A lawsuit in Missouri alleges that more than 4,600 individuals were on growing waiting lists for a defense attorney in Missouri, and about 600 of those are being held in pretrial detention without legal representation.
Kia is recalling more than 193,000 cars and minvans in yet another move to fix nagging problems that could cause engine fires.
A group of death row inmates in Oklahoma is asking a federal court to reopen their lawsuit challenging the state's lethal injection method. Attorneys for the inmates say in a motion Thursday that the newly released protocols are incomplete and that a grand jury investigation is unfinished.
The Kansas Senate has approved a bill that would allow on-the-farm sales of raw milk so long as farmers have a label on their containers stating that the product is unpasteurized.
The Walt Disney Co. has named Bob Chapek CEO, replacing Bob Iger, effective immediately. Iger will become executive chairman.
In a victory for the Trump administration, a U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld rules that bar taxpayer-funded family-planning clinics from referring women for abortions.
he Pentagon is adopting new ethical principles as it prepares to accelerate its use of artificial intelligence technology on the battlefield. The new principles call for people to "exercise appropriate levels of judgment and care" when deploying and using AI systems, such as those that scan aerial imagery to look for targets.
Authorities said they would not comment further until the case is reviewed by county juvenile authorities.
Police say the man came to the girl's house believing they were going to have sex but he was arrested.
President Trump has done little to promote his new infrastructure plan.
A temporary truce between the United States and the Taliban has taken effect, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week. If successfully implemented, the weeklong "reduction in violence” agreement will be followed by the signing of the peace accord aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home.
Missouri's Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt says he's running to keep his seat. Schmitt officially announced his candidacy Wednesday.
The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces a barrage of new sex-abuse lawsuits. The filing Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware, is an attempt to work out a potentially mammoth compensation plan for abuse victims that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on.
Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won't meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of iPhones.
Many of the children were toddlers.
General Mills selected the 650,000-acre Cheney Reservoir region as the project’s location.
One of those cited acknowledged he had too many animals.
A federal appeals court panel in Washington has upheld a lower court's decision that blocked the Trump administration's work requirements for Medicaid recipients.
An ethics investigation found “probable cause” Thursday that disgraced former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' campaign broke the law by not reporting that it cooperated with a political action committee during his successful 2016 bid for the state's top office. In its findings, the Missouri Ethics Commission wrote that it didn't find any evidence that Greitens personally knew about the campaign finance issues. “However, candidates are ultimately responsible for all reporting requirements,” the commission said.
Oklahoma officials say the state is planning to resume executing death-row inmates, five years after lethal injections were put on hold following a series of death-chamber mishaps.
A transgender inmate can sue the state of Oklahoma and prison officials who she says stopped her hormone therapy because they thought she was faking her gender identity, a federal judge has ruled.
(AP) The state of Missouri no longer would face financial punishment for wrongdoing in some civil lawsuits under a Missouri bill.
A study reveals that Kansas universities pay their instructors less compared to schools of the same size with similar programs in other states.
President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years.
