Powell says Fed will name borrowers, will use all its tools
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is pledging to reveal the names and other details of the entities that borrow from the emergency prog...
Trump hears restaurant owners’ worries, sees good days ahead
WASHINGTON — Restaurant owners gave President Donald Trump a sobering accounting Monday of the widespread damage the coronavirus pandemic has dealt th...
Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies
LOS ANGELES — Ken Osmond, who played the two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell on TV's “Leave It to Beaver,” died Monday, his family said.
FBI: Shooter at Pensacola base coordinated with al-Qaida
The gunman who killed three U.S. sailors at a military base in Florida last year repeatedly communicated with al-Qaida operatives about planning in th...
JC Penney plans to close more than 240 stores
NEW YORK — J.C. Penney will permanently close nearly 30% of its 846 stores as part of a restructuring under bankruptcy protection.
Outside judge named to preside over cases in Arbery slaying
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge from outside the coastal Georgia community where Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot has been appointed to preside over trial proce...
Feds urge ‘extreme caution’ for reopening nursing homes
NEW YORK — Federal authorities are urging governors to use “extreme caution” in deciding when to resume visits at nursing homes, saying it shouldn't c...
PG&E’s bankruptcy plan wins support from wildfire victims
BERKELEY, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric's plan for getting out of bankruptcy has won overwhelming support from the victims of deadly Northern Ca...
Film shows nightmare of an emergency room in Italy
NEW YORK — Filmmaker Sasha Joelle Achilli has made documentaries on the Ebola virus and now the coronavirus. Ask which virus scares her more, and the ...
Chiefs’ Hill completes year-long reclamation of himself
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The steady stream of nurses filing out of St. Luke's Hospital for close to an hour was finally slowing down, which was altogether f...
Uber cuts 3,000 jobs as pandemic slashes demand for rides
NEW YORK — Uber has cut 3,000 jobs from its workforce, its second major wave of layoffs in two weeks as the coronavirus slashed demand for rides.
Review: Dinan’s debut novel sounds climate change alarm
“Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here,” by Nancy Wayson Dinan (Bloomsbury)
SBA leaves businesses still hoping for more leeway on loans
NEW YORK — Small businesses hoping for more leeway in using coronavirus loan money were disappointed as the government released instructions for seeki...
Germany, France propose virus recovery fund for EU economy
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France agreed Monday on a one-off 500 billion-euro ($543 billion) fund to help the European Union recover from the...
Report: Treasury fund to ease virus crisis off to slow start
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have lent hardly any money under a $500 billion fund created by economic rescue law passed in...
TV cliffhanger: New season in jeopardy amid virus shutdown
LOS ANGELES — The first new TV season of the coronavirus era is facing an understandably shaky start that comes with a tacit disclaimer: No one is sur...
High court allows bigger award in 1998 embassy bombings case
The Supreme Court is allowing a bigger award of money to victims of the 1998 bombings by al-Qaida of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es ...
WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
GENEVA — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the int...
Barr says he doesn’t envision investigations of Biden, Obama
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he did not expect investigations into the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation to lea...
Sweeping federal lawsuit seeks election changes in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Advocates for people with disabilities and minority voters in Wisconsin filed a sweeping federal lawsuit Monday asking a judge to orde...
New this week: Gaga, 1975 music, a last ‘Trip,’ ‘Stargirl’
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this w...
Lives Lost: An unassuming maestro of Sunday soundtracks
At funerals, he made the organ moan, and at weddings, it thundered in joy. On Christmas, bells twinkled; on Easter, trumpets blasted. He delivered vic...
A homebound Penn & Teller make magic for us during lockdown
NEW YORK — The magicians Penn & Teller hope to pull off a heck of a trick on Monday — make fears of the coronavirus disappear, at least for an hou...
New protest in Albania over National Theater demolition
TIRANA, Albania — Albanian artists and opposition party supporters gathered for a second day Monday to protest the demolition of the crumbling Nationa...
European airlines hope to resume flights but outlook is dim
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — European airlines are planning for a return to the skies this summer after being grounded almost completely for weeks over the c...
VIRUS DIARY: Starting a life, as life withdraws around her
ATLANTA — In December, I sat in a Manhattan building booming with shouts of praise and listened intently as a speaker from my church spoke about the e...
`This Is Us’ stars Moore, Hartley co-host Red Nose special
LOS ANGELES — “This Is Us” stars Mandy Moore and Justin Hartley will co-host NBC's Red Nose Day special to raise money and awareness for children in n...
‘Matewan Massacre’ a century ago embodied miners’ struggles
MATEWAN, W.Va. — The bullet holes in the brick wall of a former post office serve as a reminder of how Appalachian coal miners fought to improve the l...
French actor Michel Piccoli, arthouse star, is dead at 94
PARIS — French actor Michel Piccoli, a prolific screen star who appeared in landmark films by directors such as Luis Bunuel and Jean-Luc Godard, has d...
Bundesliga coaches find their voices without crowd noise
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — Call it the sound of silence. With the stands empty, players and coaches in Germany are changing how they communicate.