Turkey eases lockdown as restaurants reopen, flights resume
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Airlines resumed limited domestic flights, restaurants welcomed sit-in customers and beaches and museums reopened as Turkey’s...
Full squad training resumes in Spain ahead of soccer restart
MADRID — Spanish clubs resumed full squad training on Monday, beginning the final stage of preparations for the return to competition.
Vatican centralizes contracting to cut waste, corruption
ROME — Gone are the days of the half-million euro Christmas Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square.
India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise
NEW DELHI — More states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India's cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift th...
2020 Watch: Will Tuesday clinch the nomination for Biden?
WASHINGTON — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Use of force criticized in protests about police brutality
As protests grip the nation, officers have doused crowds with pepper spray, struck protesters with batons, steered police cars into throngs, shoved de...
Finland in pain as border closure blocks Russian tourists
HELSINKI, Finland — Finns in the Nordic nation's eastern border region say they haven't seen anything like this since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet ...
The Latest: California closes all downtown state buildings
The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his nec...
Democrats fight for chance to take on GOP Sen. Ernst in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Four relatively unknown Iowa Democrats are competing in a primary Tuesday to take on Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, an endeavor viewed...
Primaries become test run for campaigning during coronavirus
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Tuesday's primaries in eight states are the biggest test to date of campaigning during the coronavirus era, a way for parties to tes...
UN forced to cut aid to Yemen, even as virus increases need
CAIRO — Aid organizations are making an urgent plea for funding to shore up their operations in war-torn Yemen, saying they have already been forced t...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump spars with Twitter on voting, protests
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Twitter tangled over truth and consequences this past week as the social media giant flagged the president's t...
Analysis: Soccer out of touch suppressing on-field activism
To most watching Borussia Dortmund star Jadon Sancho remove his jersey to reveal a handwritten “Justice for George Floyd” message on his undershirt, i...
Legendary DJs use shows to ease virus exile among Latinos
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — A woman who identified herself Rachel from San Ysidro, California, called in the syndicated “The Art Laboe Connection Show” last mo...
MLS players agree to salary cuts, possible tournament
The Major League Soccer Players Association voted to approve economic concessions for this season, including across-the-board salary cuts, while also ...
In staff memo, NBA’s Adam Silver addresses racial tensions
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sent a memo to the league’s staffers Sunday night to address the latest racial tensions in the country, sparked most rece...
Jon Jones tweets he’s giving up UFC title in pay dispute
Jon “Bones” Jones tweeted Sunday that he’s giving up his UFC title in a pay dispute.
Another win falls into Keselowski’s lap in final moments
BRISTOL, Tenn. — Brad Keselowski inherited his second win of the season when Chase Elliott and Joey Logano collided as they raced for the victory Sund...
Protests force Target, CVS and Walmart to close some stores
U.S. retailers large and small have closed some of their stores across the country because of disruptions caused by the widespread street protests ove...
Liga to resume with Real Madrid playing at training center
MADRID — The Spanish league is resuming in less than two weeks with Real Madrid playing its games at the club's training center.
Officials see extremist groups, disinformation in protests
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials sought to determine Sunday whether extremist groups had infiltrated police brutality protests across the country and delib...
Young players call for ‘Justice for George Floyd’ in Germany
BERLIN — Four young soccer players in Germany’s Bundesliga addressed the death of George Floyd in the United States with protests against police bruta...
DC mayor: We have to be concerned about virus rebound
MIAMI — Rosa Jimenez Cano felt compelled to attend a protest against police brutality to stand with fellow black Americans, then realized afterward ho...
More journalists injured covering George Floyd protests
LOS ANGELES — The first time officers shot rubber bullets at MSNBC host Ali Velshi and his crew Saturday night in Minneapolis, he was willing to belie...
Future of stadiums, arenas promises high tech, low capacity
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The smell of barbecue wafts through the parking lots hours before kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium, and when the first salvo of firewor...
Long-haul carrier Emirates says it fires staff amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates said Sunday it fired an undisclosed number of employees as the coronavirus pandemic h...
NHL plans to test players for COVID-19 daily if games resume
Nick Foligno watches Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s coronavirus briefings and appreciates the value of the information.
Parents hoping to get back to work face a child care crisis
NEW YORK — A single father in New Jersey is taking unpaid leave from his job as a baker because he has no one to look after his son. A university empl...
Parents balance risks, needs as child care centers reopen
SEATTLE — It’s the day care dilemma central to rebooting American life amid the coronavirus pandemic.
French Quarter sans tourists: ‘An old neighborhood again’
NEW ORLEANS — For Jack Greenwood, New Orleans' COVID-19 lockdowns brought sadness, but also a revelation: He was making more acquaintances with fellow...