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By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brendan Donovan doubled home two runs and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles to complete a three-game sweep. The Orioles had gone 106 consecutive regular-season series without being swept, a span

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 468-foot, three-run homer into the upper deck fountains, leading the Kansas City Royals past the Detroit Tigers 10-3. Witt homered twice, driving in six, and stole a base. Maikel Garcia tripled twice among four hits, extending his season-best hitting streak

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — After failing in several U.S. states this year, global chemical manufacturer Bayer said Tuesday that it plans to amplify efforts to create a legal shield against a proliferation of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn that its popular weedkiller could cause cancer. Bayer, which

DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice won’t face charges from the injured person over his reported involvement in an alleged assault. The incident happened a little over a month after Rice was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to multiple charges. Dallas police say the reporting party

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) — Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press The issue of abortion will be before voters in at least four states this year, and possibly more. Voters have sided with abortion rights supporters every time the issue has been directly on the ballot since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to abortion in

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Christopher Dunn has spent 33 years in prison serving life without parole for a murder in Missouri he has always claimed he didn’t commit. A hearing starting Tuesday will determine if he should go free. St. Louis prosecutors are now convinced that Dunn is telling the

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Siani hit his first career home run and drove in four runs, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Monday night. Sonny Gray gave up three runs, just one earned, in 5 2/3 innings as the Cardinals won for the sixth

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Massey and Salvador Perez homered as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 for their fourth straight win. Massey had a leadoff homer in the second inning for the first long ball given up this season by Tigers starter Reese Olson after

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Detroit Tigers starter Reese Olson left Monday’s game against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning with a right hip contusion after being struck by a line drive. Olson was stunned by Michael Massey’s sharp liner. The right-hander stood with his hands at his

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — New federal certification rules have been finalized for train dispatchers and signal repairmen will set minimum standards for those jobs to counteract the investor pressure on railroads to continually cut costs while making sure those employees have the skills they need to operate all the

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Georgia’s Charlie Condon, the nation’s leading hitter, is the Southeastern Conference player of the year. League coaches picked Arkansas’ Hagen Smith as the top pitcher and Kentucky’s Nick Mingione as SEC coach of the year. The SEC released results of voting among the coaches on Monday, ahead of the conference tournament.

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will have to pay out of their own pockets if they lose defamation cases for falsely accusing a man of being one of the Kansas City Chiefs parade shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Monday told his

GOODHOPE, Mo. (AP) — Four people in rural Missouri died when an explosion that could be heard 10 miles away occurred at a house. The explosion happened Saturday night near the unincorporated town of Goodhope. Douglas County Sheriff Chris Degase says the home was undergoing renovations and a propane leak was found. The federal Bureau

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Two people are hospitalized following a shooting during a high school graduation commencement in Missouri. Hundreds of people scattered when gunfire broke out around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Cape Girardeau, a city of 40,000 residents about 115 miles south of St. Louis. The two people injured were not students and

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer The St. Louis Cardinals are struggling to stay relevant after being a model of consistency for so long. Even after taking two of three against both the Angels and Red Sox, the Cardinals are six games under .500. They’ve rebounded from a seven-game losing streak earlier this month, winning

By CODY FRIESEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer stuck out nine, Vinnie Pasquantino hit a three-run triple and the Kansas City Royals completed a sweep of the Oakland Athletics with an 8-1 victory. It was the third sweep of the season for Kansas City. It took until September 20 for the

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rafael Devers tied a Boston record by homering for his fifth consecutive game, and the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11-3 to stop a season-high, four-game losing streak. Devers hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Ryan Fernandez, his ninth home run this

By The Associated Press Trinity Rodman scored twice in the first half and the Washington Spirit went on to beat Angel City 4-2 on Saturday night in the National Women’s Soccer League. All six goals came in the first half at Washington D.C.’s Audi Field, matching a league record for most goals in the opening