Crime
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High court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has made it easier for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan…
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Biden signs landmark gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed on Saturday the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that…
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Deep inside the gun bill is a break for prescription drug middlemen
Many Americans across the political spectrum are clamoring for federal action on guns in the wake of a mass shooting at…
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Supreme Court expands gun rights in striking down New York concealed carry law
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down on Thursday a New York law that made it illegal to carry…
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Jones signs executive order banning no-knock search warrants
St. Louis has become the first Missouri city to completely ban no-knock search warrants, or warrants that allow police officers…
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U.S. House passes ‘red flag’ gun control bill with only five Republicans in support
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday passed a “red flag” gun control bill that would allow federal courts to…
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Jan. 6 panel says Trump, far-right groups are responsible for insurrection
A widely anticipated hearing Thursday by the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol…
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First Jan. 6 hearing to reveal new evidence of Trump conspiracy, panel aides say
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 202,1 attack on the Capitol will use its first public hearing to…
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Ex-St. Louis jail guard gets prison for inmate’s beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis jail guard has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for…
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Reed quits Board of Aldermen in wake of indictments; Vollmer will be interim president
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed has resigned his post five days after federal…
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$2M Missouri witness protection fund finds few takers in second year of operation
In 2020, amid the worst wave of violent crime in almost 15 years, Missouri lawmakers set up a new witness protection…
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High court won’t hear appeal over McCloskeys’ law licenses
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis husband-and-wife…
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Man pleads guilty in death of Miss Sweetie Pie’s grandson
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man admitted Friday that he killed the grandson of a woman whose St.…
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Eight Missouri ministers accused of sex abuse in Southern Baptist Convention report
The Southern Baptist Convention’s list of accused sex abusers within the denomination includes at least eight men in Missouri. The…
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State to spend more than $100M settling pay claims for corrections officers
Missouri corrections officers would receive a back pay settlement and future payments worth more than $100 million under an agreement…
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Study: Children who survive school shootings endure lasting consequences
As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19…
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Reed, Boyd, Muhammad are indicted on federal bribery charges
A federal grand jury indicted three St. Louis aldermen, including the board’s president and longest-serving member, on charges of accepting bribes…
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Gun control bills to be taken up by U.S. House panel in emergency meeting
WASHINGTON — Following mass shootings in New York and Texas, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is holding an emergency meeting…
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Judge orders St. Louis County to pay $300K for warrantless police search
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered St. Louis County to pay $300,000 to two people who sued…
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Missouri bill banning unauthorized camping raises concerns about criminalizing homelessness
Micah Titterington was among hundreds of organization leaders who opposed a measure in the Missouri legislature this year that they…
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Police investigate swastika painted on Black church
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A black swastika was painted on the outside wall of an historically Black church in southwestern…
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Assistant city police chief gets $162K to settle discrimination lawsuit
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city of St. Louis will pay a St. Louis assistant police chief nearly $162,000 to…
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Plan to set up prison nursery clears legislature on final day of session
Infants born to women in prison may soon get to remain with their mothers for their first 18 months, under…
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Move to decriminalize fentanyl drug testing strips gains no traction in Missouri legislature
Even as the spread of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl has brought a stunning rise in drug overdose deaths, a…
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Grand jurors label Gardner’s actions ‘reprehensible’
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri…
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St. Louis city, Jackson County get OK to challenge controversial gun law
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that St. Louis and Jackson County may challenge the constitutionality of a law…
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Missouri Supreme Court reaffirms ruling on 2015 law capping revenue from court fines
After the 2014 protests in Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice found that city’s police department and municipal court had intentionally worked…
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Federal attempts to legalize marijuana flail, even as public support grows
Across the country, attitudes toward cannabis are becoming more permissive and accepting, but partisan gridlock in Congress virtually ensures that…
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State offering $49.5M to settle overtime claims for corrections officers
Missouri is offering Department of Corrections employees routinely shorted on their pay a $49.5 million settlement to drop a lawsuit scheduled for…
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Murder, robbery charges dismissed for lack of data; circuit attorney’s office blames federal agency
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge dismissed on Wednesday murder and robbery charges against two women because the…
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