Mnuchin says businesses will need more help
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday said he believes the U.S. economy will need more help to pull out of the recession, but ad...
White House balks, again, at Bolton plan to publish memoir
WASHINGTON — The White House has told former national security adviser John Bolton that the manuscript of his forthcoming memoir still contains classi...
Statue of ex-Panthers owner removed from outside stadium
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A statue of former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, who was accused in 2017 of making sexually suggestive comments to women...
Filipina journalist braces for verdict in ‘cyber libel’ case
VIENNA — An award-winning journalist who has aggressively covered Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration is bracing for a verdict in a ...
Canceling Ivanka Trump spurs backlash for Kansas college
TOPEKA, Kan. — Donors are pushing Kansas' higher education board to fire Wichita State University's president after he canceled a virtual speech by Iv...
Amid tears and laughter, visits resume in nursing homes
BOSTON — She wore a mask and sat across the nursing home patio from her elderly mother, but Marcie Abramson's emotions were on full display as the two...
Relatives: Bodies found are 2 kids missing since September
BOISE, Idaho — Relatives of two children missing since September have told media outlets that the bodies of two kids uncovered in rural Idaho are the ...
TV pastor Jim Bakker hopes attorney general halts probe
O'FALLON, Mo. — Missouri-based TV pastor Jim Bakker hopes Arkansas' attorney general does not obtain personal information of his congregation members ...
IOC to open talks about easing protest ban at Olympics
GENEVA — Amid a global wave of demonstrations against racism, the IOC said Wednesday it would open talks that could let athletes make stronger protest...
MLS to resume season with Florida tournament starting July 8
Major League Soccer is resuming its season amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 8 with a World Cup-style tournament in Florida that won't include fan...
JK Rowling responds to critics over her transgender comments
LOS ANGELES — “Harry Potter" creator J.K. Rowling said she refuses to “bow down" to criticism about her recent comments on transgender people.
Facing electoral headwinds, Trump brings back his 2016 team
NEW YORK — As anyone who has ever heard him speak knows, President Donald Trump loves to relive 2016.
US general: Taliban not yet met conditions for US withdrawal
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have not yet met conditions required for a complete U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan by next May as envisioned in a U.S...
Ava DuVernay joins the film academy’s Board of Governors
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay has been elected to the film academy’s Board of Governors for the first time.
Backlash over George Floyd tweet forces out CrossFit founder
The founder and CEO of CrossFit is stepping down after his tweet about George Floyd sparked a social media backlash and a wave of affiliated gyms cut ...
Foreigners allowed into Ukraine to get surrogate-born babies
KYIV, Ukraine — Authorities have allowed foreign parents into Ukraine to collect babies who were born to surrogate mothers and stranded in the eastern...
Utah candidate and ex- envoy Huntsman says he has COVID-19
SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Utah gubernatorial candidate and former ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. said Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19.
Thousands attend Black Lives Matter demo in Amsterdam
AMSTERDAM — Thousands of people demonstrated Wednesday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in a park in Amsterdam named for South African an...
Text of testimony of George Floyd’s brother before Congress
Text of the testimony of Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday:
After controversy, man convicted of killing officer paroled
RICHMOND, Va. — A man who served decades in prison for the killing of a Richmond police officer and whose parole grant sparked a still-ongoing investi...
EU wants tech giants to do more to counter virus fake news
BRUSSELS — A senior European Union official warned online platforms like Google and Facebook on Wednesday to step up the fight against fake news comin...
‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Unfilled potholes, uncollected trash, un-mowed grass and, most significantly, fewer police on the street are some of what Allentown s...
May consumer prices fall 0.1%, the third consecutive month
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices dropped in May for the third straight month as the coronavirus pandemic pushed the American economy into a recession...
Virus pummels global economy, jobs - even without 2nd wave
PARIS — The virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century -- and the pain is not over yet even if there is no second wave ...
Federer out for remainder of 2020 after injury setback
LONDON — Roger Federer will miss whatever remains of the coronavirus-impacted 2020 tennis season because of a setback in his recovery from surgery on ...
Virus slows Dubai airport, world’s busiest for global travel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Perhaps nowhere is the world's lack of flights due to the coronavirus pandemic more clearly felt than at Dubai Internati...
Sweden halts probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme
STOCKHOLM — Sweden on Wednesday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 y...
Georgia’s Democratic Senate race is too close to call
ATLANTA — The Democratic Senate primary in Georgia is too early to call.
South Korea to charge defector groups over North leaflets
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s government said Wednesday that it will press charges against two activist groups that have been floating anti-Pyong...
NCAA finalizing plan for extended college football preseason
After the pandemic wiped out spring practice for most major college football teams, an NCAA plan to extend the preseason by two weeks could help coach...