(AP) — President-elect Joe Biden’s national security Cabinet may be bare on Day One of his presidency, but an inauguration eve spurt of Senate confirmation hearings suggests that won’t be the case for long. While the nominees to head the State Departme…

For the first time since last March, Columbia Public Schools students of all ages learn in-person on Tuesday. CPS has mostly been online-only this school year because of coronavirus concerns. Masks will be required, and the district is installing ioniz…

Mizzou starts a new semester on Tuesday. All students living on campus had to take a COVID-19 test. The school says, out of 1,319 students tested since Jan. 11, the positivity rate is 0.6%. Testing will continue through Jan. 21. Chancellor Mun Choi say…

The Columbia City Council on Tuesday night votes on changes to police chokehold policy. The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) now defines chokeholds and neck restraints as deadly force. Officers would only be able to use …

(AP) — Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. The conservative publisher Regnery announced Monday that Hawley’s…