break the case scoffed at the ...
Read More »US attorneys hear safety concerns from American Indians
U.S. attorneys and prosecutors say they want to help Native American communities bring more cases to court and cut down on crime following a surge of drug abuse, violence, sexual assault and other crimes plaguing their communities.
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