Newsom’s mask deal shows tendency for big plans, few details
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement was audacious: On a national news show, he said the state had just inked a deal to bu...
Apple rolls out cheaper iPhone as pandemic curbs spending
NEW YORK — Apple is releasing a new iPhone that will be vastly cheaper than the models it rolled out last fall at a time when the economy was booming ...
Wisconsin, Alabama awarded F-35 fighter jets
MADISON, Wis. — Air National Guard units based in Wisconsin and Alabama have been awarded squadrons of F-35 fighter jets, the U.S. Air Force announced...
Germany plans cautious 1st steps to restart public life
BERLIN — Germany plans to let smaller shops reopen next week after a weeks-long coronavirus shutdown and to start reopening schools in early May, but ...
More states finally paying $600 extra in unemployment aid
HARTFORD, Conn. — The bills are mounting for Justin Conrad, who lost his warehouse job three weeks ago and is anxiously awaiting his first state-provi...
Detroit facing fresh fiscal woes with coronavirus closures
DETROIT — Barely surviving the 2008 economic meltdown and humbled by its 2013 bankruptcy, Detroit’s fiscal future now faces another daunting foe in th...
Tech companies step up fight against bad coronavirus info
CHICAGO — Potentially dangerous coronavirus misinformation has spread from continent to continent like the pandemic itself, forcing the world’s larges...
Asia Today: Millions vote in South Korea despite virus
BANGKOK — Millions of South Korean voters wore masks and maintained social distancing as they voted in parliamentary elections on Wednesday, with a su...
Rachael Ray tapes show from home, makes $4M virus donation
Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned “a Renaissance time," rereading the classics, resum...
Missteps mar Puerto Rico’s response to the coronavirus
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico officials say data that show COVID-19 cases on the island are much lower than in some U.S. states constitute proof...
Former partners say Ayesha Curry has ‘gutted’ their value
LOS ANGELES — A celebrity branding company on Wednesday sued Ayesha Curry, the food and lifestyle personality and wife of NBA star Stephen Curry, seek...
Liberty trade Tina Charles to Mystics in 3-team deal
NEW YORK — The New York Liberty traded All-Star Tina Charles to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday as part of a three-team deal.
A virus that hits all faiths tests religion’s tie to science
NEW YORK — Tanzania’s president claimed the coronavirus “cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Israel’s health minister dismissed a potential curfew by s...
FBI: Government’s response to virus spurred would-be bomber
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man who investigators say was planning to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital was distressed by the government’s response t...
WWII veteran, age 99, raises millions for UK health service
LONDON — A 99-year-old British army veteran who started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the National Health Service has ...
‘American Tacos’ probes a dish’s evolution across borders
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — You can eat one with carne asada and corn tortillas in East Los Angeles, or one with flour and pit-grilled pork known as al pastor ...
Hawaii embraces aloha print masks while fighting coronavirus
HONOLULU — Face masks made with the same colorful prints used for aloha shirts — known as “Hawaiian shirts” elsewhere in the United States — are the l...
VIRUS DIARY: For the smallest ballplayers, an unsure spring
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — The question comes frequently. Usually in the morning, when the day is still brimming with confidence.
Banks brace for big loan defaults by US, global customers
NEW YORK — The major banks in the U.S. are anticipating a flood of loan defaults as households and business customers take a big financial hit from th...
Post-pandemic PTSD? Lessons from a marathon bombing survivor
BOSTON — Seven years ago Wednesday, the unthinkable happened to Bobby O'Donnell: He was nearing the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, where his...
UnitedHealth won’t seek federal aid because of outbreak
UnitedHealth Group is sticking to its profit outlook for the year and says it won't seek any federal assistance to make it through a coronavirus outbr...
Richest countries agree to freeze poorer nations’ debt
JOHANNESBURG — The world’s richest countries agreed Wednesday to freeze poor nations’ debt obligations, shortly after nearly 20 European and African l...
In COVID-19 world, anti-doping gives in-home testing a try
DENVER — The typical day for Noah Lyles now looks something like this:
US ambassador: China not blocking medical supply exports
BEIJING — The U.S. ambassador to China said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe Beijing is deliberately blocking exports of masks and other medical supp...
World oil demand forecast to suffer biggest drop ever
LONDON — Global demand for oil will fall this year by the most ever due to the economic lockdowns enforced around the world to contain the coronavirus...
Virus choking off supply of what Africa needs most: Food
HARARE, Zimbabwe — In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh frui...
Germany arrests 4 IS suspects planning attack on US bases
BERLIN — German authorities say police have arrested four suspected members of the Islamic State group alleged to be planning an attack on American mi...
Coaching carousel slows down amid coronavirus concerns
On March 11, Western Michigan announced it was changing coaches in men’s basketball. The following day, the NCAA Tournament was canceled, and the enor...
30 NFL draft hopefuls showed off skills at a virtual pro day
Hours before New Jersey closed all gyms indefinitely last month because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, 30 NFL draft hopefuls had a chance to showcas...
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
PORTLAND, Ore. — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards h...