9+ hour, 36+ min ago   (388+ words) PERRYVILLE — The former library building at St. Mary’s of the Barrens here could become a center for higher education, if funding is secured; classes would be taught by faculty from Southeast Missouri Sate University and Mineral Area College; price tag…...

15+ hour, 31+ min ago   (325+ words) A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (492+ words) At least 24 people died in Manggarai regency and 17 in neighboring East Manggarai, with additional fatalities reported in Sikka, Ngada and Ende regencies, the National Disaster Management Agency said. Rescuers were still searching for villagers feared buried beneath landslides triggered by…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago   (310+ words) The Grammy-nominated Welsh pop star, beloved worldwide for her 1983 chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart," died last month in a hospital in Portugal. She was 75. Tyler was hospitalized in May in Faro, where she had a home, for…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago   (491+ words) Indiana authorities say at least five people have died in flooding across the state this week, as first responders worked to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Indianapolis. The state has been…...

20+ hour, 22+ min ago   (893+ words) The primary lineup pushes Iowa from the traditional top spot and makes South Carolina the leadoff state, voting on Jan. 22, 2028, followed by Nevada on Feb. 1. New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia round out the early states, throughout February, according…...

21+ hour, 17+ min ago   (753+ words) Where the Road Leads: From Bollinger County to Missouri Baptist Hospital seMissourian Where the Road Leads: From Bollinger County to Missouri Baptist Hospital Bollinger County physician William H. Mayfield helped found Missouri Baptist Hospital and expanded medical care through hospitals, tuberculosis…...

22+ hour, 57+ min ago   (692+ words) A top United Nations official, however, warned of a grave human rights crisis in Afghanistan, where girls over age 12 are barred from attending school. The Taliban seized power on Aug. 15, 2021, as the U.S. and other NATO troops withdrew following a costly…...

23+ hour, 37+ min ago   (751+ words) Jason Arday, who became Cambridge’s youngest Black professor in 2023, was found dead inside an address in south London on Friday. He resigned last week as professor of sociology of education after coming under intense media scrutiny, with weeks of news…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1056+ words) Palestinians in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have huddled inside their homes for days on end, unable to leave because of the threat posed by Israeli settlers. The Israeli military, which over the past three years has displayed…...