Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hints of more
Meet your new but shy galactic neighbor: A black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star.
Dallas salon owner jailed for defying virus shutdown order
DALLAS — A hair salon owner in Texas was ordered to spend a week in jail after she continued to operate her business despite restrictions put in place...
Trump tours, touts mask factory — but no mask for him
PHOENIX — Making himself Exhibit A for reopening the country, President Donald Trump visited an Arizona face mask factory, using the trip to demonstra...
Lives Lost: Generous Egyptian grandma was family ‘jewel’
BAHTIM, Egypt — Gold and silver streamers fluttered in the breeze, hung from house to house down the alley, a festive sign of the holy month of Ramada...
Philippine TV network’s shutdown amid pandemic sparks uproar
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine church and business leaders expressed alarm Wednesday over a government agency’s shutdown of the country’s largest TV...
Trump’s top spy pick vows he won’t politicize intelligence
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Ratcliffe, President Donald Trump's pick to be the nation's top intelligence official, was nothing if not consistent as he told...
Asia Today: India’s cases spike with Chennai market cluster
NEW DELHI — Health officials are rushing to contain the spread of the coronavirus in India's southern city of Chennai, where a large cluster has been ...
Judge restores New York Democratic presidential primary
NEW YORK — The New York Democratic presidential primary must take place June 23 because canceling it would be unconstitutional and deprive withdrawn p...
Fighters see UFC 249 as chance to spread hope, inspiration
When the UFC leads North America's major sports back into action Saturday night with a pay-per-view show in Florida, Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje ...
Navy SEAL recruits resume training while social distancing
SAN DIEGO — Navy SEAL recruits and their instructors are being tested for the coronavirus as the candidates in one of the military’s most grueling pro...
Trump pick to oversee virus spending pledges impartiality
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s choice to oversee a significant chunk of the $2 trillion economic rescue law pledged Tuesday to conduct audits a...
Disney profit sinks amid shuttered parks, movies and sports
NEW YORK — The House of Mouse is struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. Disney reported a steep decline in profit as many segments of its media and...
Northeastern Brazil city is nation’s first to enter lockdown
SAO PAULO — The capital of tropical Maranhão state ground largely to a halt Tuesday, becoming the first major Brazilian city to enter a lockdown in th...
Intel nominee faces skeptics, vows to resist Trump pressure
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's nominee for national intelligence director sought at his confirmation hearing Tuesday to shed his reputation as ...
Stocks end higher on Wall Street even after late-day stumble
Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as more countries relaxed restrictions on businesses, raising hopes for a recovery from the histor...
US couple’s nightmare: Held in China, away from daughter
SHANGHAI — The first thing Daniel Hsu noticed about the room was that there were no sharp edges. The walls were covered with beige rubber, the table w...
Social distancing long routine in areas run by armed groups
MEXICO CITY — For people in Mexican towns and villages where criminal gangs, armed groups and drug traffickers hold more sway than the state, the nove...
Rosalind Elias dies at 90; made Broadway debut at 81
NEW YORK — Rosalind Elias, an American mezzo-soprano who created roles in a pair of Samuel Barber world premieres and made her Broadway debut at 81, h...
Pelosi pushes new virus package as McConnell hits “pause”
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead Tuesday with the next coronavirus aid, a sweeping package that is expected to be unveiled soon e...
France’s Macron makes mask-wearing an act of national pride
PARIS — With a face mask 100% made in France, President Emmanuel Macron showed the famously fashionable French people Tuesday that civic responsibilit...
Todd ready to return to PGA Tour, willing to take on risks
Brendon Todd sees risks involved in the PGA Tour resuming its schedule next month, and he's willing to take them.
US infection rate rising outside New York as states open up
Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the ...
As US piles up debt to aid economy, even usual critics cheer
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has opened the spigots and let loose nearly $3 trillion to try to rescue the economy from the coronavirus outbreak — ...
California sues Uber, Lyft over alleged labor law violations
LOS ANGELES — California is suing ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the...
UK, US kick off post-Brexit free trade talks amid outbreak
LONDON — After a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, British and American negotiators have opened negotiations on a trade agreement that the U.K...
Another 1,700 virus deaths reported in NY nursing homes
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state has reported more than 1,700 previously undisclosed deaths at nursing homes and adult care facilities as the state faces...
Virus threatens future of already-struggling transit systems
BOSTON — Before the pandemic, public transit users in cities around the country bonded over a slew of ills that plagued aging subway systems, from del...
Watchdog concerned over Census Bureau’s vetting of workers
ORLANDO, Fla. — Almost 300 people working for the U.S. Census Bureau last year had “major" issues with their background checks and a lack of vetting o...
With camps shut, families face summer in the great indoors
Welcome to summer in the great indoors.