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By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis rookie Jordan Walker’s hitting streak ended at 12 games when he went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in the Cardinals’ 5-0 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 20-year-old tied the record for longest hitting streak at the start of a career by a

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press COLUMBIA. Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s attorney general has announced new restrictions on gender-affirming 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 BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will soon no longer require unanimous jury recommendations for judges to impose death- penalty sentences. The legislation passed Thursday is a reaction to the life sentence handed to the man who massacred 17 people at a Parkland high school. It will allow the death penalty

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — MJ Melendez drove in three runs to back another strong outing from Brad Keller, and the Kansas City Royals avoided a three-game sweep with a 10-1 rout of the Texas Rangers. The Rangers had their second three-game winning streak of the season stopped on the

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyatt Johnston scored twice, Tyler Seguin had a goal and an assist and the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday night to take the Central Division lead. Dallas moved ahead of idle Colorado for the top spot in the Central with 106

By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Nolan Gorman hit a late tiebreaking home run for the second straight day, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals over the Colorado Rockies 7-4. Nolan Arenado hit his 139th home run at Coors Field and Tyler O’Neill hit his first home run since opening day. With the score

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager will miss at least four weeks after being placed on the injured list with a left hamstring strain. Seager got hurt running the bases Tuesday night. General manager Chris Young says the shortstop has a Grade 2 strain. Seager spent

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the stabbing deaths of two women and a 7-year-old boy. Prosecutors in Warren County sought the death penalty for Shawn Kavanagh, 32, but Judge Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey on Tuesday sentenced him to four consecutive life terms. The

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 15-year-old has pleaded guilty in family court to fatally stabbing a student at a Kansas City middle school last year. A spokeswoman for the Jackson County Court confirmed the boy pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Manuel Guzman at Northeast Middle School last April. Guzman

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager could be headed to the injured list after leaving a game against Kansas City because of left hamstring tightness while running the bases. Seager was running between first and second base in the fifth inning after hitting an opposite-field double

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A Missouri town will pay $3.25 million to settle a so-called debtors’ prison lawsuit over allegations that thousands of people were unconstitutionally jailed and forced to pay fines and fees that provided millions of dollars for the town’s coffers. The town of Maplewood agreed last week to the settlement of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A woman is facing federal charges after she allegedly created a disturbance that forced a fight to be diverted to Kansas City. Federal prosecutors say 32-year-old Chloe Dasilva is charged with interfering with a flight attendant. Dasilva was a passenger on an Alaska Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago’s

By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Germán Márquez pitched five strong innings before leaving with right forearm tightness, Alan Trejo tied a career-high with three hits and the Colorado Rockies beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4. Márquez was warming up for the sixth inning when he began rubbing his forearm as manager