Donation brings a bit of Mardi Gras to hospital workers
NEW ORLEANS — Emily Bauman is a believer in the power of music. So when she got her stimulus check, she put that power to work -- for New Orleans’s ho...
Long-suffering California GOP sees revival in rare House win
LOS ANGELES — California Republicans have been waiting for a turning point and some think it's finally arrived.
Oregon high court keeps state virus restrictions in place
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court has kept statewide virus restrictions in place by halting a judge’s order to end them in a lawsuit filed by ...
Etihad makes 1st known commercial flight between UAE, Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Etihad Airways said Tuesday it would fly aid for the Palestinians amid the coronavirus pandemic from the capital of the ...
Google backs off on AI for oil and gas extraction
Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computin...
Turkey reports downward trend in virus deaths, infections
ISTANBUL — Turkey reported a continued downward trajectory in COVID-19 deaths and confirmed infections Tuesday, with 28 new deaths and 1,022 infection...
UN agency warns pandemic could kill 1 in 8 museums worldwide
BRUSSELS — Museums are starting to reopen in some countries as governments ease coronavirus restrictions, but experts warn one in eight worldwide coul...
Virus threat creates unease in Michigan summer tourism haven
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Clare Nagrant earns her living from tourism, so she's taken a beating during the coronavirus-imposed shutdown. A few months ago...
Belmont set for June 20 without fans, leads off Triple Crown
The Belmont Stakes will be run June 20 in New York without fans and serve as the opening leg of horse racing's Triple Crown for the first time in the ...
AP Exclusive: Power Five spend big on lobbying Congress
The Power Five conferences spent $350,000 on lobbying in the first three months of 2020, more than they had previously spent in any full year, as part...
A songwriting savage: The-Dream on penning Beyoncé-Megan hit
NEW YORK — The-Dream has won Grammys for his songwriting skills, but the performer doesn’t plan to break down the formula for his latest hit, the Mega...
Socially distant concerts signal a reopening for live music
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The last time bassist Jon Jones played a concert with his country group Eli Young Band was March 8. He hopes to hit the stage again...
CAS to hear Man City’s appeal against 2-year ban in June
GENEVA — Manchester City’s appeal against a two-year ban from European soccer will be heard over three days in June, the Court of Arbitration for Spor...
Russia says it scales down war games amid pandemic
MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday that Moscow has scaled down its military drills amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Bouncing back: Restaurant debuts ‘bumper tables’ amid virus
OCEAN CITY, Md. — Diners in a Maryland beach town are bouncing back into eating out amid the coronavirus pandemic with a little help from inflatable i...
Author urges gardeners to form one big `national park’
Imagine if all the back and front yards — and even patio container plants — across the country were seen as one magnificent patchwork quilt, a ``Homeg...
Judge: Salvage firm can recover Titanic’s telegraph machine
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a salvage firm can retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that broadcast distress c...
Germany breaks taboo in effort to get EU through pandemic
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s agreement to share debt with other EU countries to finance an economic recovery plan is being greeted as an overdue sig...
Summer Movie Calendar, from ‘Cruella’ to ‘The Suicide Squad’
A rundown of notable films coming out this summer:...
Biden hires Chávez granddaughter to help on Latino outreach
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a senior adviser to help with L...
2017 video shows Georgia officer tried to stun Ahmaud Arbery
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A video released Monday shows police in Georgia attempting to search Ahmaud Arbery's parked car in 2017 and when he declines to let th...
China says boy picked by Dalai Lama now a college graduate
BEIJING — China said Tuesday that a boy who disappeared 25 years ago after being picked by the Dalai Lama as Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure ...
Cristiano Ronaldo reports to Juventus, gives thumbs up
Cristiano Ronaldo reported to Juventus’ training center for medical tests on Tuesday after a 10-week absence and gave the media a thumbs up when he le...
Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart
WARSAW, Poland — A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of ...
Gov’t to lose majority Thai Airways share in restructuring
Bangkok — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved reducing the government’s stake in financially troubled Thai Airways International to under 50% as part of a...
Cost of spreading virus weighed on Home Depot in early 2020
ATLANTA — The cost of the spreading coronavirus pandemic dragged on profits early in the year at Home Depot.
An antidote to coronavirus blues? A Picasso on your wall
LE PECQ, France — How’s this as an antidote for coronavirus blues: A genuine painting by Pablo Picasso on your wall.
UK lawmakers say testing lapses increased nursing home toll
LONDON — An influential group of British lawmakers on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government of failing to conduct enough tests for...
Sony to buy full control of financial unit to weather crisis
TOKYO — Sony Corp. plans to make its financial services unit a wholly owned subsidiary to ensure stability as it rides out the hardships brought on by...
AP PHOTOS: Students help keep Greek COVID hospital on track
ATHENS, Greece — More than a century ago, the Sotiria hospital in Athens was built as a public sanatorium for patients with a feared infectious diseas...