Media giant Discovery insured against Olympic disruption
Baseball and basketball played before empty stands. Soccer leagues delayed matches. Clubs left out of Asian competitions...
Alonso returns to McLaren for another shot at Indy 500
Fernando Alonso will again attempt to complete motorsports’ Triple Crown with a return to the Indianapolis 500 in May wi...
KU routs Oklahoma State 83-58 in first game back at No. 1
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — When shots aren’t falling early, Kansas can always rely on defense and Doke.Udoka Azubuike had 19 ...
Morgan Stanley to buy E-Trade for $13 billion
NEW YORK (AP) — Investment bank Morgan Stanley announced it would buy the online brokerage E-Trade for roughly $13 billi...
Butler scores 22, helps No. 1 Baylor beat Oklahoma 65-54
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Jared Butler scored 22 points and No. 1 Baylor beat Oklahoma 65-54 on Tuesday night for its Big 12-...
Storm-swollen rivers surge in UK, severe flood alerts issued
LONDON (AP) — Residents in central England and Wales piled up sandbags, readied water pumps and hoped for the best Tuesd...
EU adds 4 jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens
BRUSSELS — The European Union has added four countries and jurisdictions to its blacklist of tax havens.
Dotson’s 29 points lead No. 3 Kansas past Iowa State, 91-71
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Devon Dotson had watched Iowa State torch the nets in Allen Fieldhouse long enough, so the do-everything Kansas guard began raining d...
Wales bears the brunt as Storm Dennis hammers Britain
LONDON — Storm Dennis hammered Britain Sunday, bringing a month's worth of rain in just 48 hours to parts of South Wales, which bore the brunt of the ...
UK faces another fierce storm; 2 found dead in rough seas
LONDON — Rescuers pulled two male bodies from rough seas off the coast of southeast England and military personnel mobilized to help build flood barri...
Zuckerberg accepts that Facebook may have to pay more tax
LONDON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to throw his support behind international reforms that would require Silicon Valley tech giants to pay mor...
Torrential rains leave swollen rivers, downed trees in South
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Days of torrential rain across the Southeast left residents to deal with rising rivers, falling trees, weakened dams and mudslides ...
Airbus CEO sees no short-term benefit from Boeing MAX woes
FRANKFURT, Germany — Airbus' chief executive said Thursday that his company sees no short-term benefit from Boeing's troubles with its grounded 737 MA...
Tokyo, IOC officials reiterate that the Olympics are on
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizers reiterated their message on Thursday at the start of two days of meetings with the International Olympic Committee: T...
Ferocious storm in Europe kills 8, causes travel disruptions
BERLIN — Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterra...
Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
LONDON — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing...
Riders in the storm: Dutch cyclists brave Storm Ciara
NEELTJE JANS, Netherlands — Call them riders in the storm.
Nevada union warns members of Sanders, Warren health plans
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's most influential union is sending a subtle message to its members discouraging support for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ov...
Storms sweep over Deep South with rain, wind, floods; 1 dead
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A powerful winter storm raked the Deep South on Thursday with high winds, rain and floods that killed one person and injured severa...
Text of President Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address
WASHINGTON — Text of President Donald Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, as provided by the White House:
Emails show the fallout from Trump’s claims about Dorian
WASHINGTON — A flurry of newly released emails from scientists and top officials at the federal agency responsible for weather forecasting clearly ill...
Storm Gloria kills 11 in Spain, causes wide coastal damage
MADRID — A calamitous storm has killed at least 11 people in Spain and left five others missing, as well as causing rivers to overflow their banks and...
Big 12 suspends 4 players from KU-KSU brawl 25 games total
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Big 12 suspended four players from Kansas and Kansas State a combined 25 games Wednesday for their roles in a melee that spilled ...
Winter storm lashes Spanish coast, leaves 4 dead, power cuts
MADRID — A winter storm lashed much of Spain for a third day Tuesday, leaving 200,000 people without electricity, schools closed and roads blocked by ...
Chicago flights halted; plane slides off Kansas City taxiway
CHICAGO — The Federal Aviation Administration halted all flights in and out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport for hours Friday night due to a sprawling wint...
Oops! Weather Channel has a correction for ‘Jeopardy’
NEW YORK — The Weather Channel says the folks at “Jeopardy!” need to get their directions straight.
Storms cut power in Washington state mountain towns for days
SKYKOMISH, Wash. — Rural mountain communities outside Seattle that have been without power for days and cut off from the outside world by a series of ...
Recovery begins after storms kill 11 in Midwest, South
Icy roads, deadly tornadoes, punishing waves — severe weekend weather has been blamed for 11 deaths and major damage in parts of the Midwest, South an...
Experts warn Puerto Rico not prepared for big earthquakes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — More than two years ago, Hurricane Maria revealed that Puerto Rico was utterly unprepared for a powerful hurricane despite its...