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By HOLLY RAMER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in at least six states have introduced legislation that would require all ballots to be counted by hand instead of electronic tabulators, and similar proposals are being floated in some county and local governments around the U.S. The push comes

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mark Adams wasn’t about to use any sort of flowery poetry to describe No. 14 Texas Tech’s 56-55 victory over Oklahoma in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals Friday night, instead describing the entire 40 minutes as “ugly.” Then again, it looks a lot prettier

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji curled off a screen and was wide open for a rim-rattling ally-oop dunk, the inbound play perfectly executed if only Kansas teammate Dajuan Harris had lofted him the ball in the Big 12 quarterfinals. Harris didn’t make the same mistake against TCU

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri fired basketball coach Cuonzo Martin on Friday night, one day after the Tigers finished a 12-21 season with a 76-68 loss to LSU in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Tigers athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois said in a statement that the

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A crude oil leak has closed several streets in a southern Illinois city. Officials in Edwardsville say the leak happened at the intersection of Route 143 and Route 159 outside Edwardsville around 11:45 a.m. Friday. Hazmat crews from the Madison County Emergency Management Agency, a Phillips 66 refinery and Marathon Pipeline

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s campaign oversight agency says former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens didn’t violate campaign finance laws in his bid for U.S. Senate. The Missouri Ethics Commission on Friday ruled in favor of Greitens. The Campaign Legal Center last year filed a complaint alleging that Greitens used funds

WASHINGTON — Gibson Jimerson had 20 points as Saint Louis edged past Saint Bonaventure 57-56 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tourney. Jalen Adaway led the Bonnies on Friday with 18 points.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Baylor’s NaLyssa Smith deftly stepped into Oklahoma State’s passing lane, secured the steal and then headed the other direction, the Big 12 player of the year all by herself in the open court and with her eyes only on the rim. Up she went

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madi Williams had 19 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, Taylor Robertson also scored 19 points and No. 21 Oklahoma beat Kansas 80-68 to advance to the Big 12 Conference tournament semifinals. Fourth-seeded Oklahoma, which picked up its first conference tournament victory since 2016, avenged a 73-67 loss at home

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have signed right-hander Drew VerHagen to a two-year contract for $5.5 million. VerHagen was a fourth-round pick of the Tigers in 2012 who went 10-10 over parts of six seasons in Detroit. He appeared in 127 games, starting eight of them, and will compete for a spot

SEYMOUR, Mo. (AP) — A 23-year-old southwest Missouri man has been charged with murder after a shooting death in Seymour. Gage Bittner, of Hartville, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder. The Webster County Sheriff’s office says a man was shot several times Wednesday at a home near Seymour. Officials have not released the man’s name

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Cleveland ace Shane Bieber limbered up in Guardians gear, Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. began taking grounders and new St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol signed autographs as spring training camps in Florida and Arizona finally opened to big leaguers. A day after

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Black man shot and killed by a white Kansas City, Missouri, police officer in 2020 is suing the officer and the Board of Police Commissioners for at least $10 million. The Kansas City Star reports that Donnie Sanders’ family alleges in the federal lawsuit filed Thursday

By CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero was among the early arrivals as spring training camps in Florida and Arizona opened to big leaguers. New St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol signed some autographs and fans lined up for New York Yankees exhibition tickets as teams got

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis are investigating the deaths of two people, each discovered a little more than an hour apart in separate cases. Station KTVI reports the first involved a body found around 7 p.m. Thursday on a sidewalk across from Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis. Police have not released

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — For all their angst about the possibility of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in the state, GOP leaders haven’t coalesced behind an alternative. Greitens resigned in 2018 while facing multiple investigations, including one into whether he blackmailed a woman

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas Tech coach Mark Adams walked through the handshake line after a 72-41 blowout of Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament, then pulled aside Cyclones coach T.J. Otzelberger to whisper a couple of kind words. “I told T.J. we probably

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Madisen Smith tossed in 19 points and West Virginia dominated the first half in a 68-48 victory over TCU in the first round of the Big 12 Conference tournament. Smith made 4 of 7 shots from 3-point range and added five assists for the seventh-seeded Mountaineers (15-14). Ja’Naiya Quinerly added

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the New York Rangers 6-2 to snap a four-game losing streak. David Perron, Jake Walman, Ivan Barbashev and Ryan O’Reilly also scored for the Blues, who were 0-3-1 in their skid and remained two points ahead

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Porter Moser remembers the feeling a couple weeks ago when the Sooners learned that Elijah Harkless, their heartbeat on the floor and one of their best all-around players, was done for the season with an injury. They were stunned, Moser said, and