Maryville Parks and Recreation Assistant Director Maggie Rockwood was announced as the next director Feb. 9. She will be taking over for outgoing Director Jeff Stubblefield.

Lawmakers are leaving Jefferson City for a week having sent a total of four bills to Gov. Mike Kehoe's desk, one more than last year at this point.

A similar version of the bill was thrown out by the Missouri Supreme Court in January because of an unrelated item.

The Missouri House also approved sex trafficking legislation on Thursday.

While the U.S. Senate remains deadlocked over President Donald Trump’s call for strict citizenship voting requirements, Republicans in some states are pressing ahead with their own measures that could require documentary proof of citizenship to join or remain on the voter rolls.

The three girls say that the nonconsensual nude images were created by a perpetrator who used AI company xAI's image generation tools.

Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital with an airstrike, marking a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month. Pakistan has dismissed the accusation.

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.

The goal in the world of global health is to bring an end to this scourge by 2030. A new drug looks as if it could do the job.