No plan in sight: Test troubles cloud Trump recovery effort
WASHINGTON — The United States is struggling to test enough people to track and control the spread of the novel coronavirus, a crucial first step to r...
Top US and Russian diplomats discuss arms control
MOSCOW — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed arms control and other issues Friday as Moscow has s...
Comic-Con canceled over coronavirus, plans 2021 return
LOS ANGELES — This year’s San Diego Comic-Con has been canceled due to coronavirus-related restrictions around large gatherings. Organizers say they a...
FDA approves pill for aggressive breast cancer that’s spread
U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new drug for an aggressive type of breast cancer that’s spread in the body — including into the brain, where it’s...
To air or not air Trump briefings? Pressure on at networks
NEW YORK — After CNN's John King described a video played at President Donald Trump’s coronavirus briefing this week as propaganda, the response was p...
Venezuela’s go-to test for fighting virus raising questions
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan officials have taken to state TV in recent weeks to crow that the socialist government is conducting more coronavirus ...
Jane Hull, first woman elected Arizona governor, dies at 84
PHOENIX — Jane Hull, Arizona's first woman elected governor and part of the “Fab Five” celebrated as the nation's first all-female elected state execu...
Taylor Swift has canceled all shows, appearances for 2020
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift is canceling all of her performances and appearances for the rest of the year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Virus-fueled conspiracy theories take aim at hospitals
The video lasts just 13 seconds and shows nothing more than the view from a car quietly driving past a hospital entrance. But the person who posted it...
Tribes sue over distribution of coronavirus relief funding
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Several Native American tribes sued the federal government Friday, seeking to keep any of the $8 billion in federal coronavirus rel...
25 years ago, a prayer service gave hope to a shaken America
OKLAHOMA CITY — Search-and-rescue workers came straight from the blast site, hard hats atop their heads and mud and grime on their boots.
Look left, turn right.. jump! Islands offer remote tourism
LONDON — Wish you could travel to a faraway island during the lockdown? The Faroe Islands are offering remote tourism, where web users can control a r...
Why we watch: Sports movies’ emotional connections resonate
For now and the foreseeable future, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, there are no live sports to watch -- in person, on television, online.
Jets, Dustin Byfuglien agree to terminate his contract
The Winnipeg Jets and Dustin Byfuglien on Friday agreed to mutually terminate the veteran defenseman's contract after a lengthy dispute.
Company: 4 Georgia poultry workers dead from coronavirus
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Four employees of a major poultry producer's operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the coronavi...
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to serve out prison sentence at home
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of hi...
VIRUS DIARY: In South Korea, a daughter’s worry and a test
SEOUL, South Korea — I’ve always thought I would be prepared to face my mom’s death. I grew up watching her go through a series of illnesses and a med...
Asian rapper Rich Brian is proving he belongs in hip-hop
When Brian Imanuel was a budding teen rapper in Jakarta, Indonesia, he wanted a rap name that would go well with a song that he was putting out on Sou...
Virus forced schools online, but many students didn’t follow
SAN DIEGO — During the first week that her San Diego public school was shuttered to slow the spread of the coronavirus, not one of Elise Samaniego's s...
US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan
MOSCOW — A U.S.-Russian crew landed safely Friday in the steppes of Kazakhstan following a stint on the International Space Station and was greeted wi...
Tokyo Games won’t provide much economic stimulus for Japan
TOKYO — IOC member John Coates, who oversees planning for next year's Tokyo Olympics, has claimed the postponed games could help “kick start” Japan’s ...
Poorer nations face bigger risk in easing virus restrictions
BEIRUT — As some wealthier Western nations begin easing coronavirus restrictions, many developing countries, particularly in the Middle East and Afric...
Spanish sports clinic becomes center for virus patients
MADRID — Like for many people, things have changed for doctors at one of Spain’s top sports medicine clinics.
Coronavirus could complicate Trump’s path to reelection
NEW YORK — The coronavirus is poised to reshape the political map, pummeling battleground states and alarming Republicans who see early signs of an el...
China’s economy in worst downturn since ’60s in virus battle
BEIJING — China faces a drawn-out struggle to revive an economy that suffered its biggest contraction since possibly the mid-1960s after millions of p...
Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter
ATHENS, Greece — For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and communal mourning followed by joyful release, of centuries-old cer...
NHL stoppage has Devils’ Fitzgerald waiting on two fronts.
The suspension of play in the NHL because of the coronavirus pandemic has put Tom Fitzgerald of the New Jersey Devils in a strange situation.
Project runway: Olympian Morris builds own pole vault setup
Sandi Morris set the bar high with her latest do-it-yourself project.
Virus pandemic collides with Trump’s disdain for foreign aid
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s well-known disdain for foreign aid is colliding with the imperatives of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, as hi...
25 years after Oklahoma City bombing, anxiety remains high
OKLAHOMA CITY — In the 25 years since a truck bomb ripped through a federal building in downtown Oklahoma City and killed 168 people, the United State...