Nevada casinos start luring customers after opening date set
LAS VEGAS — Casinos from Lake Tahoe to Laughlin started announcing plans Wednesday to lure back customers beginning June 4, with one downtown Las Vega...
Navy admiral submits results of probe on virus-infected ship
WASHINGTON — The Navy's top admiral on Wednesday received the results of an internal investigation into the spread of the coronavirus aboard the USS T...
Biden accuser’s credentials, expert testimony under scrutiny
PHILADELPHIA — State prosecutors in California are investigating the credentials that Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who has accused Joe Biden ...
Boeing cuts 12,000 jobs, resumes production of grounded jet
Boeing is cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft make...
NBC, producers say ‘America’s Got Talent’ cleared by probe
LOS ANGELES — An investigation of Gabrielle Union’s complaints of racism on the set of “America’s Got Talent” concluded that her allegations were unfo...
Review: ‘The Vast of Night’ is a cunning lo-fi sci-fi noir
“The Vast of Night,” a micro-budget noir set in 1950s New Mexico, crackles with B-movie electricity.
Trump threatens Twitter over fact checks: What’s next?
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter has taken the unprecedented step of adding fact-check warnings to two of President Donald Trump’s tweets that falsely called...
The Latest: US deaths from coronavirus surpass 100,000 mark
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Quieter Mayfield knows Year 3 vital for him after rough ’19
Baker Mayfield went back to his roots during this strange offseason, a time he's used to reflect and forget a season that didn't go well for the Brown...
UFC, boxing back on in Vegas after Nevada approves return
Mixed martial arts and boxing are back in business in Nevada.
Cheyenne Frontier Days canceled for 1st time in 124 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Cheyenne Frontier Days, billed as the world's largest outdoor rodeo, has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history due...
Trump’s plan to celebrate space launch hits weather snag
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — President Donald Trump’s plan to celebrate the first space launch of American astronauts from U.S. soil in nearly a decade on W...
AP PHOTOS: Funerals become lonely affairs amid pandemic
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Mohammad Altaf, the generous spirit. Eudiana Smith, the trailblazer. Servius Collin, the caretaker. All were taken by COVID-19. An...
Larry Kramer used voice, pen to raise consciousness on AIDS
NEW YORK — Time never softened the urgency of Larry Kramer’s demands.
Summertime, and the living is uneasy for Jason Isbell
NEW YORK — Jason Isbell had big plans for this summer, between a new album specifically designed to introduce his music to a wider audience and a sche...
Will mail-in voting turn Election Day into Election Week?
A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night, a scenario...
Experts say US coronavirus death count is flawed, but close
NEW YORK — The U.S. is hitting a tragic milestone: 100,000 dead from the coronavirus. But is that number right?
Title IX major factor for colleges looking at sports cuts
Financially challenged schools considering cutting sports in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic are making difficult decisions of who gets to keep p...
Inquiry into Russia probe carries political consequences
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr says he doesn't expect a criminal inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation to target former Pre...
Reaction to the death of AIDS activist, writer Larry Kramer
NEW YORK — Reaction to the death of Larry Kramer, the AIDS activist and playwright who turned his fury into mass protests and helped raise the profile...
Skiing is back in Colorado for lucky few with reservations
DENVER — Skiing is back in Colorado after a more than two-month closure caused by the coronavirus, but only a few have been lucky enough to score rese...
Nevada casinos to reopen; America can’t get enough pizza
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Wednesday related to the ...
For launch spectators, storms more worrisome than virus
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — For the spectators gathered along the Space Coast on Wednesday for an astronaut launch, the rumbling thunder, darkening clouds and ...
Warrants describe nightmarish child abuse case in Tennessee
KINGSTON, Tenn. — Arrest warrants in a Tennessee couple's abuse case describe a hellish existence for four children in their legal custody, a nightmar...
Review: John Prine sideman steps out as reflective balladeer
Jason Wilber, "Time Traveler” (WilberTone)
Could be limited - or no - fans at a September French Open
PARIS — With the new $55 million (50 million euros) retractable roof shut atop a barren Court Philippe Chatrier — where the red clay has dimmed to an ...
French lawmakers endorse the country’s virus tracing app
PARIS — France's lower house of parliament endorsed Wednesday a contact-tracing app designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus amid sharp debat...
Review: ‘High Note’ is easy listening for troubled times
There may have been a point — say, oh, a few months ago? — when we’d have demanded a lot more edge from a movie like “The High Note,” and been less fo...
Court: Mental provider not liable in Florida school shooting
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A mental health provider cannot be held liable for the actions of a man accused of a 2018 Florida high school massacre, an appe...
NASA chief “all in” for Tom Cruise to film on space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is rolling out the International Space Station’s red carpet for Tom Cruise to make a movie in orbit.