Jurors ordered a Wisconsin gun store to pay nearly $6 million on Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by two Milwaukee police officers who were shot and seriously wounded by a gun purchased at the store. The ruling came in a ...
Read More »Immigrants sue Missouri colleges over higher tuition rate
Immigrant students on Tuesday sued three Missouri public colleges for charging them higher tuition, a change prompted by a new state law aimed at blocking students without lawful immigration status from paying less than international students. The American Civil Liberties ...
Read More »Court reinstates lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims
A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any resulting harm came from the city’s tactics, not the media’s ...
Read More »Analysis: Clinton confident in debate, may ease concerns
Forceful and confident in debate, Hillary Rodham Clinton may have heartened jittery Democrats who’ve spent the summer worrying that her mishandling of the email controversy demonstrates more fundamental problems with her campaign and political skills. And her strong performance Tuesday ...
Read More »Supreme Court leaves med mal affidavit law in place
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday declined an invitation to strike down a Missouri law that requires an expert opinion on the validity of a medical malpractice case when it is filed. The plaintiffs in a wrongful death action against ...
Read More »Start time changed for 22nd Circuit interviews
The start time has changed for public interviews being held Wednesday for individuals applying for the circuit judge vacancy in the St. Louis Circuit Court. The 22nd Judicial Circuit Commission will now meet starting at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday at ...
Read More »Appeals court denies new trial over ad featuring doctor
An appeals court on Tuesday declined to order a new trial for a Clay County medical malpractice case, despite the appearance of the defendant doctor in a newspaper advertisement seen by jurors during the trial. Plaintiff Cynthia Waters had alleged ...
Read More »Prosecutions highlight bid to clean up defense supply chain
When Peter Picone sold counterfeit electronic parts from China and Hong Kong for use in U.S. Navy submarines, the U.S. Justice Department says, he knew their failure could have “catastrophic” consequences. He was sentenced last week to more than three ...
Read More »AP Exclusive: Clinton server’s software had hacking risk
The private email server running in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s home basement when she was secretary of state was connected to the Internet in ways that made it more vulnerable to hackers, according to data and documents reviewed by The Associated ...
Read More »ACLU sues psychologists over CIA interrogation tactics
The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday sued two former Air Force psychologists who designed a CIA program that used harsh interrogation techniques to elicit intelligence from suspected terrorists, saying the pair endorsed and taught torture tactics under the guise ...
Read More »Former SLU president Lawrence Biondi to leave St. Louis
The longtime president of Saint Louis University who stepped down last year is now leaving St. Louis. The Rev. Lawrence Biondi served as the leader of the Jesuit university for 25 years, reshaping the midtown school in many ways. He ...
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