Federal prisons struggle to combat growing COVID-19 fears
WASHINGTON — When a federal correction officer geared up for duty recently at a Florida prison complex, he added an N95 mask amid coronavirus fears. H...
‘Go home!’ South Africa has 1st deaths as lockdown begins
JOHANNESBURG — A shaken South Africa on Friday announced its first two deaths from the coronavirus as the country's cases rose above 1,000 and a three...
Q&A: Tokyo Olympics move to 2021; countless questions remain
TOKYO — Things began to unravel this week when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year — a decision announced by Japanese Prime Minister Shi...
Not all or nothing: Anti-virus lockdowns could lift slowly
WASHINGTON — For the millions of Americans living under some form of lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, not knowing when the restrictions...
Coronavirus cases hit 2 largest US cities differently
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles recorded its first case of coronavirus five weeks before New York City, yet it's New York that is now the U.S. epicenter of ...
Coaches find ways to support young athletes feeling adrift
SAN FRANCISCO — Morgan Coppoc finds herself in a situation similar to so many other college athletes across the country, hundreds of miles away from c...
Coronavirus deals one-two financial punch to state budgets
The coronavirus is pounding state governments with a financial one-two punch, costing them many millions to try to contain the disease just as busines...
A defiant Maduro threatens ‘cowboy’ Trump after drug charge
MIAMI — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood defiant in the face of a $15 million bounty by the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges, calling Do...
Citing virus, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmenta...
Canada urges US not to put troops at border during pandemic
TORONTO — Canada has told the Trump administration that a proposal to put troops at the U.S.-Canada border amid the pandemic is entirely unnecessary a...
AP Source: 20% base salary reductions for top NBA executives
NEW YORK — Top NBA executives are having their base salaries reduced by 20% for the foreseeable future, a person with knowledge of the details said Th...
Ethanol plants seek rule changes to resupply hand sanitizer
DES MOINES, Iowa — As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventi...
US couple, adopted daughter, caught in India virus lockdown
A Georgia couple who traveled to India to adopt a child have had to delay bringing their new daughter back to the United States after Indian authoriti...
US could get stake in airlines in exchange for virus grants
The Trump administration is raising the possibility of the government getting ownership stakes in U.S. airlines in exchange for $25 billion in direct ...
Washington set to deliver $2.2 trillion virus rescue bill
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisanship and speed, Washington is about to deliver massive, unprecedented legislation to speed help to individuals and bu...
Two deaths tied to California cruise ship, with few tested
SAN FRANCISCO — Two men who traveled on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship stalled for days off the California coast have died, federal officials said...
Q&A: How can the huge congressional aid package help you?
WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to approve an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package that will provide one-time checks for most Americans...
74,000 Floridians seek benefits, critics demand reform
ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 74,000 Floridians applied for unemployment benefits last week, a tenfold increase from the previous week, as the spread of t...
Netanyahu rival becomes parliament speaker, signaling deal
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival was chosen on Thursday as the new speaker of parliament, an unexpected step that c...
Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million
The NCAA will distribute $225 million to its Division I members in June, a whopping $375 million less than had been budgeted after the coronavirus pan...
Texas is bigger: Lone Star State’s metros lead decade growth
ORLANDO, Fla. — Everything really is bigger in Texas.
VIRUS DIARY: `When are we going to the playground, Mama?′
OAKLAND, California — "When are we going to the playground, Mama?" she asks again today, like she did yesterday and the day before that.
Appeals grow to close US national parks during pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is sticking with its crowd friendly waiver of entrance fees at national parks during the coronavirus pandemic, a...
What’s in store: Groceries installing barriers amid outbreak
QUINCY, Mass. — Grocery stores across the U.S. are installing protective plastic shields at checkouts to help keep cashiers and shoppers from infectin...
Tiptoe through Dutch tulips? Not in coronavirus crisis
LISSE, Netherlands — The manicured lawns and pathways winding the flower beds at the Keukenhof spring garden, normally crowded with thousands of visit...
Trump has megaphone, but states control virus shutdowns
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone, but it's governors and local officials who will decide when to begin reopening their ec...
Political historian-commentator Richard Reeves dies at 83
NEW YORK — Richard Reeves, an author and syndicated columnist who wrote about politics for more than 50 years and published books on Richard Nixon, Jo...
Autism diagnosis more common in the US as racial gap closes
NEW YORK — Autism has grown slightly more common in the U.S., but a gap in diagnosis of white and black kids has disappeared, according to a governmen...
Indianapolis 500 postponed until August because of COVID-19
The Indianapolis 500 has been postponed until August because of the coronavirus pandemic and won't run on Memorial Day weekend for the first time sinc...