Coronavirus strands merchant ship crews at sea for months
ATHENS, Greece — For nearly four months, Capt. Andrei Kogankov and his oil tanker crew haven’t set foot on dry land. With global travel at a virtual s...
Ocasio-Cortez endorses challenger of House Dem chairman
WASHINGTON — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed the Democratic primary challenger of a veteran House committee chairman whose New York distric...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump denies tear gas use despite evidence
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the...
Pentagon-Trump clash breaks open over military and protests
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests Wednesday but then reversed course on pullin...
Army: Esper reverses plan to send active-duty troops home
WASHINGTON — In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-...
Prosecutors charge 3 more officers in George Floyd’s death
MINNEAPOLIS — Prosecutors on Wednesday expanded their case against the police who were at the scene of George Floyd's death, charging three of the off...
Cinema chain AMC warns it may not survive the pandemic
Movie theater chain AMC warned Wednesday that it may not survive the coronavirus pandemic, which has shuttered its theaters and led film studios to ex...
Rosenstein says he wouldn’t approve Russia warrant now
WASHINGTON — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told lawmakers Wednesday that he would not have approved an FBI surveillance application fo...
Italy opens borders ahead of neighbors, still eyed warily
VENITMIGLIA, Italy — Italy officially ended its long coronavirus lockdown Wednesday, opening regional and international borders in a bid to boost summ...
Amy Grant has open heart surgery to fix heart condition
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A publicist for Amy Grant says the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery on Wednesday to fix a heart condition she h...
Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on Mexico Gulf coast
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on the already soaked regi...
Lea Michele apologizes for being ‘difficult’ on ‘Glee’ set
NEW YORK — Former “Glee” star Lea Michele has apologized for being “unnecessarily difficult” on the set of the musical TV show after a co-star accused...
Cyprus hastens lifting of most remaining virus restrictions
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The government of Cyprus accelerated the lifting of most of the country’s remaining coronavirus restrictions by three weeks, citing ...
Survey: 2.76 million layoffs in May, far fewer than expected
BALTIMORE — U.S. businesses shed 2.8 million jobs in May, significantly less than the 9.3 million job losses that were expected.
With wins in 7 states and DC, Biden closes in on nomination
Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests that te...
‘Not stopping’: Defiant NYC protesters march through curfew
NEW YORK — An 8 p.m. curfew didn’t stop thousands of defiant demonstrators from marching through the streets of New York City throughout the night Tue...
Biden moves closer to formally winning Democratic nomination
Joe Biden is on the cusp of formally securing the Democratic presidential nomination after winning hundreds more delegates in primary contests Tuesday...
Mexico’s president goes full-steam ahead with Mayan train
MEXICO CITY — Residents of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula remember riding trains to visit relatives or sell their produce decades ago, so when President A...
Protesters return to the streets as Trump decries ‘lowlifes’
WASHINGTON — Undeterred by curfews, protesters streamed back into the nation's streets Tuesday, hours after President Donald Trump pressed governors t...
Zuckerberg still under fire over inflammatory Trump posts
OAKLAND, Calif. — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t budging over his refusal to take action on inflammatory posts by President Donald Trump that spre...
GOP senators offer rare rebuke of Trump on church visit
WASHINGTON — A handful of GOP senators spoke out Tuesday against President Donald Trump, criticizing his visit to a church after police removed peacef...
Virginia county pulls officers from DC after Trump photo-op
ARLINGTON, Va. — A county in northern Virginia pulled its officers out of the District of Columbia Monday night after they played a supporting role in...
Trump offers ‘domination’ of DC protests as model for states
WASHINGTON — Claiming he is backed by a “silent majority," President Donald Trump turned the nation’s capital into a model for the overwhelming force ...
Yellowstone Park entrances in Montana opened to visitors
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Three Yellowstone National Park entrances have opened in Montana after they were closed two months ago to prevent the spread of the c...
Wes Unseld, Hall of Famer and NBA champion in DC, dies at 74
WASHINGTON — Wes Unseld was an undersized NBA center known more for his bruising picks, tenacious rebounding and perfectly placed outlet passes than a...
Biden blasts Trump’s ‘narcissism’ in new phase of campaign
PHILADELPHIA — Joe Biden mounted one of his most aggressive attacks against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, deriding the commander in chief's disre...
Greek tourism minister says all foreign visitors welcome
ATHENS, Greece — Greece is ready to welcome tourists from all over the world this summer but will be adhering to the advice of health experts to ensur...
South Korea to reopen WTO complaint over Japan trade curbs
SEOUL, South Korea — Reigniting a bitter row between key U.S. allies, South Korea on Tuesday said it will reopen a complaint filed with the World Trad...
Amid protests, Trump talks of war -- and reelection
WASHINGTON — Embracing the language of confrontation and war, President Donald Trump on Monday declared himself the “president of law and order” and s...
Trump threatens military force against protesters nationwide
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to deploy the United States military unless states quickly halted the violent protests that h...