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A man convicted of raping a 70-year-old Kansas City woman was been sentenced to 136 years in prison. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Jason Berry was sentenced Thursday for the May 2014 rape. He was convicted in March of burglary, rape ...

Police say residents who have received a call from someone claiming to be with the St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department Warrant Division are being scammed. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the department has been notified about the calls, which tend ...

A Missouri man who is charged with capital murder in the deaths of three people at two Kansas Jewish centers last year is demanding $200,000 to defend himself. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., 74, of Aurora, Missouri, filed a motion Wednesday ...

The Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction and death sentence of a California man convicted of murder — even though a lower court found that prosecutors illegally excluded blacks and Hispanics from the jury. The justices ruled Thursday that Hector ...

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that statements that children make to teachers about possible abuse can be used as evidence, even if the child does not testify in court. The justices said that defendants don’t have a constitutional right ...

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Thursday that people accused of selling synthetic drugs can’t be convicted unless prosecutors show they knew the substance was prohibited by law. The ruling could make it tougher for prosecutors to convict people selling a ...

Owners of a Kansas City, Kansas, store have pleaded guilty to defrauding a federal food stamp program out of more than $227,000. The U.S. Attorney for Kansas said in a release Wednesday that 39-year-old Saima Sajjad, of Kansas City, Missouri, ...

No one is to blame in a now infamous concession-food-related injury case, a Jackson County Jury found Wednesday. In September 2009, John Coomer was attending a Kansas City Royals baseball game when Sluggerrr, the team’s mascot, threw a hot dog ...

Six-year-old Reese Short wanted to offer a free library in her neighborhood, but her effort ended when someone apparently stole the library from the porch of her family’s home in St. Charles. Reese’s mother, Beka Short, told the St. Louis ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Texas’ refusal to issue a license plate bearing the Confederate battle flag, rejecting a free-speech challenge. The court said in a 5-4 ruling that Texas can limit the content of license plates because they ...

The Supreme Court has barred Louisiana from executing a convicted killer, saying his mental disability precludes capital punishment. The ruling comes in a 5-4 decision Thursday. Kevan Brumfield was convicted in the shooting death of off-duty Baton Rouge police Cpl. ...