WASHINGTON (AP) — Major League Baseball wants a broad discussion with players about rule changes to combat decreased offense and longer games, an initiative likely to be met by a testy union stung by declining…

SYDNEY (AP) — Usain Bolt is making a run at professional soccer in Australia. The Olympic sprint great has long expressed his love of the game. Since his retirement from track, he has tested himself…

Golf: The British Open CARNOUSTIE, Scotland (AP) — Tiger Woods doesn’t feel as old at the oldest championship in golf. Back at the British Open for the first time in three years, Woods broke from…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Here’s a scenario: LeBron James is four assists and three rebounds shy of a triple-double after three quarters. A bettor, who is watching at home and utilizing a mobile app, decides…

A rush to get soybeans out of the country ahead of retaliatory Chinese tariffs caused a spike in exports in the second quarter as farmers and grain elevators hurriedly loaded trains and ships. Then, sales…

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A proposal for a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest received a jolt of new life Tuesday as the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that state regulators had…

News that the owners of the Schlitterbahn water park will begin demolition of the long-abandoned Verruckt water slide will be welcomed by the Kansas City community. The massive attraction — which, in retrospect, should never…

President Trump rarely admits mistakes, so it was good on Tuesday to see him reverse his claim of Monday that Russia may not have interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. The problem is that he…

Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s recent visit to Dodge City spoke volumes. Scheduled for a meet-and-greet event Wednesday, the ultraconservative hoping to become governor proved once again how ill-suited he is to hold any office.…

Calendar July 25-Fire Department meeting, Fire Station, 7 p.m.; City Council meeting, City Hall Community Room, 7 p.m. Meal site Friday-hot dog, hot dog bun, coleslaw, chuck wagon corn, spiced applies; Monday-Sloppy Joe, scalloped potatoes,…