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More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study

A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veter...
16:06 21 April 2020

Soap star Benard says quarantine hard on his mental health

NEW YORK — Longtime “General Hospital” star Maurice Benard says sheltering in place can take its toll on your mental health. The actor is open about s...
15:53 21 April 2020

Chiefs, Mahomes eye record-setting deal following NFL draft

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leigh Steinberg’s focus this week is rightfully on the three-day NFL draft, where new clients such as Alabama quarterback Tua Tagov...
15:52 21 April 2020

Are you eating, teaching? Poll hopes to measure virus impact

ORLANDO, Fla. — Just how badly has the new coronavirus impacted life in the U.S.?
15:49 21 April 2020

A century later, victory gardens connect Americans again

During World War I, posters proclaiming “Food will win the war” encouraged Americans to grow victory gardens. A century later, home gardeners are retu...
15:26 21 April 2020

Hospitals, volunteers combine to ease isolation of sick kids

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand? Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
15:02 21 April 2020

Mike Curtis, fierce linebacker for Colts, dies at 77

BALTIMORE — Mike Curtis, a hard-hitting, no-nonsense linebacker who helped the Colts win a Super Bowl during a 14-year NFL career spent predominantly ...
14:58 21 April 2020

Surge in UK benefits applications reinforces jobless fears

LONDON — The number of people seeking benefits in the U.K. is rising at the fastest pace on record and reinforcing fears that the country could see a ...
14:42 21 April 2020

10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed

NEW ORLEANS — Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are dri...
14:03 21 April 2020

“I just can’t do this.” Harried parents forgo home school

Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning — and some overwhelmed parents say...
14:01 21 April 2020

Lives Lost: Boss, bottle washer and heartbeat of French bar

PARIS — When she wasn’t running her own restaurant, she was eating out. And when she wasn’t giggling, she was sending everyone around her into gales o...
13:33 21 April 2020

Ask a Designer: Improving your home’s function as refuge

When your entire life is happening inside your home, it matters how that space feels and functions.
13:14 21 April 2020

Lebanese protests, politics resume with a new, virus twist

BEIRUT — Lebanese lawmakers convened Tuesday inside a cavernous Beirut theater so that parliament members could observe social distancing measures imp...
13:13 21 April 2020

Barcelona sells Camp Nou title to raise money to fight virus

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona will sell the title rights to its storied stadium for one year in an effort to raise money for the fight against the coro...
12:44 21 April 2020

Pandemic is dealing European tourism ‘staggering’ blow

HALLE, Belgium — The European Union says its vaunted tourist industry is facing “staggering” figures of decline because of the coronavirus crisis and ...
11:04 21 April 2020

Djokovic says he may reconsider his anti-vaccination stand

BELGRADE, Serbia — Novak Djokovic has reiterated he is against taking an anti-coronavirus vaccination if it becomes mandatory to travel once the pande...
10:15 21 April 2020

Americans playing overseas fear economic fallout from virus

Even before the coronavirus outbreak, Devin Sweetney knew nothing was guaranteed when it came to getting paid for playing overseas.
10:06 21 April 2020

Tokyo Olympics, IOC conflict over who pays for postponement

TOKYO — An open conflict broke out Tuesday between Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC over who will pay for the unprecedented year-long postponement...
9:56 21 April 2020

Working remotely, Russian-style: Ballet practice at home

MOSCOW — Russians from many walks of life, including Bolshoi Ballet dancers, musicians and a mixed martial arts trainer, are struggling to adapt to se...
8:43 21 April 2020

UK Parliament to hold virtual debates amid virus lockdown

LONDON — Britain’s Parliament is going back to work, and the political authorities have a message for lawmakers: Stay away.
8:19 21 April 2020

Conspiracy theorists burn 5G towers claiming link to virus

LONDON — The CCTV footage from a Dutch business park shows a man in a black cap pouring the contents of a white container at the base of a cellular ra...
7:58 21 April 2020

Virgin Australia airline seeks bankruptcy protection

CANBERRA, Australia — Virgin Australia, the nation’s second-largest airline, announced Tuesday it had entered voluntary administration, seeking bankru...
7:21 21 April 2020

Cemetery races to keep up as New York virus deaths mount

NEW YORK — The streets are eerily quiet. Barely a soul walks by. But when Rabbi Shmuel Plafker arrives at the cemetery, it’s buzzing: Vans pulling in ...
7:11 21 April 2020

Syria refugees to face their torturers in German court

BERLIN — Six years ago Wassim Mukdad fled Syria, demoralized and fearing for his life as the country spiraled ever deeper into all-out war.
6:45 21 April 2020

NFL prospect only played in two high school games

BOULDER, Colorado — Like any high school football star, Davion Taylor proudly wore his jersey to class on Friday, sauntered into the pep assembly and ...
6:15 21 April 2020

Southeast Asian nations struggling against coronavirus

Few Southeast Asian nations enacted serious measures to contain the coronavirus until their own number of cases starting climbing sharply. Indonesia, ...
5:11 21 April 2020

After denial, Indonesia sees mounting coronavirus deaths

JAKARTA, Indonesia — While Indonesia’s neighbors scrambled early this year to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government of the worl...
5:09 21 April 2020

US pork farmers panic as virus ruins hopes for great year

DES MOINES, Iowa — After enduring extended trade disputes and worker shortages, U.S. hog farmers were poised to finally hit it big this year with expe...
3:59 21 April 2020

Talks drag on $450B virus aid for small business, hospitals

WASHINGTON — Late-stage negotiations in Washington on a new $450 billion coronavirus aid package dragged past Monday's hoped-for deadline, but the Tru...
1:55 21 April 2020

New Zealand could pull off bold goal of eliminating virus

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — While most countries are working on ways to contain the coronavirus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: ...
1:54 21 April 2020