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Lawyers representing thousands of people who own diesel Volkswagens that cheat on emissions tests are asking a judge to order repairs and compensation if the company and government regulators don’t agree to a fix by Thursday. The request was made ...

Missouri senators on Monday endorsed changing the state’s sentencing guidelines to eliminate the mandatory sentence of life in prison for minors convicted of first-degree murder. Lawmakers voted to alter the guidelines to bring them into line with a 2012 U.S. ...

Amazon is taking on Netflix and Hulu with a stand-alone video streaming service, just weeks before Netflix raises prices for longtime subscribers. New customers can now pay $8.99 a month to watch Amazon’s Prime video streaming service. Previously, the only ...

Major corporations invested in Southern states have become some of the staunchest opponents of bills they consider discriminatory, facing off against Republican lawmakers eager to portray their states as the best home for global brands. The NFL, Apple and other ...

Google has received permission to put antennas on Kansas City light poles and other structures to test new technology that could lead to citywide wireless connectivity. The company that brought super-speed Internet to the metropolitan area on both sides of ...

The Supreme Court turned away a challenge Monday to Google’s online book library from authors who complained that the project makes it harder for them to market their work. The justices let stand lower court rulings in favor of Mountain View, ...

A 76-year-old Washington state man released from prison after a prosecutor concluded he was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of a schoolgirl says he intends to sue Illinois for the suffering five years of imprisonment caused him and his ...

The University of Missouri is countersuing a law school professor who has asked a court to invalidate the university’s ban on firearms. Royce de R. Barondes’ case has the potential to redefine the limits of acceptable gun regulations under Missouri’s ...

Missouri cities no longer could ban pit bulls or impose rules on certain dog breeds under legislation that advanced this past week in the Legislature. Republican Rep. Ron Hicks, who is behind the measure, said those breed-specific ordinances amount to ...

An open judge position on the 16th Circuit will remain a specialized one. The circuit’s judges agreed Friday at their monthly court en banc meeting to keep the Division 19 judgeship focused on probate. The position opened with the resignation ...

As we live more of our lives online, the companies we trust with our digital secrets are increasingly clashing with authorities who want access to the messages, pictures, financial records and other data we accumulate in electronic form. Microsoft opened ...