Fulton’s city council is the latest local government to pass a mask mandate. That 6-2 vote came on Tuesday night. The mask order takes effect on Dec. 1, and lasts for 90 days for almost everyone age nine and up. The Boone County Commission also passed ...

(AP) Governors and mayors are ratcheting up mask mandates and imposing restrictions on small indoor gatherings that have been blamed for accelerating the spread of the coronavirus. But such measures are largely unenforceable, and officials are banking ...

(AP) — Declaring “America is back,” President-elect Joe Biden introduced his national security team, his first substantive offering of how he’ll shift from Trump-era “America First” policies by relying on experts from the Democratic establishment to be...

(AP) — Global shares mostly edged back on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 30,000 points for the first time as investors cheered news of progress on the development of coronavirus vaccines. The Dow appeared set to edge back...

(AP) Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday to three criminal charges, formally taking responsibility for its part in an opioid epidemic that has contributed to hundreds of thousands of deaths but also angering critics who want to see individuals held ac...

(AP) — The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July. Meghan described the experience in an opinion piece in the New York Times. She wrote: “I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.” The former Megh...

Should you ditch your plans to travel this Thanksgiving? Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin says, because of the pandemic, she is not a big fan of going anywhere for the holidays. “You will likely get this from your family and friends. I mean, th...

(AP) China’s latest trip to the moon is another milestone in the Asian powerhouse’s slow but steady ascent to the stars. China became the third country to put a person into orbit a generation ago and the first to land on the far side of the moon in 201...

(AP) “Jeopardy!” says champion contestant Ken Jennings will be the first interim guest for the late Alex Trebek, and the show will try other guest hosts before naming a permanent replacement. Jennings begins taping next week and his first episodes will...

The Boone County Commission is strongly considering a mask mandate. Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill says he is looking at a 30-day mandate starting soon after Thanksgiving. “There’s probably nobody in Boone County that doesn’t know ...