Ehlinger leads Texas’ Alamo Bowl romp over No. 12 Utah 38-10
SAN ANTONIO — Sam Ehlinger passed for three touchdowns and ran for another, and Texas excised the frustrations of a disappointing regular season with ...
Jazz musician, Merv Griffin sidekick Jack Sheldon dies at 88
LOS ANGELES — Jack Sheldon, an acclaimed jazz musician whose trumpet graced the award-winning song “The Shadow of Your Smile” and who was known to TV ...
Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic for Stars, Preds in Cotton
DALLAS — Welcome to a Texas-sized NHL Winter Classic.
As lights dance Sensorio artist sees nature, people interact
PASO ROBLES, Calif. — It's an art installation, sure. But the internationally acclaimed artist who created the interactive work “Field of Light at Sen...
GOP Sen. Collins says she’s open to impeachment witnesses
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she's open to calling witnesses as part of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald T...
Ex-Trump campaign manager Lewandowski won’t run for Senate
MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday that he is forgoing a run for U.S. Senate in New Ha...
Justin Bieber to launch docu-series on YouTube in January
Justin Bieber is a launching a docu-series about creating his new album on YouTube, the platform where the singer originally got his start in music ov...
In 2019, the box office belonged to Disney
NEW YORK — Every movie year offers up a parade of hits and flops. But in 2019, no winner was in the same galaxy as the Walt Disney Co. And the biggest...
Schedule change a slight boost to some European Tour events
KAPALUA, Hawaii — The PGA Championship moving to May forced the hand of the European Tour, which smartly opted to move its flagship BMW PGA Championsh...
Indicted Giuliani associate wants to give documents to House
NEW YORK — A Rudy Giuliani associate who was indicted on campaign finance charges is asking a judge to allow him to turn over documents to Congress as...
Review: Carrie Fisher bio as sharp, endearing as its subject
“Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge” (Sarah Crichton Books; Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Sheila Weller
Brazil’s Bolsonaro keeps to far right, faces tough 2nd year
SAO PAULO — Heading into his second year as Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding w...
World shares decline as record-breaking year winds down
TOKYO — Stocks slipped globally in quiet New Year's Eve trading Tuesday with many markets closed. Wall Street could close 2019 with back-to-back daily...
Sonny Mehta, visionary head of Alfred A. Knopf, dies at 77
NEW YORK — Sonny Mehta, the urbane and astute head of Alfred A. Knopf who guided one of the book world's most esteemed imprints to new heights through...
Taiwan passes law targeting Chinese political interference
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's legislature on Tuesday passed a law aimed at blocking political interference from China, less than two weeks before presiden...
Asian shares track Wall Street retreat as year winds down
TOKYO — Asian shares were lower in quiet New Year's Eve trading, with many markets closed. Tuesday's declines tracked a broad retreat overnight on Wal...
What to do with that leftover bubbly? Some ideas
From early December through Jan. 1 (or beyond, depending on how fervently you hang on to the holidays), the pop of a Champagne or sparkling wine cork ...
Buttigieg: I would not have wanted my son on Ukraine board
FORT MADISON, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg said Monday that he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company...
Cliffs, jungle a big hurdle for feds in Hawaii copter crash
HONOLULU — The remote and rugged terrain on the Hawaiian island of Kauai where a sightseeing helicopter crashed, killing all seven people aboard, coul...
Queen Elizabeth’s daughter is hardest-working royal, again!
LONDON — Being a member of the British royal family isn't the easiest job on earth, if TV shows and movies provide accurate pictures. But how much do ...
Spain: Socialists pin future government on Catalan’s release
MADRID — Two left-wing parties striving to form Spain's first coalition government in decades joined forces Monday announcing plans to hike taxes on t...
Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful series
NEW YORK — Few TV documentary series can boast having a more powerful real world impact than “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes dies at age 75
LONDON — Comedic writer and actor Neil Innes, who created a Beatles parody group called the Rutles and frequently worked with the members of Monty Pyt...
Pompeo to visit Ukraine as Senate weighs impeachment trial
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Ukraine this week, making his first trip to the country at the heart of President Donald Trump'...
Global shares mixed as investors eye NKorea, China-US trade
TOKYO — Global shares were mixed Monday as Chinese benchmarks surged on expectations of lower financing costs following a policy decision by the count...
Putin weighs future options as he marks 20 years in power
MOSCOW — As Russian President Vladimir Putin marks two decades in power , he boasts about his achievements but remains coy about his political future ...
Saints finish 13-3 but miss out on first-round bye
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It turns out 13 wins weren't enough to earn the New Orleans Saints a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs.
Chiefs among playoff-bound teams with injury concerns
The Kansas City Chiefs will hope for good news about their depleted secondary during their first-round playoff bye week.
No. 22 West Virginia rallies, upsets No. 2 Ohio State 67-59
CLEVELAND — Miles McBride scored six of his season-high 21 points in the final 2:22 and No. 22 West Virginia rallied to beat No. 2 Ohio State 67-59 Su...
‘Skywalker’ rises again; ‘Little Women’ go big at box office
LOS ANGELES — “Star Wars” was still rising in the last weekend of the year, while “Little Women” broke big at the box office.