Gov’t relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to cry foul even though the loans are wi...
Uffizi, accustomed to taming crowds, looks to outbreak’s end
ROME — The director of Italy's Uffizi Galleries expects a boom in visitors after coronavirus restrictions end, judging by what happened after previous...
AP Was There: Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion
NEW ORLEANS — EDITOR’S NOTE: On April 20, 2010, a well blew wild under a BP oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven workers were missing that day, ...
Finchem to join Woods next year in World Golf Hall of Fame
Tim Finchem, who expanded the PGA Tour’s footprint around the world and negotiated TV contracts that more than tripled prize money during his two deca...
Brad Paisley raises a glass for frontline workers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Brad Paisley wants to raise a glass to friends, family and frontline workers in the middle of the global pandemic, so just send him...
Congressional Black Caucus PAC backs Biden’s White House bid
DETROIT — The Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorsed Joe Biden's presidential bid on Monday, further cementing his support among the nation's influen...
College seniors face job worries, family stress amid virus
Sent home from college because of the coronavirus outbreak, Carter Oselett is back in his childhood bedroom, paying rent on an empty apartment near ca...
Soccer team from Wuhan returns home nearly 4 months later
MADRID — The soccer team based in the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in China is back home, nearly four months after it left for a preseason to...
2020 Watch: Why is Trump going to war with governors?
MONTCLAIR, N.J. — Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
Iran opens up as economic woes trump virus infection fears
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday began opening intercity highways and major shopping centers to stimulate its sanctions-choked economy, gambling that it ...
Losing face: The rise of the mask, and what’s lost behind it
PITTSBURGH — On Saturday afternoons, the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh becomes a jam-packed hub of old-fashioned shopping. People stride a...
India reports biggest one-day virus spike as lockdown eased
NEW DELHI — India recorded its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases on Monday as the government eased one of the world's strictest lockdowns ...
Syria’s divisions damage efforts to mobilize against virus
BEIRUT — After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and ill-prepared to cope with the coronavirus, an ene...
If colleges cut sports programs, could new models emerge?
College sports programs are already being cut and more are likely on the chopping block.
Sparkling waters hide some lasting harm from 2010 oil spill
NEW ORLEANS — Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and touching off the nation’s worst offshore ...
UNICEF seeks more aid for at-risk Mideast kids amid pandemic
AMMAN, Jordan — The U.N. children’s agency appealed Monday for an additional $92.4 million to help fight the coronavirus pandemic in the Middle East a...
Young climate activists slowed by pandemic, but not defeated
Jamie Margolin had not expected to be sitting in her bedroom right now.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misdirection on virus testing, deaths
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is falsely assigning blame to governors and the Obama administration for shortages in coronavirus testing.
Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms
A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much les...
Lives Lost: New Jersey mom, son together in life and death
For almost 30 years, they were inseparable — the devoted mom and the son whose world revolved around her.
As mail voting pushed, some fear loss of in-person option
ATLANTA — Scrambling to address voting concerns during a pandemic, election officials across the country are eliminating polling places or scaling bac...
North Korean defectors, experts question zero virus claim
SEOUL, South Korea — As a doctor in North Korea during the SARS outbreak and flu pandemic, Choi Jung Hun didn't have much more than a thermometer to d...
Lockdown politics increasingly pit economic, health concerns
WASHINGTON — The global health crisis is taking a nasty political turn with tensions worsening between governments locked down to keep the coronavirus...
16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history
TORONTO — A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes and set...
Elba and wife, recovering from coronavirus, to help others
Even though they only had mild symptoms, Idris Elba says he and his wife had their lives “turned around” after contracting the coronavirus, calling th...
Trump says he’s close to a deal with Congress on virus aid
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan pro...
In nod to normalcy, Pence celebrates Air Force Academy grads
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — In a symbolic nod to normalcy, Vice President Mike Pence delivered a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's g...
Deep receiver class faces high hopes for immediate impact
The upcoming NFL draft features a tantalizing class of wide receivers expected to make an immediate impact as rookies.
Canadian police say at least 10 people are dead after a shooting rampage across Nova Scotia
TORONTO — Canadian police say at least 10 people are dead after a shooting rampage across Nova Scotia.