There's a fresh push to edit the genes of human embryos to prevent diseases and enhance characteristics that parents value.

With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, this year's anniversary is considered ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

Museums across the U.S. are displaying artifacts that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era — and ...

Elwood, a former University of Missouri Journalism librarian, garnered 1,480 votes to beat out Ken Rice, a Pickleman’s ...

Texas Republicans have launched efforts to redraw congressional maps to secure more GOP seats in the U.S. House. This move ...

The stakes were sharpened Monday when Michael Abramowitz, the director of the government-funded international broadcaster, ...

Boone County voters overwhelmingly passed an expansion of the senior property tax freeze in a special election Tuesday. The ...

That’s because electric companies are monopolies — a single business that’s the only source of a service in a certain area.

Plans for Columbia's one-stop shop for homeless services has been in the works since 2021 and has experienced delays since.

The Trump administration wants to make it easier for companies to use drones for business — from delivering coffee to ...

A Columbia city council race, a rural school funding proposal and an extension of the senior property tax freeze are on the ...