Global tourism upended; worst-case earnings scenario dodged
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to nationa...
AP count: Over 4,500 virus patients sent to NY nursing homes
NEW YORK — More than 4,500 recovering coronavirus patients were sent to New York’s already vulnerable nursing homes under a controversial state direct...
Biden says he was too ‘cavalier’ about black Trump backers
ATLANTA — Joe Biden said he “should not have been so cavalier” in comments earlier Friday in which he suggested African Americans who back President D...
In Mexico City, experts find bones of dozens of mammoths
MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction just north of Mexico City, near human-built ’t...
Trump turns Memorial Day event into quasi campaign rally
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday turned an early Memorial Day remembrance of fallen U.S. service members into a quasi reelection campaign...
GOP weighs jobless aid cuts as layoffs surpass 38 million
WASHINGTON — Reconsideration of jobless aid is fast becoming the focus of congressional debate over the next virus aid package
Biden accuser’s life marred by abuse and financial hardship
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — One thing is clear in the complicated, sometimes contradictory and often chaotic story of Tara Reade: Her life has not been ...
Will virus keep Florida spectators from astronaut launch?
ORLANDO, Fla. — In ordinary times, the beaches and roads along Florida’s Space Coast would be packed with hundreds of thousands of spectators, eager t...
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
WASHINGTON — "A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one study.
Biden campaign limits press access during virtual fundraiser
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's campaign wouldn't let reporters listen to a question-and-answer session during a virtual fundraiser with Wall Street donors o...
‘Hundreds of millions’ in bogus jobless benefits paid out
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in Washington to fraudulently receive hundreds of millions ...
Nearly 39 million have lost jobs in US since virus took hold
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. has swelled to n...
Trump declares emergency for flooded Michigan communities
MIDLAND, Mich. — Many Central Michigan residents remained cut off from their homes Thursday even as floodwaters receded, with senior citizens among th...
Pandemic politics: Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Pandemic politics shadowed President Donald Trump's trip to Michigan on Thursday as he highlighted lifesaving medical devi...
Tech giants are embracing remote work. Others may follow
OAKLAND, Calif. — For a preview of the future of office work, watch how the biggest tech companies are preparing for a post-pandemic world.
Forecasters predict busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With forecasters predicting another intense Atlantic hurricane season with as many as 13 to 19 named storms, disaster prepared...
Divided Senate confirms Ratcliffe as intelligence chief
WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence on Thursday, with Democrats refusing to support th...
Clinton and Patterson again team up for political thriller
NEW YORK — After co-writing the best-selling adult novel of 2018, Bill Clinton and James Patterson have teamed up for another political thriller.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false ‘Choice’ on vets’ health care
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is putting forth a false “Choice" when he boasts about a program aimed at improving veterans' health care by steer...
Job market remains grim even as U.S. tentatively reopens
WASHINGTON — Signs of renewed activity are surfacing across the country as states gradually reopen economies and some businesses call a portion of the...
Film: ‘Roe’ plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act
WASHINGTON — Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as “Jane Roe,” her story was at the center of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade th...
NASA, SpaceX bringing astronaut launches back to home turf
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time in nearly a decade, U.S. astronauts are about to blast into orbit aboard an American rocket from American so...
‘Very unprepared:’ DEA shakeup followed mounting criticism
MIAMI — It's an agency with a critical mission of keeping American streets safe from narcotics. But in recent years, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminis...
Restaurant chains see sales improving as dining rooms reopen
Fast food restaurants — well equipped for drive-thru and takeout service — have fared better than sit-down restaurants as the coronavirus pandemic gri...
Colleges plan fall opening, but campuses won’t look the same
Growing numbers of U.S. colleges are pledging to reopen this fall, with dramatic changes to campus life to keep the coronavirus at bay. Big lectures w...
‘We’re expendable’: Russian doctors face hostility, mistrust
MOSCOW — There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Inst...
Detective, nurse, confidant: Virus tracers play many roles
SALT LAKE CITY — Health investigator Mackenzie Bray smiles and chuckles as she chats by phone with a retired Utah man who just tested positive for the...
As virus swamps Peru, Venezuelan migrants collect the dead
LIMA, Peru — Faustino López was terrified after his wife, Angélica, was hospitalized with the coronavirus last month.
Michigan dam had repeated safety violations before flooding
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations by fede...
Back to business, but not business as usual as nations open
NEW YORK — This is what “normal” will look like for the foreseeable future.