Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court watchers were left scratching their heads when they learned Justice Neil Gorsuch was the author of Monday’s landmark LGBT r...
World TeamTennis players testing positive for COVID lose pay
A World TeamTennis player or coach who tests positive for COVID-19 when arriving for the three-week 2020 season will be dropped from the league withou...
Near Trump’s rally site, black Tulsa lives with fiery legacy
TULSA, Okla. — In the real world, 74-year-old Donald Shaw is walking on the empty, parched grass slope by Tulsa’s noisy crosstown expressway. He's on ...
Tight bight, small city: Virus sidelines ship, creates buzz
PORTLAND, Maine — A displaced cruise ship docked at the nation's rural northeastern tip is big enough to hold the host community's entire population.
Panel: NOAA bowed to political pressure in Dorian dispute
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration leaders violated the agency’s scientific integrity when they chastised a local weather office that had...
Louisiana widening access to medical marijuana under new law
BATON ROUGE, La. — More Louisiana residents will have access to medical marijuana under a significant expansion of the state's therapeutic cannabis pr...
House subpoenas Justice Dept lawyers over politicization
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have subpoenaed two Justice Department lawyers to testify before the Judiciary Committee about the politicization of the ...
Kimmel to host Emmys, first major awards show of pandemic
LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Kimmel will host the first major Hollywood awards ceremony of the coronavirus pandemic — but just how the Emmys will be held remai...
CIA unit that crafts hacking tools didn’t protect itself
WASHINGTON — A specialized CIA unit that developed hacking tools and cyber weapons didn’t do enough to protect its own operations and wasn't prepared ...
Coaches, players make best of NFL’s 1st virtual offseason
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Turns out there’s only so much that can be done virtually.
US offers belated ‘concern’ over Philippine journalist case
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has offered a muted and belated expression of “concern” over the convictions of two Philippines journalists on c...
VIRUS DIARY: `The meaning of abiding love in all its guises’
CLEVELAND — Loss and its many guises have been constants during the pandemic. Loss of loved ones. Economic loss. Loss of contact with family and frien...
Value of police body cameras limited by lack of transparency
In the fatal shooting of a black man by police in Atlanta last week, officers' body cameras captured about 40 minutes of footage, but not the critical...
Eiffel Tower to reopen after longest closure since WWII
PARIS — Workers are preparing the Eiffel Tower to reopen next week after the coronavirus pandemic led to the iconic Paris landmark's longest closure s...
Report: Russia-linked disinformation operation still active
A Kremlin-linked social media disinformation operation that sought to interfere with the 2016 U.S. election has continued its work to divide and discr...
Liberal groups warn Biden could lose over policing policies
WASHINGTON — More than four dozen progressive groups have signed a letter to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign criticiz...
Have transplants ready to take place of harvested vegetables
One way to reap an abundance of vegetables from even a tiny garden is to keep planting throughout the growing season. Soon, you could be filling in ne...
From Iceland’s capital, 11-year-old plays in Warriors camp
OAKLAND, Calif. — Sporting his No. 30 Stephen Curry jersey, 11-year-old Bjarki Robertsson kept up the pace. He hopped on his right foot, then his left...
Powell warns that long downturn would mean severe damage
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Tuesday that the U.S. economy faces a deep downturn with “significant uncertainty” about th...
Man arrested in shooting during Albuquerque statue protest
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 31-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that happened as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a br...
Italy survey finds irritability, anxiety in locked-down kids
ROME — A survey conducted in Italy on the psychological impact of coronavirus lockdowns on children has quantified what many parents observed during w...
Thailand to spend $707 million to boost domestic tourism
BANGKOK — Thailand’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved three projects with a combined budget of more than 22 billion baht ($707 million) to help the country...
Rashford 1, Johnson 0: Soccer star wins U-turn on free meals
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an abrupt about-face Tuesday and agreed to keep funding meals for poor students over the summer hol...
Oprah picks James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ for book club
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has chosen James McBride's “Deacon King Kong” for her book club. McBride's novel is set in a Brooklyn housing project in 1969...
Talking points ahead of the Premier League restart
Some talking points ahead of the resumption of the Premier League following a three-month suspension caused by the coronavirus pandemic:
UK begins coronavirus vaccine trial; France pledges funding
LONDON — Scientists at Imperial College London will start immunizing people in Britain this week with their experimental coronavirus shot, while pharm...
Businesses ask patrons to waive right to sue if they get ill
WASHINGTON — As businesses reopen across the U.S. after coronavirus shutdowns, many are requiring customers and workers to sign forms saying they won’...
What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19?
What are the potential long-term effects of having COVID-19?
African nations seek scrutiny of US, others over racism
GENEVA — African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.’s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch inte...
Hong Kong leader urges people not to ‘demonize’ security law
HONG KONG — Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Tuesday that she hopes opponents of a new national security law being imposed by China do not “demonize a...