Simon Pagenaud wins IndyCar’s 1st virtual race on an oval
IndyCar's virtual return to Michigan International Speedway mimicked the U.S. 500 at the start, when the current open-wheel racing stars mismanaged th...
Mississippi State hires Nikki McCray-Penson as women’s coach
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State hired former Old Dominion women’s basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson to replace Vic Schaefer as the Bulldogs’ ...
Are schools open? Governor, NYC mayor give different answers
NEW YORK — Governor and mayor locked horns again Saturday, this time over whether school buildings in the nation's largest district would close for th...
Melania Trump is having a moment during coronavirus pandemic
WASHINGTON — Melania Trump is having a moment in the midst of a pandemic.
The Latest: Rogers Cup women’s tennis tournament canceled
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40 years later, vote to skip Moscow Games still ‘horrible’
DENVER — By the time the news filtered to him, Edwin Moses had already left a promising engineering job to focus on a full-time career on the track.
Chicago mayor takes hard line fighting coronavirus outbreak
CHICAGO — As large American cities try various strategies to keep people home to limit the coronavirus's spread, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has bala...
GOP leaders hit brakes on virus aid as governors seek help
WASHINGTON — As governors plead for aid, Republican leaders in Congress said Saturday they prefer replenishing a $350 billion small business program r...
‘Undrafted but undaunted’: Oilers’ Colby Cave dies at 25
TORONTO — Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday after a brain bleed this week. He was 25.
75th anniversary of Buchenwald liberation affected by virus
WEIMAR, Germany — The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazis’ Buchenwald concentration camp passed more quietly than originally planned on Sa...
Deserted icons: No College World Series hits Omaha hard
OMAHA, Neb. — Rich Tokheim's sports apparel shop is right across the street from TD Ameritrade Park. More than half his annual revenue comes in the 11...
Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and wife to get divorced
ST. LOUIS — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his wife, Sheena Greitens, are divorcing, the couple announced on social media Saturday, nearly two...
Memorable shots in the Masters from every club in the bag
Every hole has a tale about the Masters. The playlist of shots is longer than any of the other majors because everyone knows Augusta National so well,...
Virus sends Holocaust survivors behind doors, back in time
OAK PARK, Ill. — For Olga Weiss, the order to stay at home is about much more than simply locking her door to the coronavirus. It has awakened fears f...
Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran began reopening government offices Saturday after a brief nationwide lockdown to help contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in th...
Coronavirus ravages storied New Orleans Mardi Gras group
NEW ORLEANS — On Fat Tuesday, 51-year-old Cornell Charles was taking part in a storied New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition central to the city's African ...
Swiss prosecutors intend to drop 1 FIFA case against Blatter
GENEVA — In a legal victory for former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, federal prosecutors in Switzerland plan to drop one of two cases open against him ...
China auto sales sink 48.4% in March as virus hurts demand
BEIJING — China’s auto sales sank 48.4% in March from a year ago as the economy reeled from the coronavirus, according to an industry group, adding to...
Broncos star polishing both his deejay and pass rush skills
Von Miller longs to make a name for himself scratching vinyl just like he did sacking quarterbacks.
Rivera aims to start changing culture around Redskins
WASHINGTON — Ron Rivera made plenty of mistakes as a first-time NFL head coach that he hopes not to repeat this time around.
AP Was There: Future arrives with Tiger’s record Masters win
A panel of 15 golf writers were asked to vote on the top five Masters in history. They are being republished this week because the Masters has been po...
Indonesian starts business to make hazmat suit for hospitals
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Her friends who worked in hospitals cried, and Indonesian businesswoman Maryati Dimursi listened: They did not have the protectiv...
Lives Lost: An Egyptian doctor, the ‘backbone’ of his family
CAIRO — Dr. Ahmed el-Lawah liked to gather the whole family every week at his home in the Egyptian city of Port Said — his parents, his wife and child...
Court lifts part of order blocking Texas abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court on Friday partially rescinded a lower-court order that had largely blocked the enforcement of an abortion ban ...
The Latest: Pacers’ Oladipo hosts Instagram show on artists
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Ex-ambassador says Trump campaign fanning hatred with new ad
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke is denouncing President Donald Trump for a new campaign ad that seems to falsely imply Locke w...
GAO: Border Patrol needlessly spent $12M at Texas facility
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection needlessly spent around $12 million last year to guard, house and feed as many as 2,500 people in ...
NOT REAL NEWS: A week of false news around the coronavirus
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared wid...
Trump winery eligible for bailout in virus relief law
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Virginia vineyard could be eligible for a federal bailout under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus he signed...