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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kansas City Royals left-hander Kris Bubic will have Tommy John surgery next week. Bubic experienced forearm tightness last weekend during his start against Atlanta, and further examination revealed he needed major surgery. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the procedure in Los Angeles. Bubic went 0-2 with a 3.94 ERA in three

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Rail unions want railroads to take some of the billions they’re using every year to buy back their stock and use it to improve safety in the wake of several high-profile derailments and hire more workers. The 12 unions said Friday that collectively the six

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 25-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for shooting and wounding a teenager several times because of his sexual orientation. Malachi Robinson pleaded guilty in July to violating federal hate crime laws when he shot the 16-year-old eight times. Robinson was sentenced Thursday

By The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday set an execution date for a man who sexually assaulted and killed a 6-year-old St. Louis County girl in 2002. Johnny Johnson is scheduled to be put to death Aug. 1. Johnson was staying with friends in Valley Park, Missouri,

By The Associated Press In six days, seven people were shot for making the common mistake of showing up at the wrong place. In North Carolina Tuesday, neighbors say a man shot a girl and her parents after children ran after a basketball rolling into his yard. Earlier that day in Texas, a man shot

By TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions. In Kansas City, it was a 16-year-old who went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers. There was the 12-year-old rummaging around in a yard in small-town Alabama, the 20-year-old woman who found

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Current has fired coach Matt Potter hours before its game in Houston for what the NWSL club called “issues around his leadership and employment responsibilities.” The club did not elaborate. Caroline Sjöblom was appointed the interim coach. Potter was in his second season. He replaced Huw Williams,

By MARGARET STAFFORD and JIM SALTER Associated Press LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Andrew Lester, the 84-year-old white man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, pleaded not guilty in his first court appearance Wednesday. Lester was in court to answer charges of first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting, which has attracted

By The Associated Press In the span of six days, four young people across the U.S. have been shot — one fatally — for making one of the most ordinary and unavoidable mistakes in everyday life: showing up at the wrong place. A man shot and wounded two cheerleaders outside a Texas supermarket early Tuesday