Spread of coronavirus fuels corruption in Latin America
MIAMI — Even in a pandemic, there's no slowdown for swindlers in Latin America.
AP PHOTOS: Olympic dreams for locked-down Venezuela athletes
CARACAS, Venezuela — Stefany Hernández zips on her bike across a vast, empty boulevard in Venezuela's capital, getting in training where she can find ...
Asia stocks mixed on uncertainty over Hong Kong security law
Major Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday as U.S.-Chinese tension over Hong Kong competed with optimism about recovery from the coronavirus pande...
Elliott ends Busch’s win streak, collects $100,000 bounty
CONCORD, N.C. — Chase Elliott snapped Kyle Busch’s seven-race Truck Series winning streak and collected a $100,000 bounty for beating NASCAR’s most su...
Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO — Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own s...
Biden campaign names national director for voter protection
DETROIT — Joe Biden has hired a national director for voter protection, a role his campaign says will focus broadly on voter rights, including the dis...
Trump committed to July 4 celebration despite lawmaker alarm
WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump remains committed to holding a Fourth of July celebration in the nation’s capita...
Stocks rise on Wall Street, but US braces for 100,000 deaths
NEW YORK — Stocks surged on Wall Street to their highest levels since the business shutdowns took hold in the U.S. over two months ago, climbing on op...
Victim’s wife says fugitive student sought their neighbor
WILLINGTON, Conn. — A college student police say is an armed fugitive after killing two people was looking for a young woman he knew when he began his...
US closes probes into 3 senators over their stock trades
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has closed investigations into stock trading by Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia an...
Citgo sues Miami firm over millions lost in Venezuela fraud
MIAMI — When the U.S. recognized Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the nation's rightful leader last year it did more than just trigger a bi...
California sues over sex misconduct on ‘Criminal Minds’ set
LOS ANGELES — The state of California filed a lawsuit Tuesday against CBS, Disney and producers of the long-running series “Criminal Minds,” alleging ...
Virginia school board defends transgender bathroom ban
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia school board defended its transgender bathroom ban before a federal appeals court Tuesday, as a transgender man barred from...
Column: Golf can’t expect to be this entertaining always
Now we know what Phil Mickelson is thinking over the most difficult of pitch shots.
NHL moves ahead with 24-team playoff format if play resumes
The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play.
In an early US coronavirus hot spot, business slowly reopens
NEW YORK — The suburbs north of New York City eased outbreak restrictions, and the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange opened for the first t...
Idaho State track athletes want transgender lawsuit tossed
BOISE, Idaho — Two female athletes at Idaho State University want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a new state law banning transgender...
Memorial Day weekend shootings leave 10 dead in Chicago
CHICAGO — Chicago saw its deadliest Memorial Day weekend for gun violence since 2015, a jarring reminder that even a coronavirus pandemic and a statew...
30 deported to Haiti, but ex-strongman remains in US
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Thirty people were deported to Haiti on Tuesday, but a former paramilitary leader accused of murder and torture was not among ...
Watchdog who found hospital shortages unfazed by Trump barbs
WASHINGTON — The author of a federal report that found U.S. hospitals faced severe shortages of coronavirus test supplies and equipment says she is no...
Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man
MINNEAPOLIS — Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday after a by...
Wizards’ John Wall says he’s ’110%′ and ‘itching’ to return
WASHINGTON — Washington Wizards point guard John Wall declared himself fully recovered after two operations that sidelined him for the past 1½ years a...
GOP govs offer states as alternative RNC convention host
WASHINGTON — Two GOP governors are offering up their states to host the Republican National Convention — a day after President Donald Trump threatened...
Trump’s convention demand comes amid Charlotte virus surge
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Donald Trump’s demand for a full-capacity Republican convention in August is putting pressure on North Carolina health off...
Weather better for historic SpaceX launch of NASA astronauts
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With the weather looking up, SpaceX and NASA officials vowed Tuesday to keep crew safety the top priority for the nation's firs...
Stars to come out to support NYC’s The Public Theater
NEW YORK — Jesse Tyler Ferguson is a star in his own right but even he has had to gulp at the wattage on tap for the upcoming benefit for New York Cit...
Russia says US leaving overflight treaty will hurt security
MOSCOW — Russia said Tuesday that the U.S. decision to withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities wou...
Death and denial in Brazil’s Amazon capital during pandemic
MANAUS, Brazil — As the white van approached Perfect Love Street, chatting neighbors fell silent, covered their mouths and noses and scattered.
Suspect in date killing of Utah woman called ‘monster’
SALT LAKE CITY — Relatives of a Utah woman who police say was killed last weekend after meeting a man via the popular dating app Tinder have called th...
Parties target control of state legislatures, redistricting
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Drowned out by the coronavirus and national politics, Republican and Democratic operatives are quietly preparing for a battle of...