Peruvian families bury multiple members amid pandemic
LIMA, Peru — The men panted from exertion as they climbed the mist-covered hill carrying a coffin with another body in Peru’s largest cemetery, where ...
House approves changes to business virus aid subsidy program
WASHINGTON — The House gave sweeping bipartisan approval Thursday to legislation to modify a new “paycheck protection” program for businesses that hav...
Democrats pull surveillance bill after Trump veto threat
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Thursday pulled legislation from the House floor that would have extended FBI surveillance authorities after President Donal...
Amid virus lockdown, radio lessons return in Latin America
FUNZA, Colombia — At a small farmhouse outside Colombia’s capital city, Marlene Beltran picks up a ruler and crayons. She turns on the radio, sits dow...
US economy shrank at 5% annual rate in Q1
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy shrank at an even faster pace than initially estimated in the first three months of this year with economists continuing...
Top spellers prepare to crown national champion, from home
Like dozens of other veteran spellers in their final year of eligibility, Anson Cook had big plans for this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, whic...
Spanish workers, officials decry Nissan move to close plant
BARCELONA, Spain — Angry workers burned tires at the gates of the Nissan carmaking plant in northeastern Spain and prepared for more protests after th...
Virus, heat wave and locusts form perfect storm in India
NEW DELHI — As if the coronavirus wasn't enough, India grappled with scorching temperatures and the worst locust invasion in decades as authorities pr...
Croatian charity offers help as lives turn during outbreak
PULA, Croatia — Winding stone streets, usually packed with tourists, silent as a graveyard. Restaurants closed. Beaches deserted. Hotels bolted shut.
Bipartisan opposition leaves surveillance bill in doubt
WASHINGTON — Legislation extending surveillance authorities that the FBI sees as vital in fighting terrorism was thrown into doubt as President Donald...
History in the making as House casts proxy votes in pandemic
WASHINGTON — It's a day for the history books on Capitol Hill: For the first time, House lawmakers were voting by proxy, an unprecedented move to avoi...
Twitter fact-checks Trump; he threatens new regs or shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, the historically prolific tweeter of political barbs and blasts, threatened social media companies with new regul...
`Bummed out’: SpaceX launch scrubbed because of bad weather
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with less than...
Graham calls Rosenstein as first witness in Russia inquiry
WASHINGTON — Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify next week at a Senate committee hearing on the Justice Department's Russia inv...
Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast, dissipates in a day
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tropical Storm Bertha surprised the South Carolina coast Wednesday, forming and making landfall within two hours, bringing a poor bea...
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
NEW YORK — Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant prote...
Disney, SeaWorld announce plans for Florida parks to reopen
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — SeaWorld and Walt Disney World will reopen in Orlando, Florida, in June and July after months of inactivity because of the cor...
Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainlan...
Loved ones reunite at an oasis on closed US-Canada border
BLAINE, Wash. — Alec de Rham sat with his back against a stone obelisk marked “International Boundary” as he and his wife visited with a daughter they...
US death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000 people
HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths.
Venezuela’s apparent respite from COVID-19 may not last long
CARACAS, Venezuela — Defying dire predictions, Venezuela so far seems to have avoided the coronavirus wave striking much of South America.
Can Trump feel your pain? US nears haunting virus milestone
WASHINGTON — In the rubble of buildings and lives, modern U.S. presidents have met national trauma with words such as these: “I can hear you.” “You ha...
Congress shifts attention to overhauling small-business aid
WASHINGTON — Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small-business aid ...
Biden knocks Trump for ‘this macho stuff’ in shunning masks
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President...
Woman fired after backlash from racist park confrontation
NEW YORK — The verbal dispute between a white woman with an unleashed dog and a black man bird watching in Central Park might normally have gone unnot...
In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets
For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump's tweets with a fact-check warning.
Virgin Orbit analyzing data to find cause of rocket failure
LOS ANGELES — Virgin Orbit engineers were analyzing data Tuesday to find out what caused the maiden flight of its air-launched satellite booster to fa...
Deadlocked Congress shifts virus focus to small business aid
WASHINGTON — Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small business aid ...
Judge strikes down US energy leasing rules in bird habitat
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has dealt another blow to the Trump administration's efforts to increase domestic oil and gas output from public lands,...
France deploys $8.8 billion to rescue ailing car industry
PARIS — France’s government is injecting more than 8 billion euros ($8.8 billion) to save the country’s car industry from huge losses wrought by virus...