(AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation seeking to limit local public health orders that have imposed restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. The bill given final approval Wednesday would limit emergency orders restricting businesses, c...

(AP) — Israel is pressing ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip. It killed as many as 10 senior Hamas military figures Wednesday and toppled a pair of high-rise towers housing Hamas facilities. The Islamic militant group showed no si...

(AP) Federal health advisers have endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12. Earlier in the week, the Food and Drug Administration cleared the expanded use of Pfizer’s shots, which has been used for months in people 1...

Should parents of kids with special needs be allowed to record meetings with school officials? Most districts have policies against that. But state lawmakers are close to passing a bill allowing that for parents. “I think this is a good policy. I...

(AP) — A worrisome bout of inflation struck the economy in April, with U.S. consumer prices surging 0.8%, the largest monthly jump in more than a decade and the year-over-year increase reaching its fastest rate since 2008. The acceleration in prices ha...

(AP) — House Republicans have ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber’s No. 3 GOP leader, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in fomenting the Jan. 6 C...

(AP) — Republican lawmakers in Missouri have passed a bill to raise the gas tax for the first time in decades. The GOP-led House on Tuesday voted 104-52 to gradually raise Missouri’s 17-cent gas tax to pay for road and bridge maintenance. If sign...

Columbia police hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new police substation named after a fallen officer. The outdoor event celebrating the new Molly Thomas Bowden Neighborhood Policing Center is scheduled for 2 p.m. on May 12. The $7.614 million facili...

(AP) — Missouri is closer than ever to joining every other state in having a statewide prescription drug database to flag possible opioid misuse. The House on Tuesday voted 91-64 to send Gov. Mike Parson legislation that would create such a program. Pa...

(AP) — More than 1,000 gas stations in the Southeast reported running out of fuel, primarily because of what analysts say is unwarranted panic-buying among drivers, as the shutdown of a major pipeline by hackers entered its fifth day. Government offici...