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A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Columbia-based organization and five of its officers for illegally transferring money to Iraq. The Islamic American Relief Agency, formerly known as the Islamic African Relief Agency-USA, was formed in 1985 and ...

Juror Denis Collins, answers reporters’ questions during a news conference Tuesday following the conviction of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, of perjury and obstructing justice in a CIA leak probe. Photo by Chris Greenberg/Bloomberg ...

A poll sponsored by a conservative legal group finds that Missouri voters, while knowing little about the state’s court system, would like to have more say in the selection of judges. According to the poll, released Tuesday by the Washington, ...

Murder charge filed in February shooting Jackson County prosecutors filed murder and assault charges against a Kansas City man for his role in a shooting last month. John A. Risalvato, 54, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault and two ...

ConAgra sued on child’s death linked to tainted peanut butter ConAgra Foods, the third-biggest U.S. food company, was sued by the daughter of a woman who died from salmonella poisoning after eating its Peter Pan peanut butter. The unidentified woman ...

A prosecutor dismissed by the Bush administration last year said he and other former U.S. attorneys were warned to keep quiet about their firings by a senior Justice Department official. H.E. “Bud” Cummins told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Mike ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in an interview with Business Week Online, said portrayals of himself as an affirmative action beneficiary are a creation of politicians, the news media and “people with a lot of mouth and nothing to ...

Survey respondents wary about lawyers

Lawyers for a man convicted last month of shooting his wife to death inside the St. Louis County Circuit Court have filed a motion for an acquittal or a new trial. A jury on Feb. 6 recommended that Kenneth Baumruk, ...

Reginald C. Johnson has joined the Labor and Employment department of Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP as of counsel. He exclusively represents management and employers. Johnson has successfully defended employers against wage claims and discrimination charges in the state ...

Eric Kendall Banks was recently awarded the Reverend Arnold and Mildred Bringewatt Social Justice Award by Lutheran Family and Children’s Services of Missouri. The Bringewatt Award honors individuals who have made a significant commitment to social justice. LFCS is a ...