Washington city helps residents, merchants with wooden money
TENINO, Wash. — The blue-cheese salad dressing, butter, ground turkey, cans of grain-free dog food and new toothbrush came to $24.97.
Senate approves $2.8B plan to boost conservation, parks
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would double spending on a popular conservation program and devote nearly $2 billion a yea...
World’s fastest man suspended for missing doping tests
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — The fastest man in the world has been sidelined for a string of missed doping tests.
Concrete barriers installed around Lee statue in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Concrete barriers were installed Wednesday morning around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has been ordered to be rem...
More stimulus expected as UK inflation drops to 4-year low
LONDON — Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in four years in May following a big coronavirus-related drop in prices at the pump, official ...
North Korea says it’s sending soldiers to joint border sites
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday that it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinst...
Months into virus, biggest one-day case spike worries Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — Months into Iran's fight against the coronavirus, doctors and nurses at Tehran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital still don a mask, a disposa...
Down Under sets aside historic acrimony in UK trade talks
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Both Australia and New Zealand announced Wednesday they are starting free-trade talks with the United Kingdom, as each count...
Japan’s exports, imports sank in May amid pandemic fallout
TOKYO — Japan’s exports sank 28% in May, while imports dropped 26% as the coronavirus pandemic slammed global trade.
Mississippi official: Black people ‘dependent’ since slavery
JACKSON, Miss. — After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americ...
Trump signs order on police reform, doesn’t mention racism
WASHINGTON — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he sa...
‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ among first to resume shooting
LOS ANGELES — “The Bold and the Beautiful” plans to resume production Wednesday, becoming the first network scripted show to start shooting again afte...
Watchdogs say Trump admin limiting oversight of virus aid
WASHINGTON — Government watchdogs are warning that legal decisions by the Trump administration could severely limit their ability to oversee more than...
EU authorities open twin Apple antitrust investigations
LONDON — European Union regulators opened two investigations on Tuesday into Apple's mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices...
Padma Lakshmi gets political with series cheering immigrants
NEW YORK — Padma Lakshmi has watched in anger as some politicians denigrate immigrants. She's been left seething as newcomers are discriminated agains...
Review: ‘Bully. Coward. Victim,’ a personal look at Roy Cohn
The director of a new documentary about Roy Cohn is not exactly a neutral party. After all, Cohn played a key role in getting her grandparents execute...
A drug offers hope even as virus cases rise in Africa, Asia
JOHANNESBURG — Researchers on Tuesday announced the first drug shown to reduce deaths among severely ill coronavirus patients, offering hope even as i...
North Korea destroys empty liaison office with South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, i...
Queen Elizabeth misses Royal Ascot for first time in reign
LONDON — Nothing has kept Queen Elizabeth II away from the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting during her 68-year reign as U.K. monarch — not pregnancy, ...
US retail sales up a record 17.7% in a partial rebound
BALTIMORE — U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down busin...
Stranded seafarers could stop work, disrupting world trade
ATHENS, Greece — Merchant ship crew members stranded at sea for months due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions could now start refusing to furt...
New execution dates set for federal inmates on death row
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has set new dates to begin executing federal death-row inmates following a monthslong legal battle over the plan t...
Biden posts massive $81M cash haul for May
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden pulled in $81 million for his election effort in the month of May, a massive sum that shows the extent to which Democrats have ...
Rise in infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens
BERLIN — European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept awa...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false security on kids and COVID-19
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may be giving parents a false sense of security when it comes to kids and COVID-19.
Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in emplo...
Dispatcher unafraid of being ‘snitch’ reports Floyd arrest
MINNEAPOLIS — A 911 dispatcher who was apparently watching in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into the neck of George Floyd c...
US revokes emergency use of drugs touted by Trump vs. virus
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid...
Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
DETROIT — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since Mar...