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Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it had a role in the deadly opioid addiction crisis

Sep. 27, 2024 13:05 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's attorney general has sued Express Scripts, claiming the big pharmacy benefit manager was at the center of an opioid dispensing chain that fueled a deadly addiction crisis still haunting his state. The lawsuit Attorney General Russell Coleman filed...

Winn homers, drives in 4 runs as Cardinals top Rockies 7-3

Sep. 25, 2024 00:20 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Masyn Winn homered, doubled and drove in four runs, Lars Nootbaar scored twice, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 on Tuesday night. St. Louis rallied to spoil the beginning of the last homestand of Charlie Blackmon’s career with a run in the...

Stray puppy that brought Hamlin bad luck gets to stay after driver advances in NASCAR playoffs

Sep. 22, 2024 13:57 PM EDT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The dog can stay — at least for another round of NASCAR's playoffs. The future of little Lulu, the stray puppy Denny Hamlin's daughters found under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis in June, has been in doubt ever since Hamlin decided the addition to his...

Newcomers Cedric Teuchert, Marcel Hartel lead St. Louis City to 2-1 victory over Earthquakes

Sep. 22, 2024 00:51 AM EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cedric Teuchert had a goal and Marcel Hartel scored on a penalty kick in the first 13 minutes and St. Louis City held on for a 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night. Teuchert staked St. Louis City (6-11-13) to the lead in the 4th...

Cleveland Guardians clinch AL Central title when Royals lose to Giants

Sep. 22, 2024 00:31 AM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Forget about the final score. For the Cleveland Guardians, it was time to celebrate again. Cleveland clinched its second AL Central championship in three years Saturday when second-place Kansas City lost at home — yet another impressive accomplishment for rookie...

José Ramírez homers and drives in a pair, Ben Lively goes 5 innings, and Guardians top Cardinals 5-1

Sep. 20, 2024 23:43 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — José Ramírez had three hits including his 36th home run, drove in two and stole his 40th base as the Cleveland Guardians beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Friday night to move closer to the AL Central crown. “When you watch him play, it’s OK, this guy wants...

Atlanta's Ozzie Albies held hitless vs. Marlins in his return from a broken wrist

Sep. 20, 2024 23:33 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — Second baseman Ozzie Albies returned from a broken left wrist Friday and was held hitless in the Atlanta Braves' 4-3 loss to the Miami Marlins. Albies was activated from the 10-day injured list for the final 10 days of the Braves' playoff berth pursuit. The switch...

Demolition to begin on long-troubled St. Louis jail

Sep. 19, 2024 11:04 AM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Demolition will begin soon on the St. Louis jail known as the City Workhouse, which has been the source of criticism for decades, Mayor Tishaura Jones said. A news release from the mayor's office on Wednesday said demolition begins Dec. 16. Further steps will be...

Walker's 3-run double, homers from Winn and Donovan lead Cardinals to 10-5 win over Pirates

Sep. 18, 2024 23:40 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Walker hit a bases-loaded double to highlight a six-run seventh inning, lifting the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night in the third game of a four-game series. “It was a fastball up,” Walker said. “It...

A vandal badly damaged a statue outside a St. Louis cathedral, police say

Sep. 18, 2024 18:13 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man used construction equipment to drop a heavy boom lift onto a sculpture that has stood for 25 years outside St. Louis' Cathedral Basilica, badly damaging it, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the Angel of Harmony, which stood 14 feet (4.3...