Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been relying on to ensure his...
US begins ‘warp speed’ vaccine push as studies ramp up
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump vowed to use “every plane, truck and soldier” to distribute COVID-19 vaccines he hopes will be ready by year's end...
Column: Former Georgia player shows power of persistence
ATLANTA — For all its ills, there are times when college athletics gets it just right.
Crisis averted, hospital ship leaves LA; treats 77 patients
LOS ANGELES — Seven weeks ago a Navy hospital ship pulled into the Port of Los Angeles to provide relief to the city amid fears it was about to become...
Ivanka Trump tours launch of USDA’s family food box program
LAUREL, Md. — Billions of dollars worth of fruit, vegetables and other farm products that might have gone to waste because of the coronavirus pandemic...
Many struggling in horse racing hope return brings lifeline
Instead of the Preakness running Saturday in Baltimore with perhaps another heralded Kentucky Derby winner looking to capture the second jewel of the ...
Retailers face reckoning as April’s sales drop sets a record
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to nationa...
Tourists enter reopened Grand Canyon despite virus concerns
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Tourists appeared ready to roam Grand Canyon National Park again after it partially reopened Friday, despite objec...
Tennis tours extend coronavirus breaks; 40-plus events off
More than 40 top-level professional tennis tournaments are off the sport's 2020 calendar because of the coronavirus pandemic as of Friday, when the me...
NASCAR’s return latest chapter in Darlington’s rich legacy
DARLINGTON, S.C. — Harold Brasington III recalls riding around the infield at Darlington Raceway as a youngster with his late grandfather, track build...
Biden campaign steps up hires despite money gap with Trump
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will hire by June at least 600 field staffers dedicated to an “expanded map” of battleground states, despi...
Sailors on sidelined carrier get virus for second time
WASHINGTON — Five sailors on the aircraft carrier sidelined in Guam due to a COVID-19 outbreak have gotten the virus for the second time and have been...
Boy, 9, is 1st French death from likely COVID-linked illness
LE PECQ, France — Medics at a hospital that treated the first child to die in France with a puzzling inflammatory condition seemingly linked to the ne...
10 cases, 2 weeks, 1 Supreme Court holding phone arguments
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the Supreme Court is doing business. For the foreseeable future the court will be announcing...
Michigan judge hears latest clash over stay-home orders
DETROIT — Republicans who control the Michigan Legislature urged a judge Friday to strike down stay-home orders and other restrictions related to the ...
Review: Zoinks! ‘Scoob!’ is no tasty treat
Even before darker anxieties took hold, the bad guys of “Scooby-Doo” were charmingly quaint. An evil circus owner, a grumpy civil servant, a plotting ...
Historically black colleges work to help students amid virus
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ja’nayla Johnson worked hard in high school with the dream of being the first in her family to graduate from college, but she start...
Daveed Diggs lets out his inner sci-fi fan in ‘Snowpiercer’
LOS ANGELES — Daveed Diggs was sorting through the many TV offers coming his way a few years ago when, as the Tony Award-winning actor puts it, “there...
Oh, baby! Flyers’ van Riemsdyk has full house with new girl
PHILADELPHIA — James van Riemsdyk can’t keep track of the secondary assists while his family is quarantined with his in-laws: it’s all hands on deck i...
Nebraska court orders disclosure of execution drug records
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska prison officials cannot withhold public records that reveal where they purchased their supply of lethal injection drugs, the st...
Age and pandemic: Time lost, plans canceled, dreams deferred
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Elizabeth Hubbard was booked for a cruise that followed the path of Lewis and Clark's expedition in the Pacific Northwest. Joel...
Curtis Sittenfeld’s `Rodham’ imagines a different `Hillary’
NEW YORK — Over the past few years, author Curtis Sittenfeld has gotten to know Hillary Clinton in a way uniquely suited for a novelist — by writing a...
U.S. layoffs surged to record high of 11.4 million in March
WASHINGTON — U.S. layoffs soared in March to a record 11.4 million after state and local governments closed restaurants, bars, movie theaters and othe...
Portland, Oregon, homeless tax tests voter mood in pandemic
PORTLAND, Ore. — Voters in metropolitan Portland, Oregon, will be asked Tuesday to approve taxes on personal income and business profits that would ra...
US stock indexes are mostly lower on weak retail sales data
Stock indexes were mostly lower in early trading on Wall Street Friday following another batch of data showing how the business shutdowns aimed at slo...
VIRUS DIARY: Navigating a flu-like illness in the corona age
TEL AVIV, Israel — For those of us from a region where outbursts of violence are an occupational hazard, coping with coronavirus seemed simple enough:...
Hong Kong police watchdog upholds actions against protesters
HONG KONG — A long-awaited report from an official Hong Kong police watchdog group issued Friday said officers used force only in response to threats ...
Louisville seeks US review of police killing of black woman
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville officials have now asked the U.S. Justice Department and the FBI to review the police department's internal investigation...
Once adversaries, Boston lawyers now aid COVID-19 caregivers
During a storied legal career, Clyde Bergstresser has become one of the go-to medical malpractice lawyers in Massachusetts. But as COVID-19 cases surg...
Malaysia drops charge against ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ producer
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian prosecutors have dropped money laundering charges against “The Wolf of Wall Street” film producer and stepson of ex...