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By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Cedric Mullins homered for the third consecutive game and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3. DJ Stewart and Austin Hays also connected for Baltimore, which evened the four-game series at one apiece. Orioles right-hander Mike Baumann, rated the team’s No. 10 prospect, was promoted

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer The Big 12 quickly moved into expansion mode with Texas and Oklahoma preparing to leave for the SEC. There will be no perfect replacements for the only two Big 12 teams to win national championships. And there will be no teams coming from other Power Five leagues. Cincinnati, Central

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice says former NFL players Clinton Portis, Tamarick Vanover and Robert McCune have pleaded guilty in a nationwide health care fraud scheme. The Justice Department says Portis, Vanover and McCune admitted to defrauding a league program set up to reimburse medical expenses

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Kirksville man who encouraged another man to fatally shoot a teenager has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Twenty-year-old Andrew Head was sentenced Tuesday for second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Head was convicted in June in the February 2019 death of 17-year-old Izaiha McFarland. Prosecutors said Head persuaded

By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer On the eve of Marvin Miller’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, leaders of the current players association say his philosophies and strategies remain foundational pillars of the organization. Miller’s 16-year tenure as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association included three strikes and two lockouts,

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A doctor for Mercy hospitals says several people have been treated in Missouri emergency rooms after taking the parasite drug ivermectin, even as experts warn of dangerous side effects and a lack of proof that it helps treat COVID-19. Dr. Steven Brown told KMOV-TV that cases of ivermectin toxicity have occurred

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield officials say a fire that killed four people in July was accidental. City spokeswoman Cora Scott said in a news release Tuesday that investigators have not determined the origin of the July 23 fire but the fire department has determined it was not arson. The fire killed 40-year-old Marlana Young

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Amid another lost year for the Kansas City Royals, Salvador Perez is giving fans a reason to pay attention. The veteran catcher is on a historic home run-hitting pace as the stretch run begins. The 31-year-old is setting his sights not only on the

LA BELLE, Mo. (AP) — The family of an 81-year-old northeast Missouri man who was found dead from gunshot wounds seven weeks ago is offering a reward for information in the case. William Steffen was shot several times on the back porch of his farmhouse near La Belle in mid-July. KTVO reports Lewis County Sheriff

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid is the best offer on the table after regulators rejected a key part of Canadian National’s $33.6 billion offer last week. Kansas City Southern said Saturday that its board

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis say a man has been found shot to death inside a bullet-riddled car under the shadow of the famed Gateway Arch. The shooting was reported around midnight Monday on the monument’s grounds, and officers arrived to find a car crashed on a concrete stairway. Police found the

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Police have arrested a St. Charles County woman accused of cutting the throat of a 6-year-old boy late last month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 46-year-old Natalia Jacquemin, of St. Peters, has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the Aug. 27 attack. Authorities say Jacquemin

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out 13 in his hometown and Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Scherzer permitted one unearned run and six hits in eight innings in his 104th double-digit strikeout game,

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Andrew Benintendi hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, then reached above the left field wall to take away a potential tying home run in the ninth, sending the Kansas City Royals over the Baltimore Orioles 3-2. Hanser Alberto homered against his former team to help

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs remained without All-Pro safety Tyrann Mathieu after his positive test for COVID-19 as the two-time defending AFC champions began preparing Monday for their season opener against Cleveland. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said that Mathieu remained in the league’s protocol. He was vaccinated,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City say two people have died in a crash on Interstate 29 caused by a wrong-way driver. Police say the crash happened just after 5:30 a.m. Monday when a car driven by a 23-year-old woman was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the interstate. Investigators say

SALEM, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 26-year-old woman from Missouri has been killed in a boat wreck while visiting her family.  Investigators said two boats crashed around 7 p.m. Sunday on Lake Keowee in Oconee County. The Coroner’s Office identified the woman killed as Paige Elizabeth Morrow from Kansas City, Missouri. Investigators say she

DE SOTO, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Missouri are investigating after a utility vehicle crash in rural Jefferson County left a 13-year-old boy dead. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 6 p.m. Sunday on a county road about 5 miles southwest of De Soto. Investigators say a 17-year-old Hillsboro boy

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — An exhibit about blues legends and juke joints is opening soon in Mississippi, and it’s designed to appeal to the eyes, hands and ears. A Cast of Blues will be on display Sept. 11-Oct. 9 at the Historic Eureka School in Hattiesburg. It features 15 resin-cast masks of blues legends and

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — Police in Missouri say four people have been wounded in a shooting at a festival. Independence police responded to the shooting at the SantaCaliGon Festival Sunday night. The department used Facebook to urge parents to pick up their children in the carnival area after gunfire erupted. Television station KCTV reports all