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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police are investigating the death of a baby whose body was found in a field. Police spokesperson Sgt. Jacob Becchina says a caller reported finding the body in the field in east Kansas City on Saturday. Police are waiting for the medical examiner to determine the baby’s gender,

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — NHL player Garnet Hathaway just settled into his seat in a luxury box behind home plate, getting ready to enjoy a game at Fenway Park between the Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals when a foul ball off the bat of Boston’s Justin Turner came sailing back

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Christian Yelich homered in the first inning and scored on a bizarre play as part of Milwaukee’s seven-run outburst in the third as the Brewers defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-6. Brice Turang added a three-run shot and Mike Brosseau also homered as the NL Central-leading

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Kenley Jansen blew a ninth-inning lead for the second straight day when shortstop Kiké Hernández’s throwing error on a potential game-ending double play allowed Nolan Gorman to score the go-ahead run in a three-run ninth inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 victory over the

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield high school student who reported a teacher using a racial slur in class is serving a three day out-of-school suspension. Mary Walton, a sophomore at Glendale High School, says she was told Friday that she could not return to school until Wednesday because she violated district policy on use

By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Willson Contreras’ demotion from catching didn’t last very long. St. Louis manager Oliver Marmol announced before a game in Boston that the 31-year-old Contreras will be back behind the plate on Monday night when the Cardinals open a homestand against the Milwaukee Brewers. The three-time All-Star was

CHICAGO (AP) — Defender Rafael Czichos scored late in the first half and Chris Brady made it stand up to lead the Chicago Fire to a 1-0 victory over St. Louis City. The Fire eliminated St. Louis City in US Open Cup play with a 2-1 victory earlier in the week under interim coach Frank

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Corbin Burnes pitched six shutout innings and Owen Miller went 3 of 4 with a homer and a double to help the Milwaukee Brewers defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-1. Burnes struck out seven, walked four and allowed only two hits while throwing a season-high 104

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal to make it harder to amend Missouri constitution has failed, and lawmakers say that could ease the path for voters to restore abortion rights in the state. The Republican-led Legislature failed to approve a measure that would have asked voters to raise the

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Don Denkinger, a major league umpire for three decades whose blown call in the 1985 World Series overshadowed a career of excellence, died Friday. He was 86. Denkinger died at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa, Denise Hanson, one of his three daughters, said. Denkinger

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kansas City catcher and seven-time All-Star Salvador Perez was scratched from the Royals’ lineup due to what manager Matt Quatraro described as “a little bit of blurry vision.” Quatraro said before the Royals’ game against the Milwaukee Brewers that “it’s nothing long term or serious.” Perez had been in the original lineup

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Western Illinois will become a member of the Ohio Valley Conference on July 1, though the Leathernecks’ football team will play the 2023 season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference before making the move. The Ohio Valley on Friday announced Western Illinois would become the 11th member in a conference with

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have just hours to pass legislation to make it more difficult to amend the state’s constitution. The Republican-led Legislature’s deadline to pass bills is 6 p.m. Friday. Still pending is a proposal to raise the bar to pass constitutional amendments from a simple

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials in Missouri’s largest city approved a resolution Thursday to declare it a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care, defying state lawmakers who voted a day earlier to ban such care for minors and restrict it for some adults. Democratic Mayor Quinton Lucas praised the 12 to 1