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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants announced that five players, including running back Saquon Barkley and wide receiver Kenny Golladay, will miss Monday night’s game in Kansas City due to injuries. Barkley has an ankle injury and Golladay a knee injury. Both will miss their third straight game. Linebackers Lorenzo Carter and

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu apologized Saturday for a tweet calling his team’s supporters “one of the most toxic fan bases in all of sports” amid a disappointing 3-4 start for the two-time defending AFC champions. The All-Pro safety, who is in the

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri sports teams want voters to weigh in on whether to legalize sports betting in the state. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports nine ballot proposals on the issue were filed this week. The St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, St. Louis City soccer club and Kansas City Royals are behind

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Nineteen states are now suing to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. One suit filed in Missouri on Friday includes that state as well as Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. A second suit filed in Georgia also includes Alabama,

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Twelve states are suing to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Attorneys general filed the lawsuit in a Missouri federal district court Friday. The states that are suing are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Florida filed a separate

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Eleven states are suing to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Attorneys general filed the lawsuit in a Missouri federal district court Friday. The states that are suing are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Florida filed a separate

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Ten states are suing to block President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Attorneys general filed the lawsuit in a Missouri federal district court Friday. The states that are suing are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. Florida filed a separate

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 25-year-old St. Louis man was sentenced to eight years in prison for killing a St. Louis County woman in a crash while he was fleeing from police. Danny Harris was sentenced Thursday after he pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, resisting arrest and leaving the scene of a crash. Police said

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri has lifted a temporary suspension of fraternity events. The Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life sent an email to the Interfraternity Council earlier this week saying activities such as new member education and social functions could resume on Friday. The events were halted last week after a

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Two banks with branches in the southern U.S. say they have completed their merger. The announcement came Friday. Cadence Bancorporation merged into BancorpSouth Bank. The surviving company is named Cadence Bank. BancorpSouth Bank and Cadence Bank will continue operating under their old brands until they finish integrating their systems. That’s expected

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration has launched a second bid to end a Trump-era policy to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court. It is also reaffirming a commitment to reinstate the policy under court order. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday that

COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — A 53-year-old man who fatally burned his neighbor and injured two police officers has been sentenced to life in prison. Harvey Raymond Ortberg, of Baxter Springs, was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty in July to first-degree murder in the 2017 death of 65-year-old Sharon Horn. He also was sentenced to nine

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police say an off-duty Northwoods police office shot and critically injured a man who fired into a crowd outside a bar. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that shootout happened late Thursday night outside The Other Place II bar, when a 25-year-old man reportedly approached the crowd with a handgun.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A trial date has been set for a woman accused of intentionally running down another woman with her car in a road rage incident on a Springfield street three years ago. Television station KYTV reports that a judge has ordered 49-year-old Elizabeth McKeown to stand trial on June 6 for first-degree

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — J.T. Compher scored two goals in the Colorado Avalanche’s 4-3 victory over St. Louis on Thursday. It was the Blues’ first loss this season. Nazem Kadri and Cale Makar also scored for the Avalanche. Vladimir Tarasenko, Brayden Schenn and Colton Parayko scored for St. Louis. Colorado

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York’ Giants defense was supposed to be their strength heading into 2021. The unit performed well last year under new coordinator Pat Graham and much was expected. It didn’t happen. The Giants had to wait seven weeks for the defense to play

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson is refusing to help enforce President Joe Biden’s federal coronavirus vaccine mandate in some limited instances. Parson issued an executive order Thursday banning his administration from enforcing the mandate when individuals refuse COVID-19 vaccination for religious or medical reasons. The mandate

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A woman is facing a dozen charges, including second-degree murder, after prosecutors said she went on a violent rampage that left one man dead and another woman hospitalized. The Wyandotte County prosecutors office said Alyssa Leanne Arreola began the rampage early Wednesday when she stole a vehicle in Kansas City,

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois woman who served three decades in prison for killing her infant daughter has been granted parole. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board board voted 12-1 Thursday to grant release to Paula Sims. Her attorney, Jed Stone, tells the Belleville News-Democrat the parole “is a recognition that postpartum psychosis is