Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states.
Read More »No new hearing on condemned Missouri man’s innocence claim
The attorney for a Missouri man facing lethal injection next week said Tuesday that he will ask the state Supreme Court to postpone the execution by three or four months to allow more time to investigate his innocence claim.
Read More »Florida sheriff sued for ‘Wheel of Fugitive’ defamation
A man has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Florida sheriff who posts weekly “Wheel of Fugitive" videos on social media, saying that he wasn't a fugitive when his name and image appeared several times in 2021 in the sheriff's posts inspired by the long-running TV game show “Wheel of Fortune."
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Read More »Jury awards $4.5M for sex abuse that happened 3 decades ago
A jury has awarded $4.5 million in damages to a woman whose lawsuit contended she was sexually abused three decades ago by a family friend in Maine.
Read More »Missouri Senate GOP backs bills on transgender children
The leader of Missouri's state Senate on Thursday said Republican senators are unified against letting transgender girls play on girls' sports teams.
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Read More »New lawsuits target state restrictions on abortion pills
Supporters of abortion rights filed separate lawsuits Wednesday challenging two states' abortion pill restrictions, the opening salvo in what’s expected to a be a protracted legal battle over access to the medications.
Read More »Missouri Attorney General Bailey to run in 2024
Newly appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Monday officially launched his campaign for a full term in office.
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Read More »Alex Murdaugh goes on trial in 2021 killings of wife, son
Disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh is about to put his fate before a small-town jury. Murdaugh's trial on two counts of murder in the June 2021 deaths of his wife and son is scheduled to start Monday with jury selection in Colleton County.
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Read More »St. Louis man freed from prison after murder case dismissed
A 28-year-old St. Louis man who spent six years in jail on a murder conviction has been freed after prosecutors dismissed the case against him.
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Read More »Judge fines Trump, lawyer for ‘frivolous’ Clinton lawsuit
A Florida judge has sanctioned former President Donald Trump and one of his attorneys, ordering them to pay nearly $1 million for filing a bogus lawsuit against Trump’s 2016 rival Hillary Clinton.
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Read More »Religious leaders sue to block Missouri’s abortion ban
A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s law that bans abortions in nearly all cases, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don’t share them.
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