Missouri voters sent a message. Will their leaders listen?
A polling location in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). In early August, Missouri voters decisively rejected two efforts to rewrite some…
Former Missouri AG Andrew Bailey makes appearance in Columbia after leaving FBI post
Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey speaks on Tuesday at American Legion Post 202. Bailey served as the co-deputy director…
Trump drops longtime aversion to mail-in voting with GOP trailing in polls
President Donald Trump speaks at the Mitchell Center at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama on Oct. 2,…
AI, Tech Leaders Are Lobbying Trump Health Officials in a Government-Run Chat Room
A cadre of elite techies, financiers, and high-level Trump administration officials have spent a year quietly charting an extraordinary and…
Leap seconds have helped keep clocks synchronized with Earth’s rotation, but their time may be over – here’s why
Humans haven't always counted time down to the second. mrs/Moment via Getty Images You’re probably used to the month of…
‘Make this face look gay’: AI models alter faces to give people stereotypical ‘gay,’ ‘straight’ or ‘criminal’ features
AI biases can crop up even with guardrails in place to try to block them. Patpitchaya/iStock via Getty Images Ask…
Senate Democrats demand apology after Eric Schmitt’s false accusations against Jack Smith
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri speaks during a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing while a poster is displayed purporting…
St. Louis jury awards $10 million in sprawling Missouri cannabis ownership fight
Mel Carnahan Courthouse in St. Louis (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). A St. Louis jury awarded $10 million Tuesday to three plaintiffs…
Starship’s first orbital flight put its heat shield to the test – how it fares could determine if SpaceX’s vision is possible
SpaceX's Starship rocket launched to orbit for the first time on Sept. 28, 2026. AP Photo/Eric Gay SpaceX’s Starship, the…
A molecule’s ‘handedness’ can determine whether it’s an effective drug – 4 examples of pharmaceuticals where chirality matters
Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai from Japan won the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on…
The Cornell case forced me to confront the sexual assault I buried for decades
Hundreds of Cornell students participate in a rally against the university’s actions after a student was sexually assaulted at a…
Missouri Senate battleground pits Jon Patterson against Keri Ingle in Jackson County
State Rep. Keri Ingle and House Speaker Jon Patterson are running in the Missouri Senate’s 8th District. The race is…