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Prescriptive analytics, a type of artificial intelligence, is helping researchers plan for air taxis in major U.S. cities. It's helping electric vehicles, health care and animal welfare, too. Mizzou expert Suchi Rajendran shares how this advanced AI will help us prepare for the future.

Although the plague doesn’t affect humans like it did in the 1300s, it can still wreak havoc on animal populations.

The Vandalia High School class of 1957 met for their 67th reunion on Oct. 19 at the Perry Junction, with 11 class members present, plus guests.

The Eastern Missouri Family YMCA announced its 6th Annual Community-Wide Diaper Drive, benefiting local families through partnerships with Parents as Teachers, CMCA Early Head Start, and Options for Women.

Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney Jacob Shellabarger announced that Larry Dale Karhoff, 53, of Mexico, Mo., was sentenced to 30 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections: 15 years on each of two counts trafficking in the first degree for methamphetamine and fentanyl, 7 years for felon in possession of a firearm, 7 years for possession of a controlled substance, 4 years for unlawful use of a weapon, and a fine for driving while suspended.

ST. LOUIS — When Missouri on Tuesday became the first state to overturn a near-total abortion ban by the vote of the people, Desiree White cried happy tears.

WEST DES MOINES, IA—A study by Zoe Lambert, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences and a visiting scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was recently featured in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The research focuses on chronic wasting disease, a prion disease that affects whitetailed deer, and its potential risks for both animals and humans.