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Reporting in Science, researchers write that a red disk painted in Spain's El Castillo cave is at least 40,800 years old--making it the oldest known European cave art. Archaeologist Alistair Pike discusses how his team dated the disk, and whether Neanderthals could have painted it.

The twin bombings of 2013 cast a long shadow on Monday's race. But the crowds basked in the sunshine today, as American Meb Keflezighi ended a 31-year drought for U.S. men in the Boston Marathon.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Caitlin Moran's rollicking new autobiographical novel about a girl who, after a terrible embarrassment, reinvents herself as a hard-drinking, wild-living music critic.

The new superintendent of Springfield Public Schools has scheduled three virtual Q & A sessions for later this month. Dr. Grenita Lathan will share...

The State of Missouri has released the 2018 General Revenue Report. State Budget Director Dan Haug says that 2018 fiscal year-to-date net general...

Missouri Republican candidate John Brunner said he wants to be the first businessman elected governor in 80 years.The former chairman and CEO of personal…

Missouri's budget director says revenue is up 3.4 percent compared to the same time last year.Director Dan Haug on Thursday announced that the state…

Thomas Jefferson scholar Peter Onuf visited with KBIA's Darren Hellwege in advance of his visit to Columbia. Onuf is a regular contributor to BackStory as…

Howard Marshall's latest book Fiddler's Dream: Old-Time, Swing, and Bluegrass Fiddling in Twentieth-Century Missouri is a look at Missouri's contributions…