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By CLAY BAILEY Associated PRess MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tyler Harris had 18 points, Emoni Bates scored 16 as No. 11 Memphis remained undefeated with a 90-74 win over St. Louis. Jalen Duren added 13 points and Josh Minott finished with 12, both going perfect from the field. Terrence Hargrove Jr. led St. Louis (3-1)

By The Associated Press NFL Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curley Culp announced Tuesday that he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Culp played 14 NFL seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, Houston Oilers and Detroit Lions. He was a six-time Pro Bowler and five-time All-Pro, including first team in 1975. Culp was considered one of

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Mark McCloskey, a candidate for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, has been photographed outside the courthouse where Kyle Rittenhouse was on trial for murder with two people flashing a sign associated with white supremacists. McCloskey and his wife were both in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Monday

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Tampa Bay’s Kevin Cash has become the second skipper to win Manager of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons, taking this year’s American League award. San Francisco’s Gabe Kapler won the NL honor. Cash led the low-payroll Rays to a second consecutive AL East crown. Bobby Cox had been

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Gabe Kapler has won the National League’s Manager of the Year award after guiding San Francisco to a franchise-best 107 victories in his second season with the Giants. Kapler beat out Craig Counsell of the Milwaukee Brewers and Mike Shildt of the St. Louis Cardinals in the voting by

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 63-year-old southwest Missouri man who threatened two U.S. Democratic congressmen has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison. Kenneth Hubert, of Marionville, was sentenced Tuesday for threatening Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II of Missouri and Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee. Hubert pleaded guilty in June to two counts of threatening

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Wisconsin-based company says it plans to build a meat processing plant that could bring 1,300 jobs to eastern Missouri. Government and company officials said Tuesday American Food Groups would build a plant next year between Wright City and Foristell if a final agreement is signed. Warren County economic development

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt alleges in a lawsuit that the Springfield school district violated the state’s Sunshine Law in its response to his office’s request for records related to critical race theory and anti-racist teaching. Schmidt alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the school district violated the law by

By JIM SALTER Associated Press U.S. Rep. Cori Bush has claimed on social media that white supremacists shot at protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, but the city’s police chief says he was unaware of any such incident. Bush, a first-term Democrat, made her name as an activist leader in Ferguson after the fatal police shooting of

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers. The suit filed in Louisiana on behalf of 12 states was dated Monday. It comes less than a week after another lawsuit challenging the rule

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a former St. Louis police officer plan to ask a judge to sentence him to 26 months for his role in the beating of a Black undercover detective. Prosecutors are seeking a 10-year sentence for Dustin Boone. Boone was convicted in June of a federal civil rights violation and

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press HARTVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but the U.S. Census Bureau says it’s the closest town to the middle of the nation. The Census Bureau said Tuesday that the hamlet of about 600 people in the Missouri Ozarks was

SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri state senator is joining the long list of Republicans running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Dave Schatz, who is from Sullivan and is president pro tem of the state Senate, made the announcement Tuesday. Schatz joins a list

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City suburb of Independence is the latest in the metropolitan area to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to prohibit mental health professionals from using conversion therapy. Those who violate the ordinance could see fines of up to $500. The goal of

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City suburb of Independence is the latest in the metropolitan area to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth. The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to prohibit mental health professionals from using conversion therapy. Those who violate the ordinance could see fines of up to $500. The goal of

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are looking for a suspect after a man was shot and killed in the St. Louis neighborhood of Peabody Darst Webbe. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. Monday, when police were called. Arriving officers found a man with a gunshot wound who was unconscious and not breathing. The man was

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City say there were no reports of injuries after an officer shot at a fleeing suspect’s car. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened around 11 p.m. Monday on the east side of Kansas City. Police say the shooting happened after a patrol officer

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Evan Gilyard II and Marvin Nesbitt Jr. combined to score 48 points and Kansas City upset in-state rival Missouri for the second straight time, beating the Tigers 80-66. Kansas City won its first game against a Power Five member since beating Mississippi State in 2015 and third-year KC coach Billy Donlon’s

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer Randy Arozarena of the Tampa Bay Rays has won AL Rookie of the Year honors, following up his 2020 postseason heroics with a stellar 2021 season. The 26-year-old Arozarena finished with a 274 average, 32 doubles and 20 homers and 20 steals. Jonathan India of the Cincinnati Reds won