‘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.
Dem lawmakers say Trump’s freeze for WHO to hurt Venezuelans
MIAMI — As much as $110 million in U.S. funding for disease prevention in Latin America as well as U.S. support for Venezuelan migrants has been throw...
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.
Asian shares fall after Wall St slips on grim economic news
Shares fell in Asia on Friday after a crush of dismal data about the economy helped send markets lower overnight in a meek ending to a historic, jugge...
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 ...
California governor’s beach closure order sparks anger
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After state officials signaled an intention to close all California beaches, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday chose instead to shutt...
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.
Trump says US can never declare ‘total victory’ over virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he believes the U.S. can never declare “total victory” over the coronavirus because too many pe...
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...
Economic figures show grim toll in Europe and US from virus
NEW YORK — Bleak new figures Thursday underscored the worldwide economic pain inflicted by the coronavirus: The number of Americans filing for unemplo...
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.
Sex assault allegation raises questions for Biden, Democrats
WASHINGTON — A sexual assault allegation is Joe Biden's first big challenge as the Democrats' presidential nominee, fueling Republican attacks and lea...
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...