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BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a firetruck responding to a fire at a fast-food restaurant crashed into an SUV and rolled onto its side Tuesday in southern Illinois, injuring three firefighters. Belleville fire Chief Stephanie Mills says the firetruck collided about 5:50 a.m. with an SUV near Belleville East High School and flipped onto

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A sprawling storm hit the U.S. South, with tornado warnings and high winds that blew roofs off homes, flipped over campers and tossed about furniture in Florida on Tuesday, while another storm buried cities across the Midwest in more than a half

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer New research shows that the average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics. Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities did their calculations they never knew how many

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals hired Chaim Bloom as an adviser to John Mozeliak, their president of baseball operations, on Monday after the longtime front-office executive was fired by the Boston Red Sox last September. Bloom spent 15 years in the baseball operations department in Tampa Bay, helping to build the small-market

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Sporting Kansas City moved its April 13 Major League Soccer home game against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami to Arrowhead Stadium from the team’s Children’s Mercy Park. Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri has a capacity of about 76,000. It is the home of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and the oldest of

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More women have joined a Tennessee lawsuit challenging the state’s broad abortion ban that went into effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Three of the women added Monday to the Tennessee suit were denied abortions while experiencing severe pregnancy

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says he and his family are safe after someone called police to report a fake shooting at their home. Ashcroft says Jefferson City police called him Sunday after receiving a report about a shooting at his house. Ashcroft

By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sean Payton senses a feeling of disappointment but not discouragement from his Denver Broncos. A 27-14 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday dropped the Broncos to 8-9 to finish Payton’s first season as coach in Denver. And now there’s plenty to be done before

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Mike Edwards returned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown, Harrison Butker made a 41-yard field goal with 49 seconds remaining, and the AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs beat the Los Angeles Chargers 13-12 while resting most of their starters. With the Chiefs locked

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Chris Jones got what he needed, picking up a sack in the third quarter of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 13-12 win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday to collect a $1.25 million bonus. An exuberant Jones ran to the sideline and was swarmed by his

By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Travis Kelce is inactive for the Kansas City Chiefs’ season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers, ending the star tight end’s chance to reach the 1,000-yard mark for the eighth straight season. Kelce needed 16 yards to hit the milestone, which would have been the fourth-longest

By BOB SUTTON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Brayden Schenn scored in the fifth round of the shootout to give the St. Louis Blues a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night. Carolina’s Sebastian Aho and St. Louis’ Jake Neighbours converted in the fourth round. Nathan Walker scored in regulation to help

By The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Led by Allen David Mukeba Jr.’s 18 points, the UMKC Kangaroos defeated the Portland State Vikings 83-67. The Kangaroos are now 7-10 on the season, while the Vikings dropped to 10-5.

By The Associated Press MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Jesiah West scored 14 points as Western Illinois beat Lindenwood 68-57 on Saturday night. West added 11 rebounds for the Leathernecks (10-6, 3-0 Ohio Valley Conference). James Dent Jr. shot 4 for 12 (3 for 10 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw

By The Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Led by Josh Earley’s 14 points, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Bethel (TN) Wildcats 71-61

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Russel Tchewa scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Georgia closed out a 75-68 win at Missouri in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. The win, Georgia’s ninth straight, snaps a three-game losing streak to Missouri and narrows its deficit in the all-time series to 11-9. The Bulldogs’ current

By The Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. — Keyshawn Hall scored 22 points as George Mason beat Saint Louis 79-67. Hall added eight rebounds for the Patriots, who won their sixth straight game. Ronald Polite scored 19 points and Amari Kelly added 13. Gibson Jimerson led the way for the Billikens with 20 points.