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Suspect charged in Sunday-morning shooting of bouncer A Kansas City man faces first-degree murder and assault charges for a Sunday-morning shooting that left one dead. According to a police report, Gene E. Dudley, 21, shot and killed 33-year-old Vernon Maurice ...

A proposed settlement between the federal government and Shell Oil would leave the oil company paying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $228,630 of costs associated with cleaning up hazardous materials found at the Great Lakes Container Corp. Shell sent the ...

Terry Brummer, left, chief operating officer of Stinson Morrison Hecker, manages the day-to-day activities of one of Kansas City’s oldest firms. Stinson Morrison Hecker’s roots date back to 1878. Lathrop & Gage’s historian, Steve Mitchell, top, helped design a mural ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will use a Missouri ruling involving Altria Group’s Philip Morris USA to clarify how much ability companies have to shift lawsuits into federal court, where corporate defendants often fare better. The justices on Friday agreed to ...

Rep. Keith Ellison, of Minnesota, right, is surrounded by family as he is ceremonially sworn into the 110th Congress by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left. He is among 14 new members of the House of Representatives who are trial lawyers.Photo ...

Having been rebuffed by the Southern District appeals court, a parent from Seneca filed for a writ last week against the state’s Social Services Department in the Missouri Supreme Court. A Jan. 24 administrative hearing threatens to reduce Sherrie Hansen’s ...

Ford sues Navistar in dispute over diesel engines Ford Motor Co. sued Navistar International Corp., the sole supplier of diesel engines for one of the automaker’s most important models, in a contract dispute over warranty costs and engine prices. Navistar ...

Allegation 1: A judge steals money by false pretenses and conversion and fails to file a tax return. Allegation 2: Another judge gets involved with a woman who’s in his court to get a divorce; he gives her advice about ...

Charged investigating complaints against judges, the Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline consists of six members: one appellate judge selected by appeals court judges, one circuit judge selected by circuit judges, two lawyers selected by the board of governors of ...

Pennies — four of them — made for confusion in one New Orleans area household. Michael and Cathy Palermo, of Kenner, La., learned they owed the city 4 cents in back taxes and faced the possibility of losing their home. ...

Lawyers for a Louisiana family involved in a deadly wreck with a Kansas City Southern Railway train finalized the terms of the $37.5 million settlement last week. The settlement was divided among the family members of Marian Kemp, who was ...