FDA finds contamination in several brands of diabetes drug
WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests f...
Take 2 for SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch with more storms
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX pressed ahead with its second attempt to launch astronauts for NASA — a historic first for a private company — but more ...
Questions on reopening New York’s economy baffle businesses
ALBANY, N.Y. — Some upstate New York business owners who made plans to reopen Friday as the state gradually loosens restrictions put in place during t...
‘Never Have I Ever’ brings rare voice, and a newcomer, to TV
LOS ANGELES — When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white...
Virus could lead more states to OK sports, online betting
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — The coronavirus pandemic could lead to a quicker expansion of sports betting and internet gambling in the U.S. as states deal wi...
AP Interview: French minister confident in virus tracing app
PARIS — As France is easing most virus-related restrictions next week, the French government is confident its contact-tracing app will be effective in...
Disease that began among rich shifts to Latin America’s poor
BOGOTA, Colombia — The passenger from Spain that Sonia Sanchez picked up at the airport in Colombia's capital in March did not seem well.
Virus protection adds new wrinkle to Southwest heat relief
PHOENIX — Trying to stay safe during a global pandemic is hard enough, but people in Southwest desert cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas where temperat...
Mother of Louisville police shooting victim calls for peace
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Looking to defuse tensions in Louisville over the fatal shooting of a black woman by police who broke down her door, the victim's mo...
Europe prepares post-corona, socially-distanced culture-fest
LE PECQ, France — You may need a face mask to see the Mona Lisa. You will have your temperature taken at the Colosseum in Rome. And to see views of Pa...
Nations ease more restrictions, air travel opening up more
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the nat...
Alec Baldwin on pandemic life and why he worries for kids
NEW YORK — Whether he’s playing President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” or hosting a new season of “Match Game,” Alec Baldwin prefers working ...
For abortion foes, Trump’s allyship blunts ‘Roe’ revelation
NEW YORK — Norma McCorvey’s admission that her conversion from the face of abortion rights -- as the “Jane Roe” of the historic 1973 Supreme Court cas...
Hong Kong on borrowed time as China pushes for more control
BANGKOK — Hong Kong has been living on borrowed time ever since the British made it a colony nearly 180 years ago, and all the more so after Beijing t...
US consumer spending sinks by record 13.6% in face of virus
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer spending plunged by a record-shattering 13.6% in April as the viral pandemic shuttered businesses, forced millions of layof...
VIRUS DIARY: For boy with Down syndrome, new path of therapy
PHOENIX — The speech therapist held up a book of animals. Our 4-year-old looked curiously at her across the Zoom call screen.
With Champions League on hold, AP looks back at past greats
LONDON — In the absence of the Champions League final on Saturday, The Associated Press will take a look back at some of the greatest teams, players a...
New drugs make headway against lung, prostate, colon cancers
Doctors are reporting success with newer drugs that control certain types of cancer better, reduce the risk it will come back and make treatment simpl...
Hungary commemorates victims of 2019 Danube boat catastrophe
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Commemorations were held Friday in Hungary for the anniversary of an accident on the Danube River in which over two dozen South Ko...
French carmaker Renault to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide
PARIS — French carmaker Renault said Friday it will cut 15,000 jobs worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro ($2.2 billion) cost-cutting plan, as a bruta...
Ai Weiwei says new security law is the end of Hong Kong
SEOUL, South Korea — Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-auto...
Coronavirus crisis restricts Heysel disaster remembrance
BRUSSELS — Authorities and fans on Friday marked the 35th anniversary of the Heysel Stadium tragedy where 39 people died during violence at the 1985 E...
South Africa has virus testing backlog of nearly 100,000
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa says it has a backlog of nearly 100,000 unprocessed tests for the coronavirus, a striking example of the painful shortage ...
Roam close to home: Europe’s tourists play safe in pandemic
BERLIN — Many a journey to far-flung corners of Europe starts in a dusty industrial yard in east Berlin, where Felix Rascher carefully tends to his sm...
Punching through turmoil: Pro boxer helps medical staff cope
PARIS — Hassan N’Dam, former middleweight boxing champion of the world, wanted to repay the French hospital that cared for his father-in-law through h...
AP PHOTOS: Italians say ‘ciao’ to unkempt lockdown locks
ROME — Two months of lockdown have left style-conscious Italians looking less well-groomed than usual. But as of last week, hair salons and barber sho...
Veterans help UK children keep calm, cope with virus stress
MANCHESTER, England — Hula hoops, camouflage mats and tires aren't typical supplies needed during the coronavirus pandemic. But they’re useful props a...
Hello and welcome: robot waiters to the rescue amid virus
RENESSE, Netherlands — You can always count on a robot for perfect timing.
Travel disruptions challenge global transplant deliveries
PETAH TIKVA, Israel — Over the past two months, as air travel ground to a halt, Mishel Zrian has crisscrossed the Atlantic and the United States dozen...
VW spending $2.2B to expand in China’s electric car market
BEIJING — Volkswagen is spending 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to expand its presence in China’s electric car industry in the biggest foreign investm...