Prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was scheduled for a virtual hearing as a judge could consider lowering the $7 million bond she set last month.
Read More »Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine rule
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration's authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation's large employers. The court also was hearing arguments on a separate vaccine mandate for most health care workers.
Read More »After pardon from governor, McCloskeys want their guns back
The city of St. Louis has not destroyed guns seized months ago from the couple who made headlines by waving the weapons at racial injustice protesters, and the couple is trying to get them back.
Read More »Missouri 2022 legislative session begins
Missouri's Republican-led Legislature kicked off the 2022 annual session Wednesday amid a coronavirus surge and during an election year.
Read More »Judge throws out most of St. Louis earnings tax lawsuit
A judge has thrown out most of a lawsuit that seeks refunds of St. Louis city earnings tax payments for people who began working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in early 2020.
Read More »Former Theranos CEO Holmes convicted of fraud and conspiracy
The verdict came after the eight men and four women on the jury spent three months sitting through a complex trial that featured reams of evidence and 32 witnesses — including Elizabeth Holmes herself.
Read More »States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killing
The first full year of state legislative sessions since George Floyd's death produced far-reaching policing changes in some states, but a far more mixed response in the rest of the country.
Read More »Partial settlement in fatal shooting by Kansas City police
A federal judge has approved a partial settlement of a lawsuit filed by the parents of a man who was shot and killed by Kansas City police in 2018.
Read More »Ghislaine Maxwell jury must work New Year’s if no verdict
Jurors deliberating the fate of Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex trafficking trial were told Wednesday they would have to work through the New Year’s holiday after they inquired about that possibility — the latest sign that a verdict was not near in the monthlong trial.
Read More »Flu is making a comeback in US after an unusual year off
The U.S. flu season has arrived on schedule after taking a year off, with flu hospitalizations rising and two child deaths reported.
Read More »Missouri high court tosses mall shooting murder conviction
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a man's murder conviction in a deadly 2018 shooting outside a suburban Kansas City shopping mall because he wasn't allowed to argue at trial that he acted in self-defense.
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