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The Illinois law bans the sale and manufacture of a long list of firearms — including certain rifles, shotguns and handguns — that it categorizes as “assault weapons.”

Illinois Rifle Association files federal suit against over state's new assault weapons ban

Peter Hancock

The federal case, which centers on what protections are guaranteed by the 2nd amendment, will be heard in the Southern District of Illinois.

040621_flickrPaulSableman_EagletonCourthouse.jpg Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse downtown St. Louis federal court

Law & Order

Analysis: Prosecutors Retrying 2 St. Louis Cops Face Tough Road To Conviction

Sarah Fenske

Federal prosecutors said yesterday they will again try two former St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers accused of beating undercover colleague Luther Hall. Attorney Javad Khazaeli, who closely observed the first trial, provided his analysis to "St. Louis on the Air."

Government, Politics & Issues

Why St. Louis is currently the center of the Ashley Madison world

Rachel Lippmann

Remember Ashley Madison?It's the website owned by a Toronto-based company that promised a discreet place for men and women to arrange affairs.But any…

Former Mo. Gov. and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, cuts the ribbon at a new federal courthouse in Jefferson City named after him. Joining him (l-r), his wife Linda, U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey, and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt.

Government, Politics & Issues

New Mo. federal courthouse named for former Sen. Bond

Marshall Griffin

The ribbon was cut today on a $68 million federal courthouse in Jefferson City, named for former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator Kit Bond (R). It…