House Democrats ask 5 companies to return coronavirus aid
WASHINGTON — A Democratic-led subcommittee overseeing federal coronavirus aid is demanding that five companies return loans the panel says should have...
Pence says lack of religious services has been ‘burden’
URBANDALE, Iowa — Vice President Mike Pence spoke Friday to a group of faith leaders in Iowa about the importance of resuming religious services, sayi...
NBA teams start to reopen, as testing plan begins emerging
MIAMI — The NBA took tiny steps toward a return to normalcy Friday, as a small number of practice facilities reopened for workouts and at least one te...
Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home
MIAMI — Carolina Vásquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise ship cabin as a fe...
World War II veterans mark V-E Day in Washington with Trump
WASHINGTON — They stormed French beaches on D-Day, helped liberate a concentration camp and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. And seven elderly World...
Trump says ‘no rush’ on more aid as jobless crisis grows
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday he’s in “no rush” to negotiate another financial rescue bill, even as the government reported that mor...
Relocated UFC 249 could ‘bring sense of normalcy to people’
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UFC President Dana White still wants “Fight Island.”
Indiana shootings strain relationship between police, blacks
INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis police Chief Randal Taylor solemnly promised thoroughness and transparency as his department investigates the fatal shooti...
Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffin
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronav...
Fore! ‘Caddyshack’ tees off at No. 4 on AP sports movie list
DAVIE, Fla. — It happens all the time. Someone will pull up to the big metal gate in front of the clubhouse, press the intercom button and ask to see ...
Nearly 1 in 5 US kids are obese, according to latest data
NEW YORK — Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. kids are obese, according to the latest national data.
White House to direct supply of COVID drug amid access fears
WASHINGTON — Trying to head off another chaotic scramble for scarce supplies, the White House said Friday it will step in to help coordinate distribut...
The Latest: Real Madrid says Jovic has broken foot
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Virus restrictions reimposed amid patchwork re-openings
As coronavirus-induced economic pain grew around the world, some U.S. states moved forward Friday with plans to reopen their economies, while European...
Judge refuses to dismiss charges against Loughlin, Giannulli
A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent ...
Crime doesn’t pay but prison does, even during a pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work. Somet...
Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case
WASHINGTON — First, Kristen Biel learned she had breast cancer. Then, after she told the Catholic school where she taught that she’d need time off for...
Idris Elba lends his voice to a song helping relief efforts
NEW YORK — Idris Elba, who battled the coronavirus this year, has lent his voice to a new song about black men and mental health that will benefit pan...
‘Every parent’s nightmare’: Boy’s death may have virus link
NEW YORK — The death of a 5-year-old New York boy is challenging assumptions that children are less susceptible to COVID-19 complications, Gov. Andrew...
Swiss plan to ask diners for contacts dropped over privacy
GENEVA — The Swiss government on Friday backed down from plans to require restaurants and bars to take the names and phone numbers of their patrons as...
Grit and red wine: Famous war photographer beats virus at 97
NEW YORK — Tony Vaccaro's mother died in childbirth, and at a tender age he also lost his father to tuberculosis. By age 5, he was an orphan in Italy,...
Players Coalition seeks federal probe of Georgia shooting
The Players Coalition and dozens of professional athletes sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr and FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting ...
Robert Caro writes, and waits, during the COVID-19 outbreak
NEW YORK — On most days since the coronavirus spread through Manhattan, Robert Caro has held to a familiar routine. He rises early, walks to his offic...
Amid pandemic, Pompeo to visit Israel for annexation talks
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Israel next week for a brief visit amid the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, a trip that’...
Some Spanish soccer teams resume individual training
MADRID — It was a beautiful sight for soccer fans: Lionel Messi juggling a soccer ball again.
Homicide charges against Indian factory after fatal gas leak
HYDERABAD, India — Indian police on Friday filed charges of culpable homicide, including negligence in handling toxic substances, against a South Kore...
Program that collects devices for COVID-19 patients expands
NORTHFIELD, N.H. — It’s one of the many cruelties of the pandemic: Many people hospitalized with COVID-19 are cut off from loved ones who are not allo...
Some blame meatpacking workers, not plants, for virus spread
MINNEAPOLIS — As coronavirus hotspots erupted at major U.S. meatpacking plants, experts criticized extremely tight working conditions that made the fa...