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WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis say a St. Charles County police officer fatally shot a suspect who pointed a gun at him early Thursday. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. in Wentzville after officers made a traffic stop. Police say a man emerged from the stopped car holding a gun and

By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — That record winning streak in September meant little for the St. Louis Cardinals in a postseason that ended with one hanging slider. Alex Reyes served up a game-ending home run to Chris Taylor just after entering in the ninth inning, a drive that gave the

By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A stunning September meant little for the St. Louis Cardinals in postseason that ended on one hanging slider. Alex Reyes, who lost his closer’s job last month, gave up a game-ending home run to Chris Taylor just after entering the game in the ninth inning,

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers over the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in a scintillating NL wild-card game. The 106-win Dodgers advanced to a best-of-five Division Series against the rival Giants. Game

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor blasted a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers past the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in the NL wild-card game. The 106-win Dodgers advanced to the best-of-five NL Division Series against the rival Giants. Game 1

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers beat St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in NL-wild-card game to advance to face San Francisco Giants.

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills’ new and improved defense will be put to the test in facing Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night. The Bills’ defense was no match last year in losing twice to Kansas City. The Chiefs had 245 yards

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California prison guard killed himself after reporting corruption and harassment to authorities and cooperating with attorneys suing the state. The Sacramento Bee reported Wednesday that Sgt. Kevin Steele wrote memos to top prison officials early this year in which he said fellow correctional officers in his California State Prison, Sacramento,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A mass COVID-19 vaccination site will open soon in Springfield as vaccine mandates and boosters send the number of people seeking a shot soaring. Jon Mooney, assistant director of the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, said that 500 people a day will be vaccinated a day at the site after it

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge has ordered Missouri to begin collecting union dues from prison workers, finding that an attempt by Gov. Mike Parson’s administration to break the union is illegal. In a scathing, 43-page decision, Circuit Judge Jon Beetem said it was “unconstitutional, arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable” that the state had stopped collecting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Health officials are recommending that Kansas City extend its mask mandate for at least a little bit longer. The Kansas City Star reports that Frank Thompson, interim health director, told the Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee on Wednesday that cases have seen a downward trend since the mask order was

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers left pitcher Walker Buehler off their roster for the one-game wild-card playoff against the St. Louis Cardinals. Buehler would start Game 1 of the NL Division Series if the Dodgers advance. They added four players to the roster — Billy McKinney, Zach McKinstry, Luke Raley and Steven

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pitchers Jon Lester and J.A. Happ have been left off the Cardinals roster for their one-game wild-card playoff against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Left-handers Lester and Happ were acquired at the July trade deadline and helped stabilize the St. Louis staff before the team went on its 17-game winning streak to

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Alabama and Georgia have made it abundantly clear they’re the cream of the Southeastern Conference yet again this season. When looking at the rest of the league, think Elvis Presley and the Jordanaires. Figuring out who’s the best of this group is a bit more fuzzy after Florida,

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs signed wide receiver Josh Gordon to the practice squad last week, shortly after he was reinstated by the league from his sixth suspension — most of them drug-related. And they added him to the 53-man roster on Tuesday, making it clear that

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A law against taxation-by-citation is once again before the Missouri Supreme Court. Judges heard arguments in the case Wednesday. At issue is a 2015 law limiting how much revenue cities can generate from traffic fines and other tickets. It was one of few actions taken

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Students gathered Tuesday at college campuses in Missouri and Kansas to protest sexual assaults. The Kansas City Star reports that a demonstration at the University of Missouri’s flagship campus in Columbia drew a crowd of at least 100 people. Another 40 protested at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In Kansas, about

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a St. Louis woman in connection with a fire that destroyed a downtown St. Louis convenience store during a protest that followed the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday announced the indictment of 26-year-old Nautica Turner, who is accused of conspiracy

SHREWSBURY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a charge of abandoning a corpse against a Missouri woman arrested in connection with the 2018 stabbing death of a man behind a Shrewsbury Walmart. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the case against Abigail Miller, of Webster Groves, has been dismissed after prosecutors determined that they could