More than Swag: Nichols leaves indelible mark on gymnastics
The end was supposed to include one last run at perfection. One final salute to the judges. One lingering wave to a packed arena followed by a group h...
How ‘The Last Dance’ started with a simple idea in 1997
The year was 1997. Andy Thompson had an idea. Adam Silver liked his plan.
Lacking US coordination, states team up on when to reopen
President Donald Trump, in a roller-coaster week of reversals and contradictions, told governors to “call your own shots” on lifting stay-at-home orde...
With no school, calls drop but child abuse hasn’t amid virus
HELENA, Mont. — With schools closed and teachers unable to report suspected cases of abuse and neglect, child welfare agencies have lost some of their...
Foreign ski workers stranded by virus get helping hand
MARSHFIELD, Vt. — They were far away from home -- young adults from Latin America, working seasonally at U.S. ski resorts. Then the coronavirus arrive...
Medical workers far from struggling homelands yearn to help
JOHANNESBURG — The medical supplies had been shipped. The planning began a year in advance. Then the coronavirus arrived, and Dr. Charmaine Emelife’s ...
Spain set to finish soccer season without fans in stadiums
MADRID — Soccer matches and other sports events in Spain will take place in empty venues at least until the end of the summer, the mayor of Madrid sai...
US animator, filmmaker Gene Deitch dies in Prague at 95
PRAGUE — Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer has died. He was 95.
Asia Today: Singapore sees huge surge in new virus cases
BANGKOK — Singapore reported 942 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, a single-day high for the tiny city-state that pushed its total number of infectio...
NWSL had momentum heading into now suspended season
PORTLAND, Ore. — Morgan Weaver laughed it off when her agent told her she was going to be the second pick in the National Women's Soccer League draft....
ESPN, NFL Network ready to tackle challenges of remote draft
The NFL draft is annually one of the most ambitious productions that ESPN does. Next week's coverage might go down as THE most ambitious in the networ...
Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution
UNITED NATIONS — Russia is trying again to win U.N. General Assembly approval for a resolution on the coronavirus pandemic, dropping a call to end uni...
Experts worry politics will guide voters’ virus precautions
WASHINGTON — Laura Herd says she sleeps better because her state's governor, Michigan Democrat Gretchen Whitmer, imposed one of the nation's strictest...
Racial toll of virus grows even starker as more data emerges
As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they s...
Judge: Tennessee can’t prevent abortions during coronavirus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge Friday night ruled that Tennessee has to continue allowing abortions amid a temporary ban on nonessential medical p...
The Latest: South Korea virus cases maintain downward trend
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
‘LIBERATE!’: Trump pushes states to lift virus restrictions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors Friday, apparently encouraging protests ag...
Watchdog panels slowly take shape over $2T in virus cash
WASHINGTON — Congressional oversight of about $2 trillion for the coronavirus crisis began to take shape Friday as three members were appointed to a c...
Trump consults faith leaders on phased-in reopening
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump held a call with faith leaders on Friday that included discussion about a phased-in return to broader in-person wors...
Biden looks to placate Sanders by letting him keep delegates
WASHINGTON — Seeking to avoid the bitter feelings that marred the 2016 Democratic convention, Joe Biden’s campaign is angling to allow Bernie Sanders ...
Ionescu goes No. 1 in WNBA draft to New York Liberty
NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Friday night, going to the New York Liberty in an Oregon sweep of the top two picks.
Historic sign to be part of planned Route 66 visitor center
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The weathered old sign that once served as a beacon to travelers along a stretch of Route 66 just outside of New Mexico’s largest ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists US-China coronavirus deaths
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is asserting that deaths from COVID-19 are much higher in China than in the U.S., when the opposite is true.
Senator tells VP failed virus testing is ‘dereliction’
WASHINGTON — Frustration boiled over into anger Friday on a private call with Vice President Mike Pence as Democratic senators questioned administrati...
Detained migrant with COVID-19 forced to call in to court
HOUSTON — A detained immigrant who said he tested positive for COVID-19 was required to call in for a court hearing even after a guard said he was too...
Analysis: With new virus plan, Trump passes buck to states
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump's guidelines for states to reopen their economies had the hallmarks of a permission structure. But what he really cr...
Hope takes the reins on Wall Street, stocks rally worldwide
NEW YORK — In Wall Street’s tug of war between hope and pessimism about the coronavirus pandemic, hope is pulling back. U.S. stocks joined a worldwide...
Cuomo: Feds must help with testing. Trump: Stop complaining
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump tussled over wide-scale coronavirus testing Friday, with the governor arguing the federal gove...
IMF, World Bank pledge help amid calls for more debt relief
WASHINGTON — The 189-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending agency, the World Bank, on Friday pledged to step up their efforts to c...