Homebuilders climb even as housing outlook remains cloudy
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. economy and housing market had set homebuilders up for a strong 2020.
DA: 91 more drug cases tied to ex-Texas cop to be dismissed
HOUSTON — Prosecutors announced Thursday they expect to dismiss at least 91 more drug convictions tied to an indicted ex-Houston police officer whose ...
Brady’s Super Bowl journeys to be part of 2021 ESPN series
Tom Brady's journey to each of his nine Super Bowls with the New England Patriots will be the subject of an ESPN series released next year.
US long-term mortgage rates ease; 30-year at 3.24%
WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates eased this week in a housing market battered by the shutdown spurred by the coronavirus pandemic. Rates hov...
Vanderbilt’s Lee becomes SEC’s 1st woman athletic director
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt has removed the interim title, making Candice Storey Lee the first woman to become an athletic director in the Southeast...
Virus cases spike in California county on Mexican border
EL CENTRO, Calif. — As much of California begins reopening businesses amid improved coronavirus conditions, a farming region on the state's border wit...
News executive, ex-US Rep William Keating remembered warmly
CINCINNATI — Bill Keating is remembered widely as gentlemanly, considerate and modest. Underneath that genial exterior was a fiercely competitive and ...
Locusts, COVID-19, flooding pose ‘triple threat’ in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda — Locusts, COVID-19 and deadly flooding pose a “triple threat” to millions of people across East Africa, officials warned Thursday, wh...
AP Interview: Opposition leader says PM embarrassing Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s new opposition leader said Thursday that Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming corruption trial is “embarrassing” the country and ...
Gone fishing? Thrower’s Olympic dreams capsized by silly fib
It makes no difference whether Mark Dry was at the fishing hole or at his parents' house on the day that all but pulverized what's left of his Olympic...
US existing home sales plunge 17.8% in April
WASHINGTON — Sales of existing homes plunged 17.8% in April with the real estate market still in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Who’s Roger Daltrey concerned about teens with cancer
NEW YORK — Roger Daltrey worries that the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating effect on a special group of people in need — teens with cancer
‘Invisible demon’: Virus hits even top-rated nursing homes
HARTFORD, Conn. — The Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury, where 41 residents have died from the coronavirus, has been cited by regulators for i...
Loughlin, Giannulli to serve prison time for college scam
“Full House” Actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in the coll...
Cape Town is virus hot spot for South Africa and continent
JOHANNESBURG — Cape Town has become the center of the COVID-19 outbreak in South Africa and one of Africa's hot spots.
The Latest: Another Dynamo Dresden player tests positive
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
VIRUS DIARY: When you prefer it anyway, staying in isn’t bad
PHOENIX — Like you, I’ve been locked away at home for two months. But for me, not much has changed.
AP Interview: Udinese and Watford owners wary of restart
ROME — After nearly 35 years of club ownership — more than anyone else in Serie A — Udinese’s Gianpaolo Pozzo is drawing on his decades of experience ...
Countermeasures needed for Olympics, but what will they be?
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto spoke Thursday about the need to take “countermeasures” to combat the coronavirus at next ...
Study: Philippines a global hot spot for online child abuse
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict m...
WHO: Drug Trump taking to fight COVID-19 best left to tests
GENEVA — The World Health Organization, which has come under repeated fire from U.S. President Donald Trump, says the science is still unclear on an o...
These coronavirus ‘carriers’ take test samples around London
LONDON — Ben Gee carries the coronavirus all over London.
GOP rising star John James faces trouble at top of ticket
Michigan Senate candidate John James has been called a rising star of the Republican Party so many times it’s become a cliche.
Lives Lost: Pakistani immigrant helped others in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — When a friend of the Khan family got a job working for a New Jersey politician, family patriarch Shafqat Khan was a regular sight ...
Ex-Green Beret nabbed in exec’s escape has lived on the edge
Decades before a security camera caught Michael Taylor coming off a jet that was carrying one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives, the former Green B...
Singapore sentences drug suspect to death at Zoom hearing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore sentenced a drug suspect to death at a court hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-sta...
Asian stocks mixed amid China tension with US, Australia
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street rose despite trade tensions between China and Washington and Australia.
Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his al...