A Kenyan man accused of supporting terrorists around the world claims in new court documents that jailhouse informants were improperly used as U.S. government agents to gather evidence against him. The FBI used as many as five informants to gather ...
Read More »Supreme Court affirms verdict over title defect
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a $1.3 million jury verdict for a business whose lakefront development plan was thwarted by a land title problem. In 2003, Randy Spalding bought 419 acres of property in the city of Lake ...
Read More »Millions may lose health coverage, but not Congress
If the Supreme Court rules the way most Republicans want in the latest health overhaul case, GOP lawmakers who now have insurance coverage under President Barack Obama’s law may wind up with some explaining to do. Members of Congress, staffers ...
Read More »Missouri lawmaker, intern traded suggestive messages
A series of apparent electronic messages suggest that Missouri House Speaker John Diehl had a sexually charged relationship with a college student serving as a Capitol intern, The Kansas City Star reported Wednesday. The Star released screenshots of the apparent ...
Read More »Court report raises conflict-of-interest concern in Ferguson
The lines separating government powers have been blurred among Ferguson’s court staff, police and prosecutor, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest, according to a report released Monday by Missouri’s judiciary. The state report examining Ferguson’s municipal court system comes ...
Read More »Missouri man sentenced to 3½ years for espionage
A former CIA officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for leaking details of a secret mission to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Jeffrey Sterling of O’Fallon, Missouri, had faced a recommended sentence of 20 years or more under ...
Read More »Jackson County jury goes after debt recovery company: $82 million punitive award
A Jackson County jury sent an $82 million message to a debt recovery company Monday: Your business practices need to change. This is according to defense attorney Gina Chiala of Slough Connealy Irwin & Madden in Kansas City. Chiala represented ...
Read More »St. Louis County jury awards woman $77M against Wells Fargo over handling of trust
Updated Jurors awarded a St. Louis County woman $77 million against Wells Fargo in a lawsuit over the bank’s and its predecessors’ handling of a family trust. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Carolyn Whittington will decide damages in the lawsuit ...
Read More »Death toll rises from defective GM ignition switches
The families of at least 100 people who died in crashes caused by faulty General Motors ignition switches will be offered compensation by the company. The number revealed Monday by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate ...
Read More »Poll: Doubts on court’s fairness in health law case
Many people in the United States doubt that the Supreme Court can rule fairly in the latest litigation jeopardizing President Barack Obama’s health care law. The Associated Press-GfK poll finds only 1 person in 10 is highly confident that the ...
Read More »St. Louis mayor signs police oversight bill into law
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay signed into law Wednesday a measure establishing a civilian oversight board to review complaints against police. The bill officially becomes law June 5. Slay, who took the unusual step of being a co-sponsor of the ...
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