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Federal law enforcement officials warned Wednesday that data encryption is making it harder to hunt for pedophiles and terror suspects, telling senators that consumers’ right to privacy is not absolute and must be weighed against public-safety interests. The testimony before ...

Armstrong Teasdale announced Monday the firm is leasing space in St. Louis’ Cortex technology district. The firm is the second large Missouri law firm to open an office in the Cortex – Husch Blackwell opened an office there last fall. ...

Two House members are seeking a Justice Department investigation of the former head of the federal board that investigates chemical accidents, saying they believe he made multiple false statements while testifying before an oversight committee. The request for the federal ...

Correction: An earlier version of this post misstated when Gov. Jay Nixon issued an executive order regarding joint tax returns by same-sex couples. It was in 2013. We regret the error. Standing in the Jackson County courtroom where same-sex marriage ...

An eastern Missouri man charged last year with drunken driving in a car wreck that killed his child’s mother now is accused of causing an accident that killed a motorcyclist. Derrell Edward Dean Hall, 25, of Winfield was charged Monday ...

Richard Turner, the former Harrison County prosecuting attorney who admitted to stealing $540,000 from an elderly client, was sentenced to three years and nine months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Turner to pay restitution to his ...

Missouri’s tax collection agency soon will need to notify affected businesses when there are changes in sales tax policy once a bill signed Monday by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon takes effect. Bill sponsor and Lee’s Summit Republican Sen. Will Kraus, ...

Authorities say a St. Louis-area man wrote his own name and address on an envelope he used to send a painkiller to a jailed inmate. KMOV-TV reports that Warren County prosecutors have charged 58-year-old Kenneth Dufrenne of St. Charles with ...

Missouri soon will have an income tax exemption for parents of stillborn children. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday signed a tax bill into law that includes the provision for exemptions for stillborn babies. The measure will allow those parents ...

Mike Geske wants a drone. Watching a flying demonstration on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the Missouri farmer envisions using an unmanned aerial vehicle to monitor the irrigation pipes on his farm — a job he now pays three men to do. ...

A Columbia man has been arrested on suspicion of choking and hitting girlfriend with a wooden banister. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports a 37-year-old man was arrested Sunday and faces several charges including two counts of second-degree domestic assault and ...