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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led House is advancing a state spending plan for the upcoming budget year. House lawmakers on Tuesday fine-turned the budget, which still needs several votes of approval to move to the Senate. Democrats say Republicans are being too stingy in spending billions of dollars in federal funding. But Republicans

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Penguins may be the only birds visitors to many zoos can see right now, because they

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The ex-wife of Eric Greitens has said in a sworn statement that the former Missouri governor and current U.S. Senate candidate has become erratic and unhinged since she accused him of abuse in a previous court filing. Sheena and Eric Greitens have been trading accusations in a child custody case.

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The ex-wife of Eric Greitens has said in a sworn statement that the former Missouri governor and current U.S. Senate candidate has become erratic and unhinged since she accused him of abuse in a previous court filing. Sheena and Eric Greitens have been trading accusations in a child custody case.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis say a man has been shot and critically wounded by officers who say the man pointed a gun at them. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the shooting happened late Monday afternoon on the far north end of the city, just east of Jennings. Police Chief John

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say someone fired a gun at officers who were conducting a traffic stop, but no one was injured in the shooting. Television station WDAF reports that the shooting happened around 11 a.m. Monday along Denver Avenue as officers were checking a car. Police spokesman, Sgt. Jake Becchina,

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Campaigns for Congress are underway for this year’s elections, but lingering disagreements over the final shape of new voting districts have left some candidates — and would-be candidates — in limbo. A few states have yet to enact new congressional districts following the 2020 census, and some have had

JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and two assists, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-1. Ivan Barbashev and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who snapped a four-game losing streak at home to Arizona. Ville Husso made 21 saves

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Gold Glove-winning outfielder Harrison Bader and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a $10.4 million, two-year contract and avoided salary arbitration. Bader gets a $1 million signing bonus as part of the deal announced and salaries of $4.7 million in each of the next two seasons. Bader’s 2023 salary can increase

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Dick Kelsey, a retired Associated Press broadcast editor who was revered as much for his humor as his hardworking nature, has died after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 76. Kelsey died Thursday at his Phoenix home. Raised in Lockport, New York, he overcame a childhood

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder/first baseman Danny Santana, pitcher Richard Rodríguez and infielder José Rondón were suspended for 80 games each Monday in the first discipline since the major league drug testing program resumed March 11 following a 99-day suspension during the lockout. The three, all free agents, tested

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Conservative-led governments in Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri have sued President Joe Biden’s administration to prevent federal officials from ending a public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border. The lawsuit was filed over the weekend in a Louisiana

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Bureau of Investigation says a toddler found dead inside a southeast Kansas home after a standoff between her father and law enforcement officers was fatally shot by a police officer. The KBI reported preliminary findings Monday from the deadly March 26 shootings in Baxter Springs. Thirty-seven-year-old Eli Crawford

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — A former southwest Missouri sheriff’s deputy faces animal abuse charges after his girlfriend’s dog died of injuries that included fractured ribs and a liver laceration. The preliminary hearing for 24-year-old Zachary Cook, of Mount Vernon, is scheduled for April 12. He is free on bond after pleading not guilty last

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Robert Thomas scored for the third straight game and set up Nathan Walker’s go-ahead goal late in the third period to lead the St. Louis Blues over the Calgary Flames 6-4. Justin Faulk had a goal and two assists for the Blues. Ryan O’Reilly also scored for St. Louis, which earned