National parks are free, but some oppose that amid the virus
SALT LAKE CITY — Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a pandemic, but despite now being free to ...
Met Opera cancels season, stops pay of orchestra, chorus
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera is canceling the rest of its season and stopping the pay of the orchestra, chorus and other unionized employees at t...
As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing for a potential surge of 1 million veterans infected by coronavirus and at the same time is...
NCAA Tournament: Big shots that define the madness of March
This is the time of year people usually start tweeting at Ali Farokhmanesh.
European experts accuse Russia of spreading fake virus news
BRUSSELS — Russian state media and news outlets supporting President Vladimir Putin are waging a fake news campaign aimed at undermining public confid...
Ionescu headlines AP All-America women’s basketball team
NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu has joined an elite group, becoming a three-time All-American.
Gabbard ends long-shot 2020 bid, throws support to Biden
COLUMBA, S.C. — Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has suspended her presidential campaign, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillar...
US mortgage rates climb this week; 30-year loan at 3.65%
WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates climbed this week in a whip-sawing market amid deepening anxiety over devastation to the economy from the c...
AP Was There: North Carolina beats Michigan for ’93 title
EDITOR'S NOTE — A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournam...
Virus-shocked Hollywood gets break with streaming services
LOS ANGELES — Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans ...
UK government slammed for failing its Windrush immigrants
LONDON — An independent report sharply criticized Britain's Conservative government on Thursday for the way it treated long-term U.K. residents who we...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro strives to regain leadership amid virus
RIO DE JANEIRO — After questioning the seriousness of COVID-19, defying his own health ministry's recommendations and denouncing a “certain hysteria,”...
Mideast airlines lose $7B as airports shut to combat virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seven Middle Eastern countries have suspended all commercial flights due to a fast-spreading new virus as the aviation i...
Soccer’s paralysis sparks questions about player contracts
It was the dream scenario for David Silva at the end of his trophy-filled, decade-long career at Manchester City.
The marquee NCAA Tournament matchups that could have been
Seton Hall's Myles Powell and Marquette's Markus Howard went head to head during the regular season in a pair of games befitting two of college basket...
Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people
MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining and checking their health Thursday t...
Earthquake rattles millions on edge amid coronavirus threat
SALT LAKE CITY — With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety o...
Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label
WASHINGTON — The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television.
2 cruise ships not allowed to disembark in Honolulu
HONOLULU — Two cruise ships won't be allowed to disembark in Honolulu after being turned away by other ports, even with no positive cases of coronavir...
The Latest: Ships going to Honolulu won’t let off passengers
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 218,000 people and killed more than 8,800. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or mo...
States suspending standardized tests as schools close
AUSTIN, Texas — Closing schools to combat the spread of the coronavirus is having a sweeping impact on an annual rite of spring: the standardized test...
Trump invokes emergency authority, no new cases in Wuhan
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the pandem...
The Latest: Asian shares log early losses, Tokyo down 0.8%
NEW YORK — The Latest on action in the financial markets (all times local):
Chinese factories face new threat: US anti-virus controls
BEIJING — Factories in China, struggling to reopen after the coronavirus shut down the economy, face a new threat from U.S. anti-disease controls that...
What’s Happening: Trump taps powers, auto factories closing
These are some of the latest developments Wednesday in the world's coronavirus pandemic:
Silver says NBA will consider many ideas if play can resume
The NBA is considering an idea where some players would be quarantined or isolated for purposes of being able to compete against one another and provi...
Weinstein moved to state prison day before 68th birthday
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was transferred to a state prison in New York on Wednesday as he begins to serve a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual as...
USDA to appeal ruling, seeks food stamp change amid pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department said Wednesday that it would appeal a judge’s ruling that it would be “arbitrary and capricious” to move forwa...
Getting coronavirus updates in Spanish is a mixed bag in US
PHOENIX — Osvaldo Salas speaks a little English, but not proficiently. The suburban Phoenix man relies on Spanish-language TV and friends and family f...