Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — It took seven years to settle on a plan for cleansing two rivers and floodplains polluted with dioxins from a Dow Chemical Co. ...
Coroner: Smoke inhalation killed 34 in California boat fire
LOS ANGELES — Coroner's reports for the 34 victims who died in a scuba boat fire off the Southern California coast last year show they died of carbon ...
Puerto Rico to reopen businesses, beaches with new rules
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico will cautiously reopen beaches, restaurants, churches, hair salons and retail stores next week under strict new ru...
Nation’s capital aims to start reopening May 29
WASHINGTON — After weeks of insisting the Washington, D.C., area is not ready to end its pandemic-induced lockdown, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser now...
US begins crackdown on unvetted virus blood tests
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators are moving ahead with a crackdown on scores of antibody tests for the coronavirus that have not yet been shown to work.
Busch and Elliott incident could spark new NASCAR rivalry
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch is NASCAR's reigning Cup champion and the resident villain of the series. Chase Elliott has been voted most popular drive...
Officials: Email delays key vote on PG&E’s bankruptcy plan
BERKELEY, Calif. — California power regulators unexpectedly delayed a key vote Thursday on Pacific Gas & Electric's plan for getting out of bankru...
Alaska will send oil-wealth checks early because of virus
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has announced that checks from the state's oil-wealth fund will begin going out to residents three months e...
Iran says 10K medics infected as virus fears rise in Mideast
TEHRAN, Iran — The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 health care workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday, as health officials...
Kelly Clarkson, Alex Trebek among Daytime Emmy nominees
LOS ANGELES — The first season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” received Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for best entertainment talk show and host, while ...
Trump slams mail-in balloting promoted by his own campaign
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday railed against mail-in balloting that in some cases has been promoted by his own reelection campaign, ...
Lace them up: Boxing set for June 9 return in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Add boxing to the list of sports on the comeback trail.
Trump counting on Supreme Court to block probes, lawsuits
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump won at least a temporary reprieve from the Supreme Court earlier this week in keeping secret grand jury materials ...
US seeking industry cooperation on future medical supplies
WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are invoking a rarely used provision of American law that would shield companies from antitrust regulations to help the co...
AP-NORC poll: State and U.S. government virus approval dips
WASHINGTON — Views of how government at all levels is handling the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. have deteriorated somewhat over the past month, as...
AP-NORC poll: Trump approval remains steady during pandemic
WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus pandemic stretches on, Americans’ views of the federal and state government response to the crisis are starting to sou...
Homebuilders climb even as housing outlook remains cloudy
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. economy and housing market had set homebuilders up for a strong 2020.
DA: 91 more drug cases tied to ex-Texas cop to be dismissed
HOUSTON — Prosecutors announced Thursday they expect to dismiss at least 91 more drug convictions tied to an indicted ex-Houston police officer whose ...
Brady’s Super Bowl journeys to be part of 2021 ESPN series
Tom Brady's journey to each of his nine Super Bowls with the New England Patriots will be the subject of an ESPN series released next year.
US long-term mortgage rates ease; 30-year at 3.24%
WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates eased this week in a housing market battered by the shutdown spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Rates hov...
Vanderbilt’s Lee becomes SEC’s 1st woman athletic director
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt has removed the interim title, making Candice Storey Lee the first woman to become an athletic director in the Southeast...
Virus cases spike in California county on Mexican border
EL CENTRO, Calif. — As much of California begins reopening businesses amid improved coronavirus conditions, a farming region on the state's border wit...
News executive, ex-US Rep William Keating remembered warmly
CINCINNATI — Bill Keating is remembered widely as gentlemanly, considerate and modest. Underneath that genial exterior was a fiercely competitive and ...
Locusts, COVID-19, flooding pose ‘triple threat’ in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda — Locusts, COVID-19 and deadly flooding pose a “triple threat” to millions of people across East Africa, officials warned Thursday, wh...
AP Interview: Opposition leader says PM embarrassing Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s new opposition leader said Thursday that Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming corruption trial is “embarrassing” the country and ...
Gone fishing? Thrower’s Olympic dreams capsized by silly fib
It makes no difference whether Mark Dry was at the fishing hole or at his parents' house on the day that all but pulverized what's left of his Olympic...
US existing home sales plunge 17.8% in April
WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes plunged 17.8% in April with the real estate market still in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Who’s Roger Daltrey concerned about teens with cancer
NEW YORK — Roger Daltrey worries that the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating effect on a special group of people in need — teens with cancer
‘Invisible demon’: Virus hits even top-rated nursing homes
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury, where 41 residents have died from the coronavirus, has been cited by regulators for i...
Loughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scam
“Full House” Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in the coll...