Missouri's basketball state tournaments are split in two weekends, with the Class 3, Class 2 and Class 1 girls semifinals and finals scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.

De Smet carried the sting of last season's 82-76 double OT loss in last season's district final with it the entire offseason.

The alien-like machines, described as ‘legged metamachines’, are built from autonomous modules that can be snapped together in a variety of forms. Researchers say the approach could lead to robots ...