Like most retailers, Walmart is accustomed to the everyday dealings of shoplifters. Now, it’s confronting Just days after a man opened fire at one of its stores in El Paso, Texas, and left at least 22 dead, the nation’s largest ...

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A series of attacks on oil tankers near the Persian Gulf has ratcheted up tensions between the U.S. and Iran — and raised fears over the safety of one of Asia’s most vital energy trade routes, where about a fifth ...

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The unmitigated disaster of the underwear bomber’s success – slipping through security despite waving every red flag imaginable – was enough to make even our preternaturally calm president angry. Not angry enough for his aides, who rushed out to issue ...

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A recent report by the U.S. Marshal’s Service Judicial Security Division showed a number of deficiencies in security at the Jefferson County Courthouse. The primary tenants at the courthouse are the six circuit and six associate circuit courts, circuit clerk’s ...

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Nearly 17 years ago, Kenneth Baumruk shot and killed his wife in a St. Louis County courtroom during a divorce hearing. On Tuesday, the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and death sentence imposed after Baumruk’s second trial. Baumruk also ...

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Deputy Scott Boan runs a metal detector over Stephen Jones at the ground floor entrance to the Jackson County Courthouse on Monday. While Jackson County has hefty security measures, some rural counties do not, prompting some lawmakers to favor letting prosecutors carry weapons. Earlier this year, a man whom Dent County Prosecutor Jessica Sparks had prosecuted on meth-related charges came into her courthouse office. Although Sparks said the confrontation didn't result in any injuries, she said she would have been in serious danger if a weapon was produced. Click here to continue reading.

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