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Pelosi, top House progressive give Biden twin endorsements

ATLANTA — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden renewed his party unification efforts Monday with bookend endorsements from Speaker Nancy Pelosi...
16:29 27 April 2020

UK says it won’t extend EU talks despite virus upheaval

LONDON — The British government insisted Monday that it won’t extend the deadline for striking a post-Brexit deal with the European Union, despite the...
15:55 27 April 2020

South Africa’s inequalities exposed by virus, says leader

JOHANNESBURG — The coronavirus is highlighting South Africa's stark inequalities, 26 years after the end of the country's apartheid regime of racial o...
15:47 27 April 2020

Virus spreads fear through Latin America’s unruly prisons

SANTIAGO, Chile — The spreading specter of the new coronavirus is shaking Latin America’s notoriously overcrowded, unruly prisons, threatening to turn...
15:46 27 April 2020

Companies stash cash to survive; Europe reopens, slowly

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Monday related to the glo...
15:41 27 April 2020

Matt Kenseth back to NASCAR as Larson replacement at Ganassi

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former NASCAR champion Matt Kenseth will again come out of retirement to compete for Chip Ganassi Racing as the replacement for fire...
15:37 27 April 2020

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 3-9

Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 3-9
15:06 27 April 2020

Court tosses NY case that could have expanded gun rights

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sidestepped a major decision on gun rights Monday in a dispute over New York City’s former ban on transporting guns.
14:27 27 April 2020

Review: ‘If It Bleeds’ gives Stephen King fans 4 new stories

“If It Bleeds,” by Stephen King (Scribner)
14:26 27 April 2020

Federal trial opens over Florida’s felon voting law

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Betty Riddle took her place at the head of the line at a Sarasota community center early one morning in March, butterflies rising ...
13:26 27 April 2020

Sotheby’s offers benefit auction with Sting, Hillary Clinton

NEW YORK — Win an acting lesson from Patrick Stewart. Record a song with Sting. Hang out with rockers The Strokes. Have a virtual coffee with Hillary ...
13:13 27 April 2020

Adidas earnings slammed by virus, online sales picking up

FRANKFURT, Germany — Sports apparel and shoe company Adidas saw its earnings fall sharply in the first quarter as the virus outbreak closed 70% of its...
12:59 27 April 2020

Nadal does’t see tennis back soon, is worried about injuries

MADRID — Rafael Nadal says it will be “very difficult” for tennis to return to action any time soon and is concerned about the risk of injuries when t...
12:44 27 April 2020

Questions over Kim’s health highlight intelligence limits

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's prolonged public absence has led to rumors of ill health and worries about how it could influen...
12:29 27 April 2020

South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumors are untrue

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's government has dismissed rumors that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in fragile condition, as speculation about ...
12:11 27 April 2020

Trump’s focus on his base complicates path to reelection

WASHINGTON — During times of war and strife, national leaders often aim to unite a broken country and, in the process, broaden their appeal beyond the...
11:48 27 April 2020

Back at work, Boris Johnson urges patience over UK lockdown

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged his lockdown-weary nation to be patient Monday, arguing that easing social and economic restrictio...
11:12 27 April 2020

Notre Dame Cathedral worksite refitted for virus safety

PARIS — Workers are refitting the construction site at fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral to protect staff from the virus and allow cleanup efforts at ...
10:40 27 April 2020

US review: Airstrike in Somalia killed, injured civilians

WASHINGTON — An American military airstrike in Somalia more than a year ago killed two civilians and injured three others, U.S. Africa Command is ackn...
10:04 27 April 2020

Asia Today: Officials: No more hospitalized Wuhan patients

BANGKOK — Wuhan, the city at the center of China’s coronavirus outbreak, has no more hospitalized patients after the last 12 were discharged Sunday, t...
9:28 27 April 2020

Facing disaster, Russian businesses find Kremlin aid lacking

MOSCOW — Desperate business owners in Russia have been pleading with the Kremlin for help in the pandemic shutdown. The response, however, has been sl...
8:16 27 April 2020

Man charged in drive-by shooting at ‘Duck Dynasty’ estate

WEST MONROE, La. — A man was arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting at the Louisiana estate of “Duck Dynasty” star Willie Robertson.
7:24 27 April 2020

Mosque’s makeshift morgue shows virus toll on UK minorities

BIRMINGHAM, England — The holy month of Ramadan is underway, and the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Birmingham should be full of worshippers. ...
6:42 27 April 2020

Mideast economies take massive hit with oil price crash

BAGHDAD — Iraq is planning painful cuts in social benefits relied on by millions of government workers. Saudi Arabia will likely have to delay mega-pr...
6:04 27 April 2020

Tokyo Olympics: Questions, few answers in face of pandemic

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago. But there are still more questions than answers about the new opening on July 23, 2021, and wha...
5:35 27 April 2020

Undefeated, high schoolers head online for isolation proms

NEW YORK — In party dresses or come as you are, with colored lights flashing in their bedrooms and teachers-turned-DJs spinning, high schoolers have t...
5:15 27 April 2020

Asian markets gain after Japan central bank boosts aid

BEIJING — Asian stock markets gained Monday after Japan's central bank promised more asset purchases to shore up financial markets as investors look t...
4:19 27 April 2020

Saudi coalition urges Yemen separatists to honor Riyadh deal

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Saudi-led coalition mired in a yearslong war in Yemen on Monday urged Emirati-backed separatists to honor terms of a R...
2:54 27 April 2020

Spain lets children play as US states move at various speeds

MINNEAPOLIS — Spain let children go outside and play Sunday for the first time in six weeks as European countries methodically worked to ease their lo...
1:09 27 April 2020

NFL draft averages record 8.4M viewers across 3 days

Seth Markman was just as nervous as NFL coaches and general managers about the unknown factors involved with a virtual draft. But the ESPN executive p...
21:36 26 April 2020