Iran defends virus response as Syria reports first death
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Sunday lashed out at criticism of authorities' lagging response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle Eas...
Largest US dam removal stirs debate over coveted West water
KLAMATH, Calif. — The second-largest river in California has sustained Native American tribes with plentiful salmon for millennia, provided upstream f...
Legislatures meet remotely, limit public as virus spreads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Members of the Arkansas House met in a college basketball arena, spaced out among 5,600 seats, as they voted on ways to cover a ...
States scramble to arrange child care for essential workers
ALBANY, N.Y. — A nurse and a single mother, Becca Rosselli had a choice to make when her daughter's school and care programs closed for the coronaviru...
The Latest: Spanish league raises $740,000 for virus relief
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Uganda’s Bobi Wine sings against virus, criticizes leaders
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine, who released a song urging Africa's people to wash their hands to stop the spread ...
US-led forces pull out of 3rd Iraqi base this month
BAGHDAD — The U.S.-led coalition withdrew on Sunday from a military base in northern Iraq that nearly launched Washington into an open war with neighb...
In Somalia, coronavirus goes from fairy tale to nightmare
MOGADISHU, Somalia — At first, the coronavirus was just a fairy tale, a rumor along the dusty lanes of the displaced persons’ camp that Habiba Ali cal...
Off to the cafe: Sweden is outlier in virus restrictions
STOCKHOLM — The streets of Stockholm are quiet but not deserted. People still sit at outdoor cafes in the center of Sweden's capital. Vendors still se...
Germany’s Merkel shines in virus crisis even as power wanes
BERLIN — In her first address to the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, German Chancellor Angela Merkel calmly appealed to citizens' reason and disci...
Counties without coronavirus are mostly rural, poor
SANTA FE, N.M. — As the coronavirus rages across the United States, mainly in large urban areas, more than a third of U.S. counties have yet to report...
The Latest: Michigan executive order restores water service
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
North Korea test fires missiles amid worries about outbreak
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea and Japan said, continuing a streak of wea...
Trump: No quarantine, but travel advisory for NY, CT and NJ
NORFOLK, Va. — President Donald Trump backed away from calling for a quarantine for coronavirus hotspots in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, inst...
IndyCar goes iRacing as latest series to offer fans content
The walk to the starting grid for Tony Kanaan began in his Indianapolis kitchen, through the foyer, past the trophy case, up the stairs, down the hall...
Coronavirus roils every segment of US child welfare system
NEW YORK — Child welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges that the coronavi...
AP Interview: Roger Penske talks postponing Indianapolis 500
Roger Penske, at 83 and considered high risk for the coronavirus as a 2017 kidney transplant recipient, still makes the daily three-minute commute to ...
Rosneft hands Venezuelan oil business to Russian state firm
MOSCOW — Russia’s Rosneft oil company said Saturday that it's halting operations in Venezuela and selling its assets there to a company fully owned by...
NCAA’s greatest hits: Austin Carr’s record 61 points in 1970
Austin Carr played for Notre Dame in an era when prolific scorers dominated college basketball.
AP Was There: Villanova shoots lights out to upend Hoyas
A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournament. They are be...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes life-or-death coronavirus gamble
RIO DE JANEIRO — Even as coronavirus cases mount in Latin America’s largest nation, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has staked out the most deliber...
Locked up: No masks, sanitizer as virus spreads behind bars
Something was wrong. The chow hall line at New York’s Rikers Island jail had halted. For three hours, the men stood and waited, without food, until a ...
Texts, not door-knocks: Census outreach shifts amid virus
ORLANDO, Fla. — In tiny Munfordville, Kentucky, the closure of the public library has cut people off from a computer used only for filling out census ...
Analysis: Virus pulls federalism debate into 21st Century
WASHINGTON — A flu pandemic was ravaging the world, killing indiscriminately in almost every country, including more than 600,000 deaths in the United...
Players and musicians in Spanish festival to fight virus
MADRID — Soccer players and celebrities will take part in a global music festival on Saturday organized by the Spanish league in order to raise funds ...
On Wall Street, some optimism penetrates the uncertainty
Stocks rallied this week as Washington acted to provide $2.2 trillion of relief to an economy shocked by the coronavirus outbreak, leaving some on Wal...
Living outside lockdown: Barbers, beauty shops still open
ELGIN, S.C. — With South Carolina's first coronavirus hot spot just a short jaunt up the highway, Johellen Lee hadn't been out for anything but grocer...
Hawks no more: Fiscal conservatives embrace rescue package
NEW YORK — Republicans who have spent the past decade howling about the danger of ballooning deficits embraced the coronavirus rescue package approved...
Virus prevention measures turn violent in parts of Africa
JOHANNESBURG — Police fired tear gas at a crowd of Kenyan ferry commuters as the country’s first day of a coronavirus curfew slid into chaos. Elsewher...
A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness
GLEN ALLEN, Va. — In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garde...