Justice Department takes church’s side in 1st Amendment suit
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took the rare step on Tuesday of weighing in on the side of a Mississippi Christian church where local officials h...
Republicans decry Michigan governor’s latest stay-home order
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's decision to toughen rather than relax what already was one of the nation's strictest stay-home order...
UN chief: world faces misinformation epidemic about virus
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world is facing “a dangerous epidemic of misinformation” about COVID-...
Governor calls up most ever National Guard members for virus
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak is activating 700 additional National Guard members to help respond to the coronavirus outbreak, state o...
Pro wrestling ‘essential’ under Florida governor’s order
ORLANDO, Fla. — Body slams and pile drives can go on in the Sunshine State.
No hugs or handshakes: Pandemic complicates storm relief
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For people who lost homes to the deadly tornadoes that rampaged across the South, there are no comforting hugs from volunteers or h...
NASCAR’s Larson fired after sponsors walk over N-word slur
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As sponsor after sponsor dropped Kyle Larson after he used a racial slur during a live-streamed virtual race, his NASCAR team owner ...
Search for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up in China, US
WASHINGTON — Three potential COVID-19 vaccines are making fast progress in early-stage testing in volunteers in China and the U.S., but it’s still a l...
Health care workers are 10%-20% of US coronavirus cases
NEW YORK — Between 10% and 20% of U.S. coronavirus cases are health care workers, though they tended to be hospitalized at lower rates than other pati...
Stadium work mostly ongoing, though altered by pandemic
SEATTLE — Workers are still showing up in Inglewood, California, Las Vegas, Seattle and Columbus, Ohio, and making progress on stadium and arena proje...
Options dwindle for postponed Cannes Film Festival
NEW YORK — The Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday abandoned plans for a postponed 2020 edition in June or July but declined to give up entirely, saying i...
Trump’s ‘I alone can fix it’ view and state powers collide
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insists there are “numerous provisions” in the Constitution to support his view that he has “total authority” to o...
Americans stuck in Africa trying to bring adopted kids home
Stranded in Nigeria for months, a Colorado couple had a rare chance to catch an evacuation flight to the U.S. recently during the coronavirus outbreak...
The Latest: MLS says returning in mid-May unlikely
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Kate the Chemist book has 25 experiments for housebound kids
LOS ANGELES — If your housebound family needs a new diversion, follow Kate Biberdorf’s example and try a hands-on approach to something besides a vide...
A phone call, a song: Small gestures soothe COVID-19 stress
A phone call sounds like such a small thing. But the sedated man in a Missouri hospital room was gravely ill with COVID-19, and nurses arranged for hi...
No bread flour? No problem
LONDON — Are you struggling to find bread flour and fresh yeast at the moment? If so, you’re not alone.
Ukrainian officials: Fires out near Chernobyl nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian emergency officials said Tuesday they have extinguished forest fires in the radiation-contaminated area near the Chernobyl n...
JPMorgan 1Q profit drops 70% as it readies for loan defaults
NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit plunged nearly 70%, as the bank was forced to set aside billions of dollars to co...
Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to ‘Do What You Can’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on ...
Figure skaters unite digitally to help health care workers
Despite having no ice on which to perform, more than 40 figure skaters from nine countries will take part in a fundraiser Friday to help health care w...
Virus sours business for already-reeling dairy industry
MARSHFIELD, Vt. — This was supposed to be rebound year for dairy farmers embattled by at least four years of depressed milk prices — and then the coro...
J&J slashes outlook, races to develop coronavirus vaccine
Johnson & Johnson, anticipating significant impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, slashed its 2020 sales forecast by billions of dollars and also cut...
Figures show hundreds of COVID-19 deaths in UK care homes
LONDON — Hundreds more people with COVID-19 have died in Britain than have been recorded in the government’s daily tally, official figures showed Tues...
’64 Tokyo Olympics: A man from Hiroshima lights the cauldron
TOKYO — It was the year Cassius Clay won the heavyweight championship and became Muhammad Ali. When Roy Emerson of Australia and Maria Bueno of Brazil...
China moves to block new virus flare-up on Russian border
BEIJING — China is facing a new coronavirus flare-up along its remote northern border with Russia, far from the epicenter of Wuhan, where it has all b...
Transfer portal causing college basketball coaches headaches
WICHITA, Kan. — Gregg Marshall began his career as an assistant at tiny Randolph-Macon and Belmont Abbey, but it was during eight years on the staff o...
Shift from sports to medical gear keeps RI company open
Sports have gone dark, and so have the sporting goods stores that sold the G-Form protective pads used in soccer, mountain biking and by dozens of maj...
Virus becomes latest battle between Iran, US amid tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Even as both face the same invisible enemy in the coronavirus pandemic, Iran and the United States remain locked in reta...