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BY CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vaughn Grissom hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning, Ozzie Albies homered and the Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4. Albies’ 376-foot solo homer to right field in the fourth was his fifth RBI of the series. Zack Greinke gave up four

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jared Stroud scored three minutes into the match and St. Louis City never let up in a 5-1 victory over FC Cincinnati after tornado warnings forced a lengthy delay at the start of the match. Stroud used assists from João Klauss and Eduard Löwen to give St. Louis City (6-2-0) the

By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sean Murphy homered among his three hits and drove in four runs, Ozzie Albies also had four RBIs and the Atlanta Braves beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3. Murphy had RBI doubles in the first and third innings, a solo homer in the fifth and

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andrew McCutchen homered in the 10th inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals Saturday. McCutchen hit a 3-2 pitch from Jordan Hicks (0-1) over the left field wall for his third home run of the season to leadoff

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have activated outfielder Lars Nootbaar from the 10-day injured list. Nootbaar had jammed his left thumb sliding into third base in the Cardinals’ season opener on March 30. Nootbar is in Saturday’s lineup against the Pirates at home batting seventh and playing

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.” A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican

By ANDREW DeMILLO ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The push to restrict health care for transgender people has expanded beyond children, with Missouri’s new limits on gender-affirming care. The rules highlight how rapidly efforts targeting the rights of transgender people have grown this year. Those efforts have expanded even as they face new

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Rookie center Wyatt Johnston scored his 24th goal and the Dallas Stars ended their regular season with a 1-0 victory over St. Louis on Thursday night. The Stars won their sixth game in a row and then had to wait another day to see if they

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general announced new restrictions Thursday on transgender care for adults in addition to minors in a move that is believed to be a first nationally and has advocacy groups threatening to sue. Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to restrict transgender

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Minors in Missouri soon will be required to undergo 18 months of therapy before receiving gender-affirming health care under an emergency rule released Thursday by the state’s Republican attorney general. Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to restrict transgender health care for minors weeks ago, when