Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay civil penalty to settle FTC allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.
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Read More »A former suburban St. Louis police officer is accused of handcuffing a man so the officer’s brother could beat him.
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Read More »The family of a man killed by police officers in Independence filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit Thursday, accusing the officers of shooting the man without justification.
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In a case handled in part by a Missouri-licensed attorney who also practices in California, a Los Angeles County jury delivered a $45 million verdict to the family of special needs twins who sued over a classroom aide’s repeated use of hand sanitizer on open cuts to “inflict pain and obtain behavioral compliance,” according to the lawsuit.
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Adrian Smith was incarcerated at the Reynolds County jail from Sept. 26, 2018, until his death on Nov. 19, 2018. He had a history of serious mental illness and suicide attempts.
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Read More »The Kansas Highway Patrol uses a tactic dubbed the “Kansas two step” to search vehicles — often from other states — when there is often no legitimate cause for the search, according to a lawsuit being heard this week in federal court.
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The 8th Circuit ruled on April 26 that a Kansas City coffee-shop owner missed his chance to seek punitive damages after winning a nominal award against a police officer who searched his stores.
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Read More »A federal lawsuit alleges that an 80-year-old Kansas man was pursued by police and tased by a deputy for driving 3 mph over the speed limit.
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A federal judge has approved a $3.25 million class-action settlement for thousands of people who alleged they were subject to a “debtors’ prison” in the city of Maplewood.
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The mother of a man who died after a week’s stay in a St. Louis County jail reached a $1.2 million settlement with the county and several nurses alleged to have failed to treat him.
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Read More »A Kansas City police officer has filed a lawsuit accusing department leaders of encouraging officers to meet illegal ticket quotas by targeting drivers in Black and other minority neighborhoods.
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