Brazil’s Carnival beat fades, making way for virus shelter
RIO DE JANEIRO — A month ago, a massive Carnival party bursting with samba music and smiling faces raged inside Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome. Today, it...
McConaughey says stay home now, great things may lie ahead
NEW YORK — Matthew McConaughey has gone from advertising for going out and driving to selling people on staying home, and says that successfully navig...
NCAA to give spring sport athletes extra year of eligibility
The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility.
Liberty University: We’re complying with virus-related ban
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia's governor on Monday ordered all higher education institutions to halt any in-person instruction amid the coronavirus pandemi...
FBI reaches out to Sen. Burr over stock sales tied to virus
WASHINGTON — The FBI has reached out to Sen. Richard Burr about his sale of stocks before the coronavirus caused markets to plummet, a person familiar...
Some Instacart, Amazon workers strike as jobs get riskier
NEW YORK — Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job Monday demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both co...
Job cuts pile up, Ford to make ventilators at parts plant
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Monday related to the ...
Ex-Blackfeet chairman gets 10 months prison in fraud case
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former Blackfeet Nation chairman who defrauded a tribal Head Start early education program through an overtime pay scheme was sent...
Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing
Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national respon...
In The Pits: iRacing is fun but won’t carry teams for long
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Virtual racing has been the small saving grace for motorsports since the coronavirus pandemic brought nearly everything to a halt.
How a chance reunion led to Nipsey Hussle’s death
LOS ANGELES — Ermias Asghedom and Eric Holder both grew up in the same Los Angeles neighborhood, were both part of the gang known as the Rollin' 60s, ...
AP Interview: 33 sports vote unanimously on Olympic dates
ROME — Despite some early differences of opinion, the 33 sports that make up the Summer Olympic program voted unanimously on Monday to delay the Tokyo...
Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins Hodge Trophy after dominant season
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Spencer Lee of Iowa has been voted the winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the most dominant college wrestler in the nation.
Yellowstone slaughters wild bison to shrink park’s herds
BILLINGS, Mont. — Yellowstone National Park is done capturing wild bison for the year after rounding up almost 550 of the wild animals and sending mos...
How will we vote? Outbreak revives debate on mail-in ballots
OLYMPIA, Wash. — As the coronavirus pandemic knocks primary election after primary election off schedule, Democrats argue the outbreak shows the count...
Rent strike idea gaining steam during coronavirus crisis
ST. LOUIS — With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until ...
Man, 72, dies of injuries 3 months after Hanukkah stabbings
MONSEY, N.Y. — A man who was among the five people stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City has died three months after the attack...
Red Bull official proposes camp for F1 drivers despite virus
VIENNA — An official at Formula One team Red Bull has proposed holding a training camp that would expose drivers to the coronavirus so they could buil...
Outtakes: Alicia on Key moments throughout her life
NEW YORK — Alicia Keys, already a New York Times best-selling author, looks to the past and opens up in her new book, “More Myself: A Journey,” to be ...
For new book, Alicia Keys looks to the past to find herself
NEW YORK — As a young woman growing up in the 1980s and '90s in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen — “the name was exactly accurate for what it looked lik...
Coronavirus hits rich and poor unequally in Latin America
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — From Mexico City to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Santiago, Chile, the coronavirus is taking root in the world’s most unequal reg...
Ill man seeks return to US amid West Bank virus restrictions
Ismail “Sam” Mousa is very worried.
Nipsey Hussle’s legacy endures a year after his death
LOS ANGELES — The year since Nipsey Hussle was gunned down has not diminished the rapper's legacy, but rather cemented it and continues to prove true ...
Dubai Expo 2020 recommends postponing a year amid virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai's Expo 2020 should be postponed to next year over the new coronavirus pandemic, local organizers recommended Monda...
School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students
WINNSBORO, S.C. — Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week with the arrival of six buses equipped...
Prisoners riot in Iran; Netanyahu goes into self-quarantine
TEHRAN, Iran — Prisoners in southern Iran broke cameras and caused other damage during a riot, state media reported Monday, the latest in a series of ...
North Korea says US clearly doesn’t want nuclear talks
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Monday that “reckless remarks” by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made it clear that Washington has no inten...
Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in 2021
TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics will open next year in the same time slot scheduled for this year's games.
Sports make political point for Belarus amid virus outbreak
MINSK, Belarus — With most sports around the world shutting down because of the coronavirus pandemic, longtime Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ...
Mercedes F1 team helps to develop breathing aid in pandemic
LONDON — Formula One team Mercedes has helped to develop a breathing aid that could keep coronavirus patients out of intensive care and ease some pres...