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House Speaker Dean Plocher sits with his attorney, Lowell Pearson, during a March 12 hearing of the Missouri House Ethics Committee (Jason Hancock/Missouri Independent). A political action committ...

Former OceanGate operations director David Lochridge testified Tuesday at the Coast Guard hearing on the implosion of the Titan submersible, saying he had "no confidence whatsoever" in how it was ...

Summary A former employee of the company behind the Titan submersible, OceanGate, said he believed it was "inevitable" there would be a safety incident as the firm "bypassed" all standard rules D...

Revolution Bars’ newly-appointed chair and seasoned investor Luke Johnson has criticised Labour’s proposed workers’ rights overhaul, calling it a “socialist fantasy.” Labour is preparing a sweepin...