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By JIM SALTER Associated Press A man who shot and killed two Missouri jailers almost 23 years ago during a failed bid to help an inmate escape is set to be executed. Forty-two-year-old Michael Tisius is scheduled to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He was convicted of

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Nathaniel Lowe hit a game-ending RBI single with one out in the ninth inning and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers won their fourth game in a row with a 4-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Marcus Semien had already extended his majors-best hitting streak

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Only days before a contingent of Southeastern Conference coaches and administrators will ask for federal help in regulating the expanding ability of college athletes to earn money while still in school, the second annual NIL Summit delivered predictions of more dramatic changes to the landscape of

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Richard Childress and Kyle Busch were hardly on good terms 12 years ago, when they got into a fight after a Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway. Yet both say they have matured, and the fact that they’re not only working together but also winning

By JIM SALTER Associated Press An attorney for a man on Missouri’s death row says her client is on “an emotional roller coaster” amid efforts to spare his life with just a day to go before his scheduled execution. Michael Tisius is set to die by injection Tuesday evening for killing two jailers in 2000

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer The calendar has turned to June and Miami’s Luis Arraez is flirting with a .400 batting average. Considering the last man to hit that hallowed number for a full season — Boston’s Ted Williams — accomplished the feat in 1941 with a .406 average, it’s safe to say that

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Alex Pietrangelo spoke of sacrifice Sunday, and what it takes for an NHL player to continue his journey this far into the season. With the Vegas Golden Knights up 1-0 in the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers, all the players’ personal lives are put

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by a massive earthquake, has died. He was 93. A spokesperson for the Giants said the team

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Norma Hunt, the second wife of the late Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and the only woman to attend every Super Bowl, has died. She was 85. The Hunt family, which still owns the franchise, announced the passing of the Chiefs’ matriarch in a statement released by the

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rich Hill kept the St. Louis Cardinals off balance in his longest start of the season and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a three-game sweep with a 2-1 victory. The 43-year-old Hill allowed just four hits in 6 2/3 innings, walking three and striking out six. Ji