Taylor Swift surprises some of her fans with money donations
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reac...
Pelosi forecasts House OK of Senate’s $2.2T virus aid plan
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the massive $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic relief bill approved by the Senate will pass the House on ...
Jobless after virus lockdown, India’s poor struggle to eat
NEW DELHI — Some of India's legions of poor and people suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid distribution...
US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients
SEATTLE — With her due date fast approaching, Kelly McCarty packed a bag with nursing tops, a robe, slippers and granola bars. Last week's ultrasound,...
New York mobilizes against virus, Trump urges action on aid
NEW YORK — New York authorities mobilized to head off a potential public health disaster in the nation's largest city Wednesday, with its emergence as...
‘The whole city laid off’: US jobless claims climb sky high
NEW ORLEANS — Barely a week ago, David McGraw was cooking daily for hundreds of fine diners at one of New Orleans’ illustrious restaurants.
Review: `Kilo’ paints a harrowing picture of cocaine trade
“Kilo: Inside the Deadliest Cocaine Cartels – From the Jungles to the Streets,” William Morrow/Harper Collins, by Toby Muse
Review: Rollins’ Sigma Force returns in `The Last Odyssey’
``The Last Odyssey,'' Morrow, by James Rollins
Veterinarians donate vital supplies to coronavirus fight
RALEIGH, NC — Veterinary hospitals are donating breathing machines, masks, gowns and other vital equipment and supplies purchased with Fido in mind, b...
Citing virus, Putin delays vote that would extend his rule
MOSCOW — Citing the coronavirus, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday postponed a nationwide vote on proposed constitutional amendments that ...
Police struggle to enforce India’s sweeping virus lockdown
NEW DELHI — Indians struggled to comply with the world's largest coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday as the government began the gargantuan task of keep...
Of America and sacrifice: Is the country ready to step up?
WASHINGTON — For most Americans alive today, the idea of shared national sacrifice is a collective abstraction, a memory handed down from a grandparen...
Olympics delayed as Europe, US struggle with surging virus
NEW YORK — The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a year as coronavirus deaths and infections surged in Europe and the U.S. on Tuesday, with New York warni...
In pandemic, rumors of martial law fly despite reassurances
NEW YORK — Millions of Americans have been ordered to stay home. Businesses and schools are shuttered. And National Guard units have been activated in...
A virus rages, a flame goes out: Tokyo Games reset for 2021
Not even the Summer Olympics could withstand the force of the coronavirus. After weeks of hedging, the IOC took the unprecedented step of postponing t...
Biden’s challenge: Breaking through with virus response
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is working to reassert himself in national politics three weeks after taking command of the Democratic presidential primary.
Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50% amid virus
Malaysia's medical glove factories, which make most of the world's critical hand protection, are operating at half capacity just when they're most nee...
Virtual volunteers offer help to strangers amid virus stress
WINTER PARK, Fla. — Sitting cross-legged in her living room, Donna Borak rested her palm on her heart as she guided a small group of virtual participa...
Multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally dies at 81
NEW YORK — Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays "Love! Valour! Compas...
Business Fallout: US manufacturing pivot; drinking at home
The rapid spread of the coronavirus since it was first reported in China has dealt an unprecedented shock to the global economy. Here's a look at deve...
Volunteers sew masks for health workers facing shortages
CHICAGO — Bill Purdue waterproofs basements for a living, but he has spent the past few days in his buddy's Washington, Indiana, auto trim and upholst...
Coronavirus suddenly upends campaign themes for both parties
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic and the nation's crashing economy are scrambling the themes both political parties thought would carry them to v...
Asian stocks gain after U.S. Fed promises economic support
BEIJING — Asian stock markets gained Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve promised support to the struggling economy as Congress delayed action on a...
In global fight vs. virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home
NEW YORK — With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or ur...
Sen. Rand Paul kept working for six days after virus test
WASHINGTON — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul was tested a week ago for the novel coronavirus, but continued working at the Capitol because he “felt that it wa...
Fed makes strongest bid yet to protect firms and governments
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is unleashing its boldest effort yet to protect the U.S. economy from the coronavirus by helping companies and govern...
AP Exclusive: Allen has new publisher, memoir out Monday
NEW YORK — Woody Allen's memoir, dropped by its original publisher after widespread criticism, has found a new home, The Associated Press has learned.
Hunt for medical gear to fight virus becomes all-consuming
PARIS — The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political...
New York quiets as it becomes next virus hot spot
NEW YORK — An order requiring most New Yorkers to stay home from work and not gather in groups outside their families was set to go into effect Sunday...
Sen. Rand Paul tests positive for virus, forcing quarantines
WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first case of COVID-19 in the Senate and raising f...