US Business
For Walmart, Replacing Humans With Robots Is a Multibillion-Dollar Struggle
Machines programmed to sort merchandise in warehouses hit kinks with cardboard boxes and turkeys. “We are kind of in this peak complexity.”
Month: October 2026
US Business
SpaceX Makes Big Play to Become a Wireless Carrier
Elon Musk’s space company is buying spectrum licenses to help build a mobile network to compete with telecom giants.
US Business
American Airlines Is the Worst for Bumping Passengers. Now It Says It Will Stop.
The carrier, which was responsible for 60% of fliers who were involuntarily removed from flights, said test programs worked to curb the practice.
Education
Spiva Center for the Arts and Missouri Southern State University to Host Observational Empathy Workshop on November 7
Spiva Center for the Arts and Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) invites the community to join them on Saturday, November 7 at the Harry M. Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex in downtown Joplin for an […]
US Business
London’s Private Markets Exchange Completes Another Auction
But exchange’s managers say it’s too soon to talk about expansion.
Government
City of Joplin Announces TDD Tax Sunsets for 1717 Marketplace – Infrastructure Costs Repaid Ahead of Schedule
City of Joplin officials are celebrating the completion of a sizeable, successful financing project as the second and final tax tool for 1717 Marketplace — known as a Transportation Development District (TDD) tax — ended […]
Community
Joplin NALA Read to Host Rescheduled 2026 Literacy Liftoff on October 13
Join Joplin NALA Read for their rescheduled 6th annual Literacy Liftoff on Thursday, Tuesday, October 13 from 4:00 until sunset! Hosted on the soccer fields at Missouri Southern State University, this free event features fun for the […]
Events
Watered Gardens Ministries to Host 2026 Empty Bowls Event on November 12
Join Watered Gardens Ministries for their 14th annual Empty Bowls event on Thursday, November 12, 2026! Reminiscent of the “soup lines” from the mid 1930’s, Empty Bowls is a grass roots fundraiser brought to people in […]
US Business
Rogue Pilots Have Become One of the Biggest Threats to Airline Safety
The FlyDubai security case spotlights the industry’s struggle with deliberate pilot crashes that have brought attention to cockpit technology and mental health.
US Business
Trump’s Tariffs Put a Spotlight on Forced Labor. It Isn’t Going Away.
The president’s use of forced-labor concerns to resurrect his tariffs faces a Democratic-led legal challenge, but America’s trade partners are toughening up their own laws either way.