Belarus holds Victory Day parade, disregarding coronavirus
MINSK, Belarus — The eastern European nation of Belarus held a full-fledged military parade Saturday to mark Victory Day, shrugging off safety concern...
Egypt’s president expands powers, citing virus outbreak
CAIRO — Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has approved amendments to the country's state of emergency that grant him and security agencies addit...
Harvesters struggle to recruit foreign crews during pandemic
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. — Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine ...
Not giving it up cold turkey: Bird hunters just winging it
FALMOUTH, Maine — The coronavirus pandemic has canceled dozens of spring traditions, from college basketball's Final Four to Easter Sunday services, b...
Idled help the isolated: Med students aid homebound seniors
CINCINNATI — Aspiring doctors in Cincinnati whose studies were interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak have morphed their mission into taking care of ...
Russia, Belarus mark Victory Day in contrasting events
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin marked Victory Day, the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, in a ceremony shorn of it...
Russian volunteers search for fallen World War II soldiers
KHULKHUTA, Russia — Crouching over the sun-drenched soil, Alfred Abayev picks up a charred fragment of a Soviet warplane downed in a World War II batt...
Being ostracized: Virus leaves its mark for UK’s elderly
LONDON — From resounding applause to ostracization and isolation.
‘Fear kills:’ WWII vets recall war, reject panic over virus
YAKUTSK, Russia — On the 75th anniversary of the allied victory in the World War II, The Associated Press spoke to veterans in ex-Soviet countries and...
The Latest: Pakistan lifts lockdown amid jump in virus cases
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Historic unemployment rate upends Trump’s reelection bid
NEW YORK — The record unemployment rate reported on Friday captured the pain of a nation where tens of millions of jobs suddenly vanished, devastating...
2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order
FLINT, Mich. — Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store.
Emmert: Unlikely all schools will start seasons at same time
NCAA President Mark Emmert says the coronavirus is making it unlikely all schools will be ready to begin competing in college sports at the same time.
Women’s soccer players ask for equal pay appeal, trial delay
American women’s soccer players want to delay a trial until after an appellate court reviews last week's decision to throw out their claim of unequal ...
Missing Idaho kids’ uncle died of blood clot in Arizona
PHOENIX — A pulmonary blood clot killed the brother of an Idaho woman who’s facing charges in the disappearance of her children — a case that attracte...
Favre denies auditor’s claim he was paid for no-show work
MILWAUKEE — Brett Favre on Friday disputed a Mississippi state auditor’s report that said the Hall of Fame quarterback received $1.1 million in welfar...
House Democrats ask 5 companies to return coronavirus aid
WASHINGTON — A Democratic-led subcommittee overseeing federal coronavirus aid is demanding that five companies return loans the panel says should have...
Pence says lack of religious services has been ‘burden’
URBANDALE, Iowa — Vice President Mike Pence spoke Friday to a group of faith leaders in Iowa about the importance of resuming religious services, sayi...
NBA teams start to reopen, as testing plan begins emerging
MIAMI — The NBA took tiny steps toward a return to normalcy Friday, as a small number of practice facilities reopened for workouts and at least one te...
Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home
MIAMI — Carolina Vásquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise ship cabin as a fe...
World War II veterans mark V-E Day in Washington with Trump
WASHINGTON — They stormed French beaches on D-Day, helped liberate a concentration camp and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. And seven elderly World...
Trump says ‘no rush’ on more aid as jobless crisis grows
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s in “no rush” to negotiate another financial rescue bill, even as the government reported that mor...
Relocated UFC 249 could ‘bring sense of normalcy to people’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UFC President Dana White still wants “Fight Island.”
Indiana shootings strain relationship between police, blacks
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police Chief Randal Taylor solemnly promised thoroughness and transparency as his department investigates the fatal shooti...
Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffin
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronav...
Fore! ‘Caddyshack’ tees off at No. 4 on AP sports movie list
DAVIE, Fla. — It happens all the time. Someone will pull up to the big metal gate in front of the clubhouse, press the intercom button and ask to see ...
Nearly 1 in 5 US kids are obese, according to latest data
NEW YORK — Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. kids are obese, according to the latest national data.
White House to direct supply of COVID drug amid access fears
WASHINGTON — Trying to head off another chaotic scramble for scarce supplies, the White House said Friday it will step in to help coordinate distribut...