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By The Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has no regrets about expressing his beliefs in a recent commencement speech and he said he has received support as well as “a shocking level of hate” from others. Butker spoke Friday night at the Regina Caeli Academy Courage Under Fire Gala in Nashville, Tennessee.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Laurin Krings and two relievers combined on a two-hitter and seventh-seeded Missouri forced a deciding game in the Columbia Super Regional with a 3-1 win over Duke. The Tigers had three-straight singles in the fourth inning, with Abby Hay driving in a run and another scoring on a throwing error. Hay

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer Trinity Cannon knocked in five runs, and No. 16 seed Texas A&M stunned the top-seeded Longhorns 6-5 in Game 1 of the Austin Super Regional. The teams will meet again Saturday for Game 2 of the best-of-three series. A Texas A&M win would send the Aggies to the Women’s

By DÁNICA COTO and JIM SALTER Associated Press The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a young missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group activity at a church, a family member told The Associated Press. Thursday’s killings of Jude Montis, the

By BECKY BOHRER and REBECCA BOONE Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s new electoral system — with open primaries and ranked-choice voting — has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box. But an initiative set

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations. It all started in January, when thieves cut the original statue off at

Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The game between the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals was rained out and was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 13. The day game was scheduled for 1:15 p.m. CDT and the night game for 7:15 p.m. Chicago, third in the NL Central at 27-24,

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Seth Lugo became the American League’s first eight-game winner, Michael Massey and Bobby Witt Jr, homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-1 on Friday night for their seventh consecutive victory. Lugo (8-1) allowed one run and four hits, lowering his

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Cassidy Curd retired 11 straight batters in relief of starter Jala Wright and tenth-seeded Duke beat seventh-seeded Missouri 6-3 on Friday for its first super regional win in program history. Duke (51-6) is one win away from advancing to its first Women’s College World Series. Francesca Frelick, who is third in

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Nineteen Republican state attorneys general have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to get involved in a dispute over climate-change lawsuits. The Republican attorneys general want the high court to block lawsuits filed by five Democratic-led states seeking damages from oil companies for their role in contributing to climate change.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Young missionary couple from US among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital who opened fire on a home, police say.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Carter Mathison had three hits and two RBIs, all nine players in the Indiana lineup recorded a hit and the third-seeded Hoosiers advanced to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals with a 14-7 victory over No. 7 seed Ohio State. Indiana (32-22-1) won its first two games of the tournament for the

By ADRIAN SAINZ and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s attorney general said Thursday that his office is looking into a company’s attempt to sell Elvis Presley’s home Graceland at a foreclosure auction, a move that was stopped by a judge after the king of rock n’ roll’s granddaughter filed a lawsuit

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say a man in a stolen pickup truck who fired at detectives and led them on a lengthy chase has been fatally shot by detectives. Police say detectives tried to stop the stolen truck around 7 a.m. Thursday after spotting it being driven dangerously. The driver refused to

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL hasn’t scheduled a game for every day of the week. Yet. New Orleans defensive end Cameron Jordan says the NFL is going to be the new 7-Eleven, open 24 hours and giving fans a chance to watch them play any given

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) — Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early Monday surrounded by family. It said his life’s mission was “to share God’s gift of love with the world.” No details

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis judge will decide the fate of a man who has spent more than three decades in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, following two days of testimony. Christopher Dunn was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1990 shooting death of 15-year-old Ricco Rogers. St. Louis

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer The Stones will roll through the Ozarks this summer. The Rolling Stones announced Thursday that at the end of their Hackney Diamonds tour they will play the brand new Thunder Ridge Nature Arena in Ridgedale, Missouri. The pristine, amphitheater surrounded by nothing but nature is the dream creation of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Kansas City-area man charged with murder in the killings of a court employee who tried to serve an eviction notice on him and a police officer who responded. Larry Acree, of Independence, is accused of shooting court employee Drexel Mack on