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MISSOURI Lawyer acquitted in killings of dad, his girlfriend A suburban Kansas City attorney has been found not guilty of killing her millionaire father and his girlfriend in a vicious attack at their Missouri lake house that prosecutors said was ...

  Thanks, Donald: ACLU coffers, membership rolls swell since election NEW YORK — The nearly century-old American Civil Liberties Union says it is suddenly awash in donations and new members as it does battle with President Donald Trump over the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch, on March 20. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, made the announcement on Thursday after consulting with the panel’s top Democrat, ...

IOWA University loses appeal in marijuana T-shirt case Iowa State University has lost an appeal in a federal free speech lawsuit that affirms student rights regardless of political viewpoint. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Monday that ISU ...

Gorsuch has defended free speech, religion Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been a defender of free speech and a skeptic of libel claims, an Associated Press review of his rulings shows. His record puts him at odds with President ...

President Donald Trump’s attempt to close America’s borders to citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries suffered another blow Monday as judges on both coasts issued rulings that will make it even harder for the administration to rescue the beleaguered plan. ...

The legal fight over President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations is on hold after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to reinstate the order, unanimously rejecting the administration's claim of presidential authority, questioning its motives and concluding that the order was unlikely to survive legal challenges.

NORTH DAKOTA Judge: Civil rights suit from pipeline foes unlikely to succeed Dakota Access Pipeline opponents involved in a violent clash with police in North Dakota in November are unlikely to succeed in a lawsuit alleging excessive force and civil ...

Deadly building collapse nets $227M settlement PHILADELPHIA  — Lawyers for 19 people killed or injured in a Philadelphia building collapse reached a $227 million settlement with several defendants as the jury, which already had found them liable, deliberated Wednesday on ...

WISCONSIN GOP lawmakers give law firms blank check for redistricting fight Republican lawmakers voted Thursday to hire two law firms to represent legislators in a legal fight over redistricting, a potentially expensive move on an issue that has already cost ...