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In a year of unprecedented political developments, the New York hush money trial could mean one fewer vote for Donald Trump in Florida.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of former Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the team after exhuming his body so that his brain could be examined. The lawsuit, filed by Cheryl Shepherd in Jackson County (Missouri) circuit court Tuesday, alleges that Belcher was subjected to "repetitive head trauma" and that the Chiefs failed to provide adequate medical care before he killed his girlfriend and then committed suicide last December. Belcher's body was exhumed this month at his family's request so his brain could be studied for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition found in some former players. Shepherd is seeking a jury trial and $15,000 in damages. A spokesman for the Chiefs told The Associated Press that the team was aware of the lawsuit but could not comment on pending litigation.

A South African corrections board found the athlete had met the minimum parole requirements after serving half of his 13-year sentence for murder.

(Flickr Photo via qv90) According to the latest figures, 39 people died in vehicle crashes in Kansas during the month of October. So far this year, 352 people have died in vehicle accidents. More from KPR’s Bryan Thompson.00000184-7fa7-d6f8-a1cf-7fa751fc0000

A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine made by the Broward County Sheriff's Office for sting operations between 1988 and 1990.

Four former Blackwater guards were found guilty last week in connection with a fatal shooting in 2007. Author Brian Castner recommends a book on the toll violence has taken on Iraq.

This week, a group is registering voters during Wichita's Riverfest celebration. Some of those the group is registering include former inmates.

At least half a million people are expected to get health care benefits in an expansion of California's Medicaid program, including many former prison inmates. Many ex-offenders will now be covered for care, including mental health and substance abuse — problems that, when left untreated, can lead them right back behind bars.

Santos Carrera-MoralesTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A convicted murderer hitched a ride to a convenience store in the town of Russell, Kansas, where he was arrested after escaping from a county jail. Jon Quinday, Russell's police chief, told The Associated Press on Friday that escaped inmate Santos Carrera-Morales was taken into custody late Thursday by two police officers without incident at a store off of Interstate 70. Quinday said Carrera-Morales was north of Russell along Kansas 18 when he got his ride. Carrera-Morales is one of four prison inmates who escaped Wednesday morning from the Ottawa County Jail in Minneapolis. The inmates were being held there because of overcrowding at the state prison in Ellsworth. Two of the escaped inmates were apprehended Wednesday. One remains at large.

A former healthcare worker at the Leavenworth Veteran's Administration hospital has been found guilty of sexually abusing patients.