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By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Month by month, more of the roughly 40 million Americans who get help buying groceries through the federal food stamp program are seeing their benefits plunge. The reductions come even as the nation struggles with the biggest increase in food costs in decades. The payments

DELLWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A Dellwood man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the 2020 shooting death of his half-brother. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 33-year-old Quintin Morris was sentenced this week after entering an Alford plea on April 6 to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 38-year-old Toreyon Bledsoe on

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Victor Reyes and Austin Meadows had RBI singles in the seventh inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2. With the game tied 2-2, pinch-hitter Eric Haase hit the first of three straight two-out singles off reliever Jake Brentz, followed by Reyes

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sunisa Lee delivered in Texas just as easily as she delivered in Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion has guided Auburn to the team finals at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships. The Tigers finished second to Florida in the second semifinal session on Thursday to

By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored three times as part of a career-best five-point outing, and the St. Louis Blues rolled to their seventh straight win by beating the Buffalo Sabres 6-2. Robert Thomas had five assists to extend his point streak to 11 games in which he

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sunisa Lee delivered in Texas just as easily as she delivered in Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion has guided Auburn to the team finals at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships. The Tigers finished second to Florida in the second semifinal session on Thursday to

By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff threw five shutout innings and Omar Narváez homered and doubled as the Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday afternoon. Woodruff struck out two and allowed just three hits and a walk to bounce

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Sunisa Lee delivered in Texas just as easily as she delivered in Tokyo. The reigning Olympic champion has guided Auburn to the team finals at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships. The Tigers finished second to Florida in the second semifinal session on Thursday to

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is facing renewed pressure from a hedge fund to speed up its transition to digital publishing and consider adding new digital-savvy leaders to its board. This after successfully fighting off a hostile takeover from a different hedge fund. Lee’s largest shareholder,

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The Oklahoma women’s gymnastics team is heading back to a familiar spot thanks in small part to a little pep talk from Baker Mayfield. The Sooners posted the top score of 198.112 during the first session of the NCAA semifinals, moving the four-time national

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two cases of bird flu have been confirmed in U.S. zoos, but officials said they won’t order widespread euthanasia of zoo birds the way they have on farms. Agriculture Department spokesman Mike Stepien declined to release any details about the zoo cases Thursday. Many zoos across

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Another rash of killings in Kansas City, Missouri, has the mayor considering the use of federal funds to try and address the problem. The Kansas City Star reported Thursday that five people were killed in less than 24 hours in the Kansas City area — four in Kansas City, Missouri,

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A 19-year-old suspect is now facing charges after a suburban St. Louis police officer was struck by a fleeing stolen vehicle. St. Louis County prosecutors on Wednesday charged Ryan Adams with several crimes. On Tuesday, an officer spotted a black Honda Pilot that was believed to have been stolen. A probable

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The GOP-led Missouri House has voted to allow local elections over whether transgender girls can compete on K-12 girls’ sports teams. House members voted 89-40 to add the provision to an elections bill. Missouri’s current public high school sports rules already prohibit transgender girls from competing

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer at a gas station last year. Scott Hyden of Highland entered the plea in a Madison County court Wednesday in the slaying of Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmons at a gas

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge dismissed murder charges against two women because of delays by prosecutors in providing reports to their defense attorneys. The judge dismissed murder and robbery charges Wednesday against 32-year-old Rachel Nixon, of Webster Groves, and 41-year-old Karen Ann Quinn, of St. Louis. They were among four people charged