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TORONTO (AP) — Craig Berube ran a gauntlet of emotions Thursday morning. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach was poised to face the St. Louis Blues — the team he led to its only Stanley Cup in 2019, and the one that fired him last December — looking for a bounce-back performance following an ugly effort

TORONTO (AP) — Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, Dylan Holloway scored twice and St. Louis beat Toronto 5-1 on Thursday night, spoiling Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube’s first game against the Blues since they fired him in December. Berube led St. Louis to the franchise’s only Stanley Cup in 2019. Philip Broberg, Alexandre Texier and

The Kansas City Chiefs play at the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. BetMGM Sportsbook lists the Chiefs at 9-point favorites. Las Vegas beat the Chiefs 20-14 in their most recent meeting last Christmas Day. Kansas City has not lost since that game. Both teams have defensive stars in Chris Jones with the Chiefs and Maxx

AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials said Thursday that there’s no evidence bird flu is spreading between people after investigating a mysterious infection in Missouri. The illness reported last month was different from the 30 other bird flu infections in people in the U.S. so far this year. Those cases have been

Alabama and Missouri have little to no margin for error left in their playoff hopes. The 15th-ranked Crimson Tide enter Saturday’s game having lost two of their last three games and barely beating South Carolina. No. 21 Missouri is coming off a come-from-behind win over Auburn but lost 41-10 to Texas A&M in its only

Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Since the war in Ukraine began, Yaroslav Pyzh, a Baptist pastor in Lviv, has worn many hats. He runs the large and growing Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary, while overseeing a network of 18 humanitarian aid centers across the embattled country. He’s also become an ambassador of sorts to American

Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — One of the nation’s most competitive gubernatorial races has also become intensely personal. None of the nation’s 12 female governors are up for reelection, but five women are running as major party gubernatorial nominees in four states. Two of them are in New Hampshire, where Republican Kelly Ayotte and

AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are the standard the Las Vegas Raiders are trying to reach. Their AFC West rivals have provided a roadmap for Las Vegas and other teams hoping to get into the orbit of a franchise that has appeared in four of the past five Super

Associated Press Federal authorities say a former St. Louis prosecutor admitted to misusing thousands of dollars in public funds to pay herself back, after getting fined for mistakes she made while prosecuting a Republican governor. The U.S. attorney’s office said Wednesday that ex-prosecutor Kim Gardner had her employees reimburse her out of her office’s contingent

AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Utah basketball coach Craig Smith was talking to his director of operations this week about travel schedules and what exactly the Utes will be facing this season in the Big 12, which now spans four time zones following more realignment. It’s a long flight from Salt Lake

AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — There are only six coaches left in men’s Division I basketball that know how it feels to raise a national championship trophy. Two of them are in the Big 12 Conference. That makes Bill Self of Kansas and Scott Drew of Baylor suited to opine on the

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An Ohio man charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a couple at an Interstate 80 rest stop in Nebraska has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that 22-year-old James Thompson Jr. of Elyria, Ohio, entered the plea Tuesday. Thompson is also

Associated Press A Missouri reporter was injured slightly by a metal fragment from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he practiced shooting at a campaign event. The KSHB-TV reporter was hit in the arm by flyaway metal as the Marine fired an AR-15-style rifle at targets at an exurban Kansas City home Tuesday. The

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Blues forward Robert Thomas will miss at least six weeks with a broken right ankle. The Blues put Thomas on injured reserve Wednesday after he took a puck off the ankle early in the third period of their game Tuesday night against Winnipeg. Thomas is the latest St. Louis

AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Southeastern Conference quarterbacks may have played themselves out of the Heisman Trophy race for now. Well, maybe not Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia. But he could be next. Alabama’s Jalen Milroe has more interceptions than touchdown passes in four league games. Georgia’s Carson Beck has leveled off against SEC competition,

AP Pro Football Writer Lamar Jackson couldn’t have performed much better as a passer when he threw five TD passes, only five incompletions and no interceptions while throwing for 281 yards in a victory for Baltimore over Tampa Bay. It just wasn’t perfect, according to the NFL’s arcane passer rating formula. Jackson fell two-tenths of

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, last season’s Vezina Trophy winner, recorded 27 saves to spark the undefeated WInnipeg Jets to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday night. Scoring for the Jets were Nino Niederreiter, Colin Miller and Kyle Connor. All three goals came in the second period.