California rushes to aid virus-stricken border region
EL CENTRO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that the state is building a “field medical station" with up to 125 beds to aid a farming...
Allies: Ex-Detroit mayor to be released from prison early
DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is being quarantined at a federal prison while awaiting a likely release in June, which would be years...
NASCAR grabs much-needed momentum in return to live racing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR had been planning sweeping changes for 2021 in hopes of finding new fans and adding some energy to a staid, stale schedule.
Federal prison system to begin moving nearly 7K inmates
WASHINGTON — The federal Bureau of Prisons will begin moving about 6,800 inmates who have been waiting in local detention centers across the U.S. to f...
IndyCar drivers cope with strange Memorial Day weekend
INDIANAPOLIS — Simon Pagenaud knows what he should be doing right now.
Pandemic job losses hit tourism-dependent states hardest
HONOLULU — The coronavirus pandemic has been particularly brutal to the tourism-dependent economies of Nevada and Hawaii, lifting the unemployment rat...
Jerry Sloan, coaching great of Jazz glory days, dies at 78
Jerry Sloan walked up the steps to the stage at the Basketball Hall of Fame to give his enshrinement speech in 2009, almost as if he were dreading wha...
Global tourism upended; worst-case earnings scenario dodged
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to nationa...
Group: Texas naval base shooter voiced support for clerics
The suspect killed during what the FBI is calling a “terrorism-related” attack at a Texas naval air base voiced support for hardline clerics, accordin...
AP count: Over 4,500 virus patients sent to NY nursing homes
NEW YORK — More than 4,500 recovering coronavirus patients were sent to New York’s already vulnerable nursing homes under a controversial state direct...
Loughlin, Giannulli plead in college scam, but fate is hazy
“Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty Friday to paying half a million dollars to get the...
Wall Street ends a choppy day mostly higher; crude oil falls
Wall Street shook off a weak start and ended a wobbly day mostly higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Friday, bringing its weekly gain to 3.2%. Crude oil...
Biden says he was too ‘cavalier’ about black Trump backers
ATLANTA — Joe Biden said he “should not have been so cavalier” in comments earlier Friday in which he suggested African Americans who back President D...
Zion Williamson’s lawyers doubt marketing firm’s contract
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Lawyers for New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson want a federal judge in North Carolina to rule that a marketing firm sui...
Tech privacy firm warns contact tracing app violates policy
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A contact tracing app pushed by the governors of North Dakota and South Dakota as a tool to trace exposure to the coronavirus viol...
California’s April jobless rate higher than Great Recession
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's unemployment rate nearly tripled to 15.5% in April as the nation's most populous state lost more jobs in one month f...
In Mexico City, experts find bones of dozens of mammoths
MEXICO CITY — Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction just north of Mexico City, near human-built ’t...
Flooding forces evacuations in more Michigan communities
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. — More Central Michigan riverside residents evacuated their homes Friday after being overwhelmed by flooding from two failed da...
US regulators approve new type of contraceptive gel
U.S. regulators on Friday approved a birth control gel that works in a new way to prevent pregnancy.
Perry’s studio moves toward reopening while industry waits
LOS ANGELES — Tyler Perry is planning to make his Atlanta-based mega studio one of the first domestic filming grounds to reopen during the coronavirus...
Trump turns Memorial Day event into quasi campaign rally
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday turned an early Memorial Day remembrance of fallen U.S. service members into a quasi reelection campaign...
Disinfected dice: Las Vegas casinos getting ready to roll
LAS VEGAS — Free parking, but no valet service. Bartenders, blackjack dealers and waiters wearing masks. Hand sanitizer everywhere.
Flights to Cyprus to resume from select countries next month
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus on Friday outlined plans for the phased resumption next month of commercial flights from a select number of countries with lo...
Pakistan jet with 98 aboard crashes in crowded neighborhood
KARACHI, Pakistan — A jetliner carrying 98 people crashed Friday in a crowded neighborhood near the airport in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi after a...
Chicago Latinos see higher rates of COVID-19 infections
CHICAGO — When Erendira Martinez’s husband started feeling sick at the beginning of April, he brushed off his cough and told her it was nothing.
NASA’s newest test pilots are veteran astronauts, friends
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two astronauts who will test drive SpaceX’s brand new rocketship are classmates and friends, veteran spacefliers married to...
UK to start huge vaccine test; China reports promising hints
LONDON — British researchers testing an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus are moving into advanced studies and aim to immunize more tha...
In prison, producer finds new voice for inmates, and himself
NEW YORK — David Jassy was a successful music producer who had worked with Britney Spears and others when he was sent to prison for killing a man duri...
Friday prayers resume in Gaza despite new virus fears
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s Hamas rulers allowed mosques to reopen for Friday prayers for the first time since March, despite a recent spike in new...
The flipside of ‘Hoosiers’ - No ‘miracle’ for Muncie Central
INDIANAPOLIS — The 1954 Indiana high school basketball tournament remains so vivid in Leon Agullana's memory it's as if he never left Muncie Central.