Socked by virus, comic book industry tries to draw next page
The pandemic has transformed Christina Blanch, owner of Aw Yeah Comics, into a nightly TV host.
‘Everyone’s watching’: Biden’s VP audition process begins
WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wore a T-shirt on television emblazoned with the words “that woman from Michigan,” a cheeky reference to President ...
COVID-19 survivor urges: ‘To all of you: continue to fight’
ALKEN, Belgium — Sucking in the little oxygen her lungs could still process, Diane Wanten wouldn't back down in her fight against a disease that is ki...
May Day marks pain, not celebration for workers hit by virus
JAKARTA, Indonesia — May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking international Labor Day. This year, many in Asia are...
Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. mission in Afghanistan has for the first time refused to publicly release its data on insurgent attacks amid the impleme...
Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day
LOS ANGELES — Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan ...
Lives Lost: Virus silences angelic voice of WWII evacuee
LISBON, Portugal — After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz traveled to Portugal without he...
Hairstylist gives free haircuts to Thai health frontliners
BANGKOK — Scrubs may be in fashion during the coronavirus crisis, but split ends — never. That's where Pornsupa Hattayong comes in.
Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
NEW YORK — Anderson Cooper is a father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn't believe would ever happen.
Broncos’ Von Miller says he’s recovered from COVID-19
Denver Broncos star linebacker Von Miller tweeted Thursday night that he tested negative for the coronavirus two weeks after announcing he had been di...
‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum hearings suspended through June 1
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration on Thursday suspended immigration court hearings for asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico through June 1, bowing to p...
Trump speculates that China released virus in lab ‘mistake’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday speculated that China could have unleashed the coronavirus on the world due to some kind of horrible “...
Jordan halts Israeli farmers’ access to border enclave
AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that Israeli farmers will no longer be allowed to work their fields in an enclave of southern ...
With rural Kansas close to reopening, doctor remains nervous
TOPEKA, Kan. — Dr. Beth Oller would like Kansas to remain under a stay-at-home order a while longer, even as some neighbors in her rural northwest cou...
NYPD cracks down on another big funeral, stoking tensions
NEW YORK — Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community flared again Thursday as officers interrupted a crowded fun...
Beachgoers seen carrying virus more than sand or surf
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Maureen Osborne is torn by the state's decision to close the sweeping, scenic beach just a 10-minute walk from her home.
Mari Winsor, Pilates guru and celebrity trainer, dies at 70
LOS ANGELES — Mari Winsor, a celebrity trainer for Hollywood’s elite who became known as a Pilates guru, has died. She was 70.
Review: In ‘All Day and a Night,’ a circular crime drama
Joe Robert Cole’s “All Day and a Night” is a tough and anguished drama that somberly spirals around the circular tragedies of crime and incarceration.
Ex-prosecutor reprimanded for appealing to jurors’ emotions
PHOENIX — A former prosecutor best known for winning a murder conviction against Jodi Arias in the gruesome killing of her former boyfriend was reprim...
NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite c...
‘And then, boom’: Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens
PARIS, Texas — Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good argument for Texas' reopening on Friday.
Navy hospital ships, once thought critical, see few patients
About a month ago, with Los Angeles girding for a potentially crippling surge of coronavirus cases, a massive white Navy hospital ship chugged into po...
Coronavirus and other causes driving surge in US deaths
NEW YORK — The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts f...
Virus-related delays for Universal parks in Florida, Japan
ORLANDO, Fla. — The company that owns Universal theme parks around the world said it's delaying construction on a fourth theme park in Florida and tha...
Brazilians start defying isolation, egged on by Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO — Divina Baldomero awoke, looked out the window at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach under a cloudless sky, and decided to take her fir...
US can soon start sending people seeking asylum to Honduras
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has finalized an agreement with Honduras that would allow some people seeking asylum in the United States to be ...
A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?
News that an experimental drug seems to be the first effective treatment for the new coronavirus has unleashed a flurry of interest from doctors and p...
KC uses 5th-year option on Mahomes, works on long-term deal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs insist Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes will play for them for the foreseeable future.
NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with t...
‘Unconscionable’ body overflow at funeral home prompts probe
NEW YORK — A New York City funeral home that resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks after it was overwhelmed by coronavirus deat...