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While other colleges struggle, for-profits hope for revival

Some of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges are ramping up advertising, hiring recruiters and offering discounts for online classes as they predi...
12:26 19 April 2020

Ventilator from old car parts? Afghan girls pursue prototype

KABUL, Afghanistan — On most mornings, Somaya Farooqi and four other teen-age girls pile into her dad’s car and head to a mechanic’s workshop. They us...
12:23 19 April 2020

Asia Today: S. Korea sees smallest rise in cases in 2 months

BANGKOK — South Korea reported just eight more cases of the coronavirus on Sunday, the first time a daily increase has dropped to single digits in abo...
10:32 19 April 2020

Virus outbreak threatens Germany’s tradition-laden breweries

WERNECK, Germany — The Werneck Brewery has survived a lot: world wars, economic crises and decades of declining beer consumption. But after 400 years ...
9:37 19 April 2020

Eastern Christians mark Easter in shuttered Jerusalem church

JERUSALEM — A handful of Eastern Orthodox priests held mass for the Christian holiday of Easter on Sunday in an empty Church of the Holy Sepulcher in ...
8:41 19 April 2020

AP PHOTOS: The workers who keep Spain going under lockdown

PAMPLONA, Spain — As Spain hunkers down after five weeks of confinement, the brave few keep the country going during a coronavirus outbreak that has k...
6:34 19 April 2020

US, UK condemn Hong Kong arrests of democracy advocates

HONG KONG — The United States condemned the arrests of at least 14 veteran pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong on charges of joining massive anti-gov...
3:05 19 April 2020

Beyoncé, Gaga offer hope at all-star event fighting COVID-19

NEW YORK — Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Lizzo, Shawn Mendes and others sang classic songs brimmed with messages of hope and change during a TV special ai...
2:10 19 April 2020

The Latest: Pistons rookie Doumbouya back home in France

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
20:57 18 April 2020

Pagenaud beats Penske teammates to win another virtual race

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A second straight victory in virtual racing for Simon Pagenaud and Team Penske, and tempers were hot at the end of this one.
20:42 18 April 2020

Walk, run or surf - but don’t sunbathe on Florida beaches

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Kevin Sweeny took his 2-year-old daughter on St. Augustine Beach on Saturday for the first time in weeks.
19:41 18 April 2020

Former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill dies at age 84

Paul O’Neill, a former Treasury secretary who broke with George W. Bush over tax policy and then produced a book critical of the administration, died ...
18:41 18 April 2020

Pandemic costing youth sports millions, creating uncertainty

DALLAS — Less than a month ago, AAU President Roger Goudy watched membership in the long-running youth sports organization drop from 20,000 ahead of l...
15:58 18 April 2020

More than Swag: Nichols leaves indelible mark on gymnastics

The end was supposed to include one last run at perfection. One final salute to the judges. One lingering wave to a packed arena followed by a group h...
15:53 18 April 2020

How ‘The Last Dance’ started with a simple idea in 1997

The year was 1997. Andy Thompson had an idea. Adam Silver liked his plan.
15:35 18 April 2020

Foreign ski workers stranded by virus get helping hand

MARSHFIELD, Vt. — They were far away from home -- young adults from Latin America, working seasonally at U.S. ski resorts. Then the coronavirus arrive...
14:46 18 April 2020

Spain set to finish soccer season without fans in stadiums

MADRID — Soccer matches and other sports events in Spain will take place in empty venues at least until the end of the summer, the mayor of Madrid sai...
13:32 18 April 2020

US animator, filmmaker Gene Deitch dies in Prague at 95

PRAGUE — Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer has died. He was 95.
13:30 18 April 2020

Asia Today: Singapore sees huge surge in new virus cases

BANGKOK — Singapore reported 942 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of infectio...
9:16 18 April 2020

NWSL had momentum heading into now suspended season

PORTLAND, Ore. — Morgan Weaver laughed it off when her agent told her she was going to be the second pick in the National Women's Soccer League draft....
6:06 18 April 2020

ESPN, NFL Network ready to tackle challenges of remote draft

The NFL draft is annually one of the most ambitious productions that ESPN does. Next week's coverage might go down as THE most ambitious in the networ...
6:03 18 April 2020

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

UNITED NATIONS — Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end uni...
5:52 18 April 2020

Experts worry politics will guide voters’ virus precautions

WASHINGTON — Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state's governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation's strictest...
5:01 18 April 2020

Judge: Tennessee can’t prevent abortions during coronavirus

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge Friday night ruled that Tennessee has to continue allowing abortions amid a temporary ban on nonessential medical p...
4:03 18 April 2020

Ionescu goes No. 1 in WNBA draft to New York Liberty

NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Friday night, going to the New York Liberty in an Oregon sweep of the top two picks.
23:26 17 April 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists US-China coronavirus deaths

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is asserting that deaths from COVID-19 are much higher in China than in the U.S., when the opposite is true.
22:25 17 April 2020

NFL GMs think the remote draft will alter the trading scene

To trade or not to trade?
21:36 17 April 2020

Detained migrant with COVID-19 forced to call in to court

HOUSTON — A detained immigrant who said he tested positive for COVID-19 was required to call in for a court hearing even after a guard said he was too...
21:35 17 April 2020

Analysis: With new virus plan, Trump passes buck to states

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's guidelines for states to reopen their economies had the hallmarks of a permission structure. But what he really cr...
21:09 17 April 2020

Hope takes the reins on Wall Street, stocks rally worldwide

NEW YORK — In Wall Street’s tug of war between hope and pessimism about the coronavirus pandemic, hope is pulling back. U.S. stocks joined a worldwide...
20:43 17 April 2020