US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests
WASHINGTON — Despite a massive effort, the nation faces “truly daunting” challenges to deploy millions of coronavirus tests to safely re-open the econ...
Jim Harbaugh proposes one-and-done rule change for NFL draft
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is pushing for a change that would allow football players to enter the NFL draft after one year in coll...
Senate fails to override Trump veto on Iran conflict
WASHINGTON — Congress has failed in its bid to block President Donald Trump from engaging in further military action against Iran without backing from...
Fears grow as coronavirus bears down on Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — A hand-washing station and bright yellow signs warning of an area of “high infection” now greet the steady stream of hearses at the entr...
Advocates warn of more immigrant deaths without ICE action
HOUSTON — More people will die of the coronavirus in U.S. immigration custody unless the Trump administration rapidly improves conditions and releases...
La Scala opens virtual tour during coronavirus lockdown
MILAN — Milan’s famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & ...
California restaurants envision big changes in reopening
LOS ANGELES — California restaurants have drafted a plan to allow the industry to reopen for sit-down dining with an array of safeguards while avoidin...
Bug experts dismiss worry about US ‘murder hornets’ as hype
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet” — unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee.
Navy nominee: Service is in rough waters, cites leadership
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is in “rough waters” and suffering from leadership failures, the diplomat tapped to be the next Navy secretary told a Senat...
US long-term mortgage rates mixed; 30-year loan at 3.26%
WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates were mixed this week, continuing to hover near all-time lows.
Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus
A man made to make shoes. The king of the Congolese dance hall. A novelist in exile. In the first of an occasional series, The Associated Press takes ...
Putin-Trump call focuses on coronavirus, arms control, oil
MOSCOW — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed progress in combating the coronavirus pandemic along with arms con...
Butler’s prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death
NEW YORK — Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the...
German woman accuses French ex-president of sexual assault
PARIS — A German journalist has accused former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of repeatedly grabbing her during an interview, and filed a s...
Unanimous Supreme Court throws out ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in New Jersey’s “Bridgegate” scandal, saying t...
Politics stall push to shelter homeless in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — There are no tourists anymore on San Francisco’s famously twisty and steep Lombard Street. The city’s landmark hotels and posh shops a...
Bundesliga soccer to resume on May 16 in empty stadiums
BERLIN — The Bundesliga soccer season will resume on May 16 in empty stadiums, picking up right where it left off two months ago amid the coronavirus ...
WBC setting up judging from home via video for pro boxing
LONDON — WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman expects professional boxing to return without spectators and with judges officiating by video from home.
Suspect claims Norway mosque attack was ‘emergency justice’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque and opening fire said Thursday on the first...
Chemical leak at LG plant in India kills 11, about 1,000 ill
HYDERABAD, India — A gas leaked from an LG chemical plant in southern India early Thursday, leaving people struggling to breathe and collapsing in the...
Nintendo marks profit jump as people stay home amid pandemic
TOKYO — Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. scored a 33% jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games.
AP PHOTOS: Memorials weave WWII into Russia’s psyche
MOSCOW — Russians this year won't be able to mark Victory Day, the end of World War II in Europe, with the usual elaborate parades because of coronavi...
Leningrad siege survivor supplies needy amid pandemic
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — As a child during the World War II siege of Leningrad, Galina Yakovleva learned how to make the best of fearful times. Today ...
French teens, Normandy vets swap stories of life in lockdown
CABOURG, France — French student Marion Nivard starting writing last year to a World War II veteran in Britain, thanking him for taking part in the No...
Women demand voice in Italy virus response dominated by men
ROME — Every evening when health experts updated anxious Italians in televised briefings about their nation’s devastating coronavirus outbreak, the li...
Foreigners on front lines of pandemic in Gulf Arab states
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As she was treated for COVID-19 in a hospital isolation ward in Kuwait City, Amnah Ibraheem wanted to credit those carin...
Cavaliers step cautiously into hopeful return to NBA season
CLEVELAND — Even if the NBA doesn't resume this season, and at this point no one knows for sure, the Cleveland Cavaliers believe it's time to start ge...
Dalton views season of backing up Dak as halftime of career
Andy Dalton views what figures to be just one season of backing up Dak Prescott with the Dallas Cowboys as essentially halftime of his career.
Pandemic poses special threat to indigenous health, culture
JAKARTA, Indonesia — In Indonesia’s easternmost province, felled trees are stacked to block a road that leads to Papuan villages. On the Thai-Myanmar ...
Jay Chou brings magic with his Netflix show ‘J-Style Trip’
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Mandopop superstar Jay Chou is bringing a little magic into viewers’ lives with his Netflix show “J-Style Trip.”