Tex Winter, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers consultant and mentor to coach Phil Jackson, is recovering in a Kansas hospital from an apparent stroke.

Tex Winter, the longtime Los Angeles Lakers consultant and mentor to coach Phil Jackson, has been hospitalized in Kansas, a team spokesman said Saturday.

Road crews reported progress Wednesday in clearing snow drifts up to 4 feet deep so they could reopen major highways after a blizzard swept through the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40 mph brought parts of the upper Midwest to a halt Tuesday, closing courts, schools, businesses and two major highways.

Heavy snow driven by wind gusting to 40 mph brought the city to a halt Tuesday, closing courts and businesses, and shut down a major highway across the Upper Midwest.

Heavy snow driven by strong wind has forced snowplows off roads in parts of eastern North Dakota and residents are being advised to just stay home.

East Coast residents still reeling from the effects of a massive snowstorm were met with freezing temperatures and blistering wind chills a day after as much as 16 inches of snow forced the closure of schools and businesses from South Carolina to New Hamp

Residents began digging out of their homes a day after a raging storm blanketed parts of the East Coast with as much as 16 inches of snow and closed schools from South Carolina to New Hampshire.

A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.

A massive late winter storm roared out of the Southeast and into the Northeast overnight, dumping what could be more than a foot of snow, idling hundreds of flights and promising to turn Monday’s commute treacherous.