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MADISON, Mo. (AP) — The driver of a semi has died after his vehicle struck a train in rural northeastern Missouri. The accident happened Sunday afternoon near the town of Madison in Monroe County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 65-year-old Russell Minnis of Higbee, Missouri, was traveling on U.S. 24 and failed to stop

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Hummel, an esteemed writer who covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball for five decades for the Post-Dispatch until his retirement last year, has died. He was 77. Hummel died in his sleep at his St. Louis-area home early Saturday after a short, aggressive illness, the Post-Dispatch said.

Longtime St. Louis baseball writer Rick Hummel has died at the age of 77. Hummel covered the Cardinals for five decades and is enshrined in the writer’s wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The Post-Dispatch reported that Hummel died Saturday after a short illness. Hummel was born in 1946

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rick Hummel, an esteemed writer who covered the St. Louis Cardinals and Major League Baseball for five decades for the Post-Dispatch until his retirement last year, has died. He was 77. Hummel died in his sleep at his St. Louis-area home early Saturday after a short, aggressive illness, the Post-Dispatch said.

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As tensions with Iran have escalated over its nuclear program, the U.S. military this month posted pictures of a powerful bomb designed to penetrate deep into the earth and destroy underground facilities that could be used to enrich uranium. The U.S. Air Force on

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Oscar Mercado drove in five runs and Paul DeJong added a three-run homer to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. St. Louis has won 11 of 14 after a 10-24 start to the season. Nolan Arenado

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have promoted Clint Frazier from Triple-A Charlotte and cut fellow outfielder Jake Marisnick. The White Sox also placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list with right wrist inflammation. The 28-year-old Frazier hit .375 with seven homers and 13 RBIs in 16 games with Charlotte. He signed

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox have promoted Clint Frazier from Triple-A Charlotte and cut fellow outfielder Jake Marisnick. The 28-year-old Frazier hit .375 with seven homers and 13 RBIs in 16 games with Charlotte. He signed a minor league deal with Chicago last month after he was released from his minor league contract

ST. LOUIS Indiana Vassilev scored his first two goals of the season — one in each half — and St. Louis City cruised to a 4-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City. Eduard Löwen opened the scoring for St. Louis City (7-4-1) with his third goal of the season, finding the net on a penalty kick

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off Victor González in the eighth inning, boosting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 and out of the NL Central cellar for the first time in nearly a month. After the Dodgers closed with two

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new batch of states are looking to legislate the level of informed consent when it comes to medical students performing pelvic exams for educational purposes on unconscious patients. At least 20 states already have consent laws for this practice. Montana’s

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mookie Betts hit a three-run homer, Tony Gonsolin combined with four relievers on a two-hitter as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0. Gonsolin continued his comeback from his spring training ankle injury. He allowed just one hit and two walks in five

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two former clerks in a small, poor Missouri town have been sentenced to prison for writing hundreds of checks to themselves while the town struggled to provide basic services. Maureen Woodson, the 68-year-old former city clerk in Flordell Hills, was sentenced this week to 18 months in prison and ordered to