TYLER, Texas (AP) — Court records in Texas show the father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge. Smith County District Court records show that 54-year-old Patrick Mahomes Sr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to the driving while intoxicated charge. Mahomes’ attorney and the district attorney did not immediately
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As a second straight day of hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits hung over much of the Midwest on Tuesday, residents looked for ways to stay cool and indoors. Darrell Taylor, 61, has no air-conditioning in his apartment in Chicago, where it reached a record-breaking 98 degrees Fahrenheit. He described
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — All the talk is over in the Big 12. The preseason hype has hit and settled. Now it’s time for the new-look conference, where longtime members Oklahoma and Texas have been replaced by Arizona State, Arizona, Utah and Colorado in the latest round of college football musical
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs, rookie Jackson Merrill also had three RBIs and the San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 7-4. Rookie starter Randy Vásquez went six innings for the win, allowing two runs and six hits. Machado hit a two-run homer in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Planned Parenthoods filed legal challenges Monday against a new law that kicked the organizations off the federal Medicaid health insurance program. Planned Parenthood Great Plains and Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said they are filing complaints with the state’s Administrative Hearing Commission, which functions as a court to hear
Continue ReadingAssociated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Both sides of the debate over whether to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri’s constitution have filed last-minute legal challenges hoping to influence how, and if, the proposal goes before voters. Anti-abortion leaders sued to take the amendment off November’s ballot. They say the amendment doesn’t describe all the regulations
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six runs as the Kansas City Royals completed a doubleheader sweep of Cleveland, beating the Guardians 9-4 to pull within one game of first in the AL Central. Bobby Witt Jr.’s 27th homer — and 11th since July
Continue ReadingAssociated Press FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — Visitors to the Minnesota State Fair sought relief from soaring temperatures under misters Monday while some Midwestern schools dismissed classes early or called off sports practices. Highs approaching the century mark combined with oppressive humidity to made it feel like 105 to 115 degrees (40 to 46 Celsius)
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Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Federal appellate judges have overturned a Missouri law that banned police from enforcing some federal gun laws. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the law unconstitutional Monday. It forbade police from enforcing federal gun laws that don’t have an equivalent Missouri law. The U.S. Justice Department has
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs signed Juju Smith-Schuster on Monday, adding a veteran wide receiver familiar with the team one day before all NFL teams must reach the 53-player limit. Smith-Schuster was released from the Patriots earlier this month, one year into his three-year, $25 million contract. He
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Reign retired former star Megan Rapinoe’s No. 15 jersey and then capped the celebration with a 1-0 stoppage-time victory over the North Carolina Courage in the National Women’s Soccer League on Sunday night. Teenager Emeri Adames finally broke through for the Reign seven minutes into stoppage time with a header
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Brandi Brown has yet to find a Black church near her Southern California home that feels right for her. So when she wants to talk about God, she relies on someone over a thousand miles (1,600 kilometers) away. Like her, Ellen Lo Hoffman, who lives just outside Seattle and is Chinese American, is
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lars Nootbaar hit a two-run single with two out in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past the Minnesota Twins for a 3-2 win. Victor Scott II homered for St. Louis, which has won four of five overall. Willi Castro went deep and Royce Lewis hit an
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kyle Schwarber had two hits and three RBIs and Garrett Stubbs had a career-best four hits to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to an 11-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Philadelphia’s Kolby Allard, recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before Sunday’s game, worked five innings, allowing two
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Kansas City, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. The injury was described as a minor tweak, leading the club to make a precautionary move. It is the second visit to the injured list for Renfroe this year. He
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored 31 points and Kayla McBride scored eight of her 19 points in the fourth quarter to help the Minnesota Lynx clinch a berth in the playoffs with a 90-80 win over Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever. Minnesota, which beat the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces 87-74 on
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Evander Da Silva Ferreira scored in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally the Portland Timbers to a 4-4 draw with St. Louis City. Evander’s equalizer came after Felipe Mora, who had two goals and an assist for the Timbers (10-9-7), was sent off for a red card in
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — It was the summer of 1945 when the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan, killing thousands of people as waves of destructive energy obliterated two cites. It was a decisive move that helped bring about the end of World War II, but survivors and the generations that
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras is headed to the injured list for the second time this season after he broke a finger when he was hit by a pitch during the team’s game at Minnesota. Contreras was leading off the fourth inning when Twins pitcher Pablo López came up and in. Contreras couldn’t
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a pair of three-run homers and Ranger Suárez pitched five effective innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies past the Kansas City Royals 11-2. Realmuto, who had a career-high seven RBIs, had his first multi-homer game since Sep. 14, 2022. Activated from the 15-day injured list
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