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Unlike 2008 crisis, pandemic has no leader, no global plan

UNITED NATIONS — When financial markets collapsed and the world faced its last great crisis in 2008, major powers worked together to restore the globa...
16:46 3 May 2020

The menu: College athletes get cooking classes, grocery tips

Nevada offensive lineman Nate Brown is doing his best to eat right, like many football players and other college athletes scattered around the country...
16:45 3 May 2020

Nebraska will open voting sites for primary despite concerns

LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska is forging ahead with plans to hold the nation's first in-person election in more than a month, despite health concerns about...
16:07 3 May 2020

Hard-to-count Arab Americans urged to prioritize census

DEARBORN, Mich. — At a Michigan gas station, the message is obvious — at least to Arabic speakers: Be counted in the 2020 census.
15:17 3 May 2020

NRA cutting staff and salaries amid coronavirus pandemic

The National Rifle Association has laid off dozens of employees, canceled its national convention and scuttled fundraising, membership and shooting ev...
15:15 3 May 2020

Sidelined by pandemic, Trump campaign turns to digital shows

WASHINGTON — The streaming video began and, within minutes, the president’s eldest son was musing that Osama bin Laden had endorsed Joe Biden.
15:09 3 May 2020

Legal drama ‘All Rise’ adapts to pandemic for season finale

LOS ANGELES — The legal drama “All Rise” has become the first U.S. scripted television series to adapt the the pandemic by producing an episode remote...
14:27 3 May 2020

AP Was There: National Guard kills 4 students at Kent State

KENT, Ohio — The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four studen...
14:19 3 May 2020

North and South Korean troops exchange fire along border

SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on Sunday, the South’s military said, the first such incide...
14:15 3 May 2020

Americans without bank accounts must wait for federal checks

NEW YORK — As the coronavirus crisis took hold, Akeil Smith's employer slashed her work as a home health aide to 25 hours per week. Her $15-an-hour sa...
14:15 3 May 2020

Algerian singer Idir, a Berber icon, has died in Paris

PARIS — Idir, an Algerian singer who gave voice to the Berber and Kabyle cultures, has died in Paris. He was 70.
14:09 3 May 2020

Battered global tourism industry makes reopening plans

Six months ago, the global tourism industry was celebrating a record year for travel. Now, it's decimated and facing a recovery that could take years.
14:09 3 May 2020

Biden wins Kansas primary conducted with all-mail balloting

TOPEKA, Kan. — Joe Biden has overwhelmingly won a Democratic presidential primary in Kansas that the state party conducted exclusively by mail because...
14:06 3 May 2020

Beaumont heads into 2nd term with rugby ‘at a crossroads’

Confronting and managing an unprecedented financial crisis. Uniting the northern and southern hemispheres in one global calendar. Maintaining the grow...
13:37 3 May 2020

Power of the needle: 4 women help UK docs needing scrubs

LONDON — They just wanted to help. But they created a movement.
12:20 3 May 2020

Desert or sea: Virus traps migrants in mid-route danger zone

Thousands of desperate migrants are trapped in limbo and even at risk of death without food, water or shelter in scorching deserts and at sea, as gove...
12:16 3 May 2020

Ex-convict helps neighbors cope in Morocco virus lockdown

RABAT, Morocco — When the coronavirus came, Noureddine Elmihnida saw it as the scourge it was. But he also says he saw it as “an opportunity.”
10:14 3 May 2020

Cycle power: Bikes emerge as a post-lockdown commuter option

MADRID — Halfway through his 30-minute bike ride to work, police ordered Juan Pasamar to dismount, accusing him of breaking Spain’s coronavirus lockdo...
7:03 3 May 2020

AP PHOTOS: Italian mountain retreat banks on summer recovery

CASTIONE DELLA PRESOLANA, Italy — As Italy gradually emerges from its two-month coronavirus lockdown, tourism operators in the hard-hit Val Seriana va...
6:24 3 May 2020

Dalton comes home to Texas as Prescott’s backup with Cowboys

Andy Dalton is coming home to Texas as Dak Prescott's backup with the Dallas Cowboys.
2:45 3 May 2020

The Latest: China has just 2 new cases

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
2:03 3 May 2020

Charlatan, Nadal give Bob Baffert sweep in Arkansas Derby

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — Charlatan romped to victory by six lengths in the first division of the Arkansas Derby and Nadal won the second division, giving H...
0:54 3 May 2020

Secretariat wins virtual Kentucky Derby

Secretariat won a virtual Kentucky Derby against 12 fellow Triple Crown winners, 47 years after the chestnut colt won the real race at Churchill Downs...
22:22 2 May 2020

Manageable, well-behaved crowds hit NJ beach on 1st day back

ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK, N.J. — From the weather to the schools of dolphins and the (mostly) well-behaved crowds, everything and everyone seemed to co...
22:02 2 May 2020

Buffett remains optimistic about future despite coronavirus

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett doesn't know how the economy will recover from the coronavirus outbreak shutdown, but he remains opt...
21:30 2 May 2020

Reade: ‘I didn’t use sexual harassment’ in Biden complaint

WASHINGTON — Tara Reade, the former Senate staffer who alleges Joe Biden sexually assaulted her 27 years ago, says she filed a limited report with a c...
21:12 2 May 2020

Scott McLaughlin wins on Indy oval for 2nd virtual victory

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Scott McLaughlin was supposed to leave Australia for Indianapolis this month to make his IndyCar debut on the road course at Indiana...
20:30 2 May 2020

Back in session: Senate risks a return but House stays away

WASHINGTON — The Senate will reopen on Monday as the coronavirus crisis rages and the House stays shuttered, a risky strategy that leaves Congress as ...
19:33 2 May 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Testing ‘czar’ rebuts Trump; vet care hyped

WASHINGTON — Diagnostic testing for the coronavirus is bound to go down in history books as one of the most consequential failures of the U.S. respons...
18:19 2 May 2020

Turkey eases export rules for medical devices used for virus

ISTANBUL — The Turkish Trade Ministry lifted temporary export restrictions and a requirement for private companies to obtain advance permission before...
17:41 2 May 2020