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The St. Louis Cardinals added starting pitcher Erick Fedde and Milwaukee, the team they are chasing in the NL Central, acquired starter Frankie Montas. Those were among the flurry of trades Monday by playoff hopeful teams on the day before the MLB deadline. Kansas City got veteran right-hander Michael Lorenzen. The NL West-leading Los Angeles

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong, who came into the game hitting .183, was 3 for 4 with a run and the go-ahead RBI as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-3. The Cubs won the three-game series two games to one. The Cubs are 12-8 in their last 20

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 to snap a three-game skid. Leading off the ninth, Goldschmidt hit a 2-2 sinker from Dylan Floro into the left field stands for his 16th homer of the season

Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones sat out training camp practice Sunday with a groin strain. Reid declined to specify how much practice time Jones could miss but stressed Jones was dealing with a legitimate issue. Jones observed practice without pads or a helmet. Jones wasn’t the

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota medical providers and public officials are preparing to welcome patients traveling from Iowa, where a ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy goes into effect Monday. On Thursday, Minnesota’s Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan toured the Whole Woman’s Health of Minnesota, a nonprofit abortion clinic in the

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is out and Kamala Harris is in. That means many voters who had been displeased that they had same choices in 2024 that they did in 2020 are taking a fresh look now that it’s shaping up to a matchup between Harris and Republican Donald Trump. That’s especially

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Keibert Ruiz hit a three-run home run to cap Washington’s seven-run outburst in the sixth inning, and the Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-3. Harold Ramírez came off the bench to hit a two-run double and Juan Yepez followed with a two-run single before Ruiz’s blast into the

AP Media Writer James Peeler’s phone blew up with messages as he drove home from church in Texas. Reading a book on her couch in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Wendy Schweiger spied something on Facebook. After finishing a late-night swim in the Baltic Sea off Finland, Matti Niiranen clicked on a CNN livestream. Each learned that President

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Wisdom hit a grand slam as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, Seiya Suzuki also homered and the Chicago Cubs beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 on Saturday night. Wisdom hit for Pete Crow-Armstrong and laced the homer 440-feet off Sam Long into the fountains in

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles will begin her quest for a second Olympic all-around title when she competes in all four events during qualifying. Biles, 2020 Olympic champion Sunisa Lee and 2020 Olympic silver medalist Jordan Chiles will compete in all four events in qualifying. Jade Carey, the 2020 Olympic champion on floor exercise, will

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jacob Young hit a bases-loaded triple in the 10th inning in the Washington Nationals’ 10-8 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday night. Luis Garcia Jr. drove in three runs for the Nationals, a day after they were no-hit by San Diego’s Dylan Cease for their third straight

Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer that highlighted a six-run fifth inning and Kansas City beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 in front of the Royals’ second-largest crowd of the season. Friday night’s attendance of 36,351 at Kauffman Stadium was topped only by the 38,775 on opening day. The

NEW YORK (AP) — St. Louis right-hander Kener Perez, San Diego left-hander Ibrahym Jimenez and free agent left-hander Yonathan Frias were suspended for 56 games each following positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs. Perez tested positive for Stanozolol, Jimenez for Nandrolone and Frias for Boldenone, the commissioner’s office said Friday, All three were penalized under the

Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs incorporated a committee approach at wide receiver over the past two seasons. The Chiefs addressed the position by using a first-round pick on Xavier Worthy during the 2024 NFL Draft and signing speedster Hollywood Brown to a one-year contract during free agency. But despite

AP Sports Writer Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce said Friday that the team has addressed a video in which rookie safety Trey Taylor was seen playing with a Kermit the Frog doll wearing a Patrick Mahomes jersey, an apparent jab at the Chiefs QB. But the coach didn’t elaborate how.  A Raiders fans attending

AP Pro Football Writer AP Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett was voted the top defensive lineman in the league by The Associated Press. A panel of eight AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five defensive linemen, basing selections on current status entering the 2024 season. Garrett received six first-place votes. T.J. Watt

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of Catholic priests, nuns and others, and the man who now leads the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, is among the accused. Five separate lawsuits seeking unspecified damages were filed this week in

Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New federal court rulings are narrowing the Biden administration’s enforcement of a rule for protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination and allowing critics to limit it even further school by school. A federal judge in Missouri blocked enforcement of the rule in six additional states, bringing the total to 21.