Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled the moon alone in 1971 while his two crewmates test-drove the first lunar rover, die...
US military’s role in response to virus outbreak is growing
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's role in responding to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States began to rapidly expand on Wednesday as officials anno...
Carlson says he felt obligation to meet with Trump on virus
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson says he felt a “moral obligation” to meet with President Donald Trump and warn him personally about the s...
Colleges offering dorms as hospital overflow for virus cases
BOSTON — A growing number of U.S. colleges are preparing to turn empty dorms into temporary housing for patients with the coronavirus as the nation’s ...
Trump dubs COVID-19 ‘Chinese virus’ despite hate crime risks
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t think calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus" — or the "kung-flu," as one administrati...
Health and safety: Police shift priorities as crisis grows
NEW YORK — Police officers in Fort Worth and Denver have stopped arresting people for some low-level crimes. The district attorney in Brooklyn is decl...
AP source: Jaguars dumping QB Nick Foles in trade to Bears
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are trying to mitigate one of the costliest mistakes in franchise history. The Chicago Bears could benef...
As US governors impose restrictions, Texas stays out of it
AUSTIN, Texas — Mayors are shuttering bars, governors are closing schools and President Donald Trump says avoid groups larger than 10 people. Rapidly ...
Automakers shut North American plants over coronavirus fears
Detroit — Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Honda and Toyota confirm they will temporarily shut down all North American factories due to the corona...
Basement cam connects ‘Today’ show’s Savannah Guthrie
NEW YORK — Working at home on Wednesday was a little more involved than a laptop and cellphone for “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie.
How I bought a tiny home; one woman’s story
HGTV shows have popularized tiny homes — typically those smaller than 400 square feet — in a big way. Many people are drawn to this alternative path t...
Tennis tours stop until June for COVID-19; rankings frozen
The ATP and WTA professional tennis tours suspended all competition through at least June 7 because of the new coronavirus pandemic and froze their ra...
The show will go on. Just from their living rooms
NEW YORK — The spreading coronavirus canceled several touring performances from A-list musical artists, but those acts have found a new venue to sing:...
Officer is found justified in fatal shooting of driver, 18
HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut police officer who fired through the windshield of a car coming at him and killed the 18-year-old driver was justified...
Coronavirus layoffs spark surge in state jobless claims
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In Ohio, more than 48,000 people applied for jobless benefits during the first two days of this week. The tally during the same ...
Review: Mackie leads a little-known story in ‘The Banker’
“ The Banker ” is an odd title for this film. It has the effect of underselling a fascinating story about a black business savant that was inspired by...
Q&A: Brian De Palma on why movies should be beautiful
NEW YORK — Movie theaters may be shuttered across the country, and projects delayed, but there is still newly released work of lurid and pulpy goodnes...
SpaceX puts 60 satellites into orbit despite engine failure
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX launched 60 more of its internet satellites into orbit Wednesday despite an engine failure shortly after liftoff on a re...
Kelsea Ballerini goes on a ‘first-name basis’ on third album
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Kelsea Ballerini is an oversharer, both on social media and in songs, and those inner conversations, anxieties and obsessions show ...
AP Exclusive: Barr creating task force on prison misconduct
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is creating a special task force to address criminal misconduct by federal Bureau of Prison officers at several co...
Olympic leaders back IOC’s Tokyo stance after rare criticism
GENEVA — Regional Olympic officials on Wednesday rallied around the IOC and backed its stance on opening the Tokyo Games as scheduled, one day after d...
Food banks face virus dilemma: More demand, fewer volunteers
DES MOINES, Iowa — With the new coronavirus leaving many people at least temporarily out of work, food banks and pantries across the U.S. are scrambli...
Kansas finishes No. 1 in final AP poll; Gonzaga, Dayton next
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self has spent much of the past week mulling ways to commemorate one of the more remarkable seasons in the school's...
Ottawa player is 1st in NHL to test positive for COVID-19
An Ottawa Senators player has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the first known case in the NHL.
Report: Surge in white nationalism ramps up violence threat
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A recent surge in white nationalism in the U.S. has led to a growing threat of violence by factions that embrace bloodshed and ad...
Norwegian musher achieves boyhood dream, wins Iditarod race
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — As a young boy growing up in Norway, Thomas Waerner spent idle hours thinking long and hard about two different kinds of iconic Am...
Balkans fights virus amid lack of doctors, medical supplies
BELGRADE, Serbia — The main Serbian hospital treating patients infected with coronavirus looks like an abandoned building, but it isn’t.
Olympic torch relay began in 1936 at Hitler’s Berlin Games
TOKYO — The torch relay was not always a fixture of the modern Olympics, which began in 1896.
Computer-graphics pioneers win tech’s Turing prize
The technology that animated movies like “Toy Story” and enabled a variety of special effects is the focus of this year’s Turing Award, the technology...
Greek police use tear gas on migrants at Turkish border
THESSALONIKI, Greece — Clashes broke out overnight on Greece's border with Turkey early Wednesday, after 500 migrants attempted to break down a border...