Scientists have developed a vaccine strain that has tested 100 percent effective in protecting chickens from bird flu and testing is underway to see if it also protects turkeys, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Agriculture Committee at ...
Read More »Congressional group pushes for landfill oversight change
The St. Louis-area’s congressional delegation says some contamination in a suburban landfill prone to smoldering came from the government and could justify changing oversight of the property. The delegation writes in a recent letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest ...
Read More »Lawmakers: VA hid details as budget crisis loomed
Lawmakers from both parties accused the Department of Veterans Affairs Wednesday of hiding details of a budget crisis that could force the shutdown of some VA hospitals next month. The VA said last week it may shutter hospitals unless Congress ...
Read More »Federal charges including hate crimes for accused shooter
Five weeks after nine people were slain at a black Charleston church, federal authorities have indicted the suspected shooter on dozens of new charges, including hate crimes, firearms violations and obstructing the practice of religion. The prosecution, particularly on hate ...
Read More »Police say gun connects suspect to 2 Missouri’s deaths
Police say evidence from a gun proves that a western Missouri man killed a former girlfriend and her teenage son weeks after he was charged with forcing her to stay inside a wooden crate at their home. James Horn Jr., ...
Read More »Man accused of threatening to bomb Springfield church
A southwestern Missouri man is accused of threatening to blow up a church and kill everyone in the congregation. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Greene County prosecutors have charged 31-year-old Aaron Woodard of Springfield with a felony count of making ...
Read More »Facebook loses in clash with prosecutors over users’ data
Facebook can’t block nearly 400 search warrants seeking users’ postings for a criminal fraud investigation, an appeals court said Tuesday, but the judges said they understand the social networking site’s unease about prosecutors’ extensive request. The New York Supreme Court ...
Read More »Missouri Senate report: Intern claims sexual harassment
A former Missouri legislative intern claims a Democratic state senator sexually harassed her, made what she felt was a request for sex and retaliated when she refused, according to a Senate report released Wednesday. The lawmaker denied any inappropriate behavior. ...
Read More »Supreme Court declines argument over post-trial reduction of verdict
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to address a constitutional challenge to a $4.3 million medical malpractice verdict, leaving the award in place.
Read More »Appeals panel rejects no-sex-without-contraception order
A federal appeals panel says a judge in Kansas City exceeded his authority when he ordered a defendant to use contraception during his supervised release. Christopher J. Harris was sentenced to 15 years for being a felon in possession of ...
Read More »Ferguson hires another interim police chief
The Ferguson police force has new leadership for the third time in four months. The city on Wednesday introduced Andre Anderson, 50, as interim chief. Anderson previously was police commander in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona — the same ...
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