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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill is fast on the field, fast with his words and fast at making a first impression. The wide receiver who calls himself “Cheetah” raved about new coach Mike McDaniel, revealed that the record-setting value of his new contract nearly made him cry

By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer South Carolina has hired Chattanooga’s Lamont Paris as its new men’s basketball coach. The school’s board of trustees on Thursday approved a five-year deal that will pay Paris $12 million through March 2027. Paris takes over for Frank Martin, who was fired after 10 seasons earlier this month. Paris

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former Mississippi and Duke coach David Cutcliffe has joined the Southeastern Conference as special assistant to the commissioner for football relations. The league announced the hiring on Thursday of Cutcliffe, whose 14-year tenure at Duke ended after last season under what the school described as a mutual agreement. He was the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are bringing back four of their own free agents, announcing Thursday the signing of defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi, center Austin Reiter, quarterback Chad Henne, and tight end Blake Bell for the upcoming season. Nnadi has started 52 of the 64 games he’s played since the Chiefs

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, plans to build an $800 million data center in northern Kansas City. Company officials, along with state and local politicians, announced Thursday that the company hopes to open the 1 million-square-foot data center by 2024. It is expected to bring 100 jobs to the

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Two men who’ve been behind bars since 2019 awaiting trial in the shooting death of a 15-year-old St. Louis boy are questioning whether their rights to a speedy trial have been violated. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that prosecutors this week dropped, then refiled, murder charges against 49-year-old Brian Lee Potter

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The investigator who played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation in 2018 has pleaded guilty to evidence tampering.  Private investigator William Tisaby entered the plea Wedesday on the misdemeanor charge. Prosecutors dropped seven felony counts including perjury. Jury selection was set to

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill to Miami for a package of draft picks Wednesday, and the Dolphins are giving the three-time All-Pro wide receiver a $120 million, four-year contract extension that makes Hill the highest-paid player at his position in NFL history.

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The 21st century tornado problem is far different from ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Killer tornadoes hit the Southeast far more than they do in Kansas, Oklahoma or Texas. An Associated Press analysis shows that nearly 89% of tornado deaths since 2000 have happened from Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana east.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs traded wide receiver Tyreek Hill to Miami for a package of draft picks on Wednesday, and the Dolphins are giving the three-time All-Pro a $120 million, four-year contract extension that makes him the highest-paid player ever at his position, a

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — A final report from the Missouri State  Highway Patrol says five people died and 15 were injured in a series of collisions on a southeast Missouri interstate last week. Authorities initially said six people died in the collisions Friday on Interstate 57. Mississippi Coroner Terry Parker said communication during the chaotic

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Officials say the five people died in a series of fiery chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles in southeast Missouri on a fog-covered interstate. The Mississippi County coroner initially announced a sixth death in the collisions but the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s final report said five people died. The collisions began

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — In a story published March 18, 2022, about a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 57 in southeast Missouri, The Associated Press, based on information from a coroner, erroneously reported the number of people who died. Authorities said five people were killed, not six. 

By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that state and local governments have spent nearly $1 billion worth of federal coronavirus aid on projects that have little to do with combating the pandemic. The spending runs the gamut. In Broward County, Florida, $140 million will help to build an

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jury selection begins Thursday in St. Louis in the perjury and evidence tampering trial of the man whose investigation played a key role in former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ resignation in 2018. Private investigator William Tisaby was indicted in 2019 on six counts of perjury and

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a man with involuntary manslaughter in the death of another man who was fatally injured in a fight outside a Springfield strip club. Television station KYTV reports that 31-year-old Jasmin Marquis Hopkins was charged Tuesday in the death of 37-year-old Jeffrey Brent, of Springfield. Police say officers called