Hoops Hall mulls date for Bryant, Class of 2020 induction
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was gearing up for a great year: not just the all-but-certain election of NBA superstars like Kobe Bryan...
Former tennis star still shaken by encounter with cop in ’15
Nearly five years later, former tennis star James Blake says he never suspected the large man running toward him was a plainclothes New York City poli...
Movie night in Venezuela barrio offers respite from troubles
CARACAS, Venezuela — At nightfall in one corner of Venezuela's largest and most notorious barrio, all eyes turned to the glow of a temporary movie scr...
Review: Documentary about electric racing holds little spark
For proof that Leonardo DiCaprio can't save every film he touches, look no further than “And We Go Green,” a languid documentary about the electric ca...
Concerns mount about two studies on drugs for coronavirus
Concerns are mounting about studies in two influential medical journals on drugs used in people with coronavirus, including one that led multiple coun...
Protests in top 25 virus hot spots ignite fears of contagion
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As demonstrators flooded streets across America to decry the killing of George Floyd, public health experts watched in alarm — the ...
Police: Retired St. Louis police captain killed amid unrest
ST. LOUIS — A retired St. Louis police officer was shot and killed early Tuesday by people who had broken into a pawn shop during unrest that followed...
Pakistani girl dies of her injuries from Karachi plane crash
KARACHI, Pakistan — A Pakistani girl who was critically injured on the ground last month when a passenger plane went down in a crowded neighborhood of...
Afghan official: Kabul mosque bombed, 2 dead, 2 wounded
KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb exploded inside a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing two people, including the mosque's prayer leader,...
With Italy at risk, Europe Central Bank could boost stimulus
FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank could soon expand its anti-pandemic stimulus program to more than a trillion euros, giving it more fire...
Social media, music world go dark for Black Out Tuesday
NEW YORK — Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world also went dark in support of the Black Liv...
Astronauts ring opening bell for Nasdaq from space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The astronauts launched into orbit by SpaceX joined in the ringing of the opening bell for the Nasdaq on Tuesday to mark “a piv...
Afghan official says bombing of mosque in capital Kabul kills one, wounds three, including prayer leader
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan official says bombing of mosque in capital Kabul kills one, wounds three, including prayer leader.
‘Just Mercy,’ drama of racial injustice, to be free in June
NEW YORK — The 2019 film “Just Mercy,” which chronicles courtroom struggles against racial injustice and mass incarceration, will be made free on digi...
‘We won’t tolerate’: Sports world unites behind Floyd
Players who scored in the German and Hungarian soccer leagues removed their jerseys to display undershirts with the words: “Justice for George Floyd.”
Report: Child disparities highest in US South, West
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Childhood disparities around malnutrition, graduation rates, and early deaths are worst among rural, black-majority counties in the...
VIRUS DIARY: He draws, and a world opens up for his mother
LONDON — I cannot draw. I am unable to sketch anything past the outlines of a simple flower or a house no one would want to live in. For my verbally d...
Putin signs Russia’s nuclear deterrent policy
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday endorsed Russia's nuclear deterrent policy which allows him to use atomic weapons in response to a conven...
Kenyans protest as police accused of killing homeless man
NAIROBI, Kenya — Residents of a slum in Kenya's capital have protested the death of a homeless man who they said was killed by police for violating a ...
Don’t be a ‘cow on ice’: Sliding key to French Open success
Before Roger Federer briefly returned to clay-court tennis in 2019 — a decade removed from his French Open title — his confidence was low, he explaine...
French virus tracing app goes live amid debate over privacy
PARIS — France is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks as lockdown restrictions gradually ease,...
Cartoonists to thank frontline workers playfully this Sunday
NEW YORK — The funny papers this Sunday will have more than laughs.
Parisians return to cafes; Latin America sees virus surge
PARIS — Parisians returned to the City of Light’s beloved sidewalk cafes as the French government eased lockdown restrictions Tuesday, but across the ...
F1 will start with 2 races at the Austrian GP in July
PARIS — Formula One will finally get underway with back-to-back races at the Austrian Grand Prix in July as part of an eight-race European swing.
US retains Rugby World Cup vision despite financial peril
With the soccer World Cup lined up for 2026 and the Los Angeles Olympics two years later, the United States will be the focal point for sports later t...
Monkeys, ferrets offer needed clues in COVID-19 vaccine race
The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine boils down to some critical questions: How much must the shots rev up someone’s immune system to really work? A...
Paris cafes, restaurants partially reopen post-lockdown
PARIS — Parisians who have been cooped up for months with takeout food and coffee will be able to savor their steaks tartare in the fresh air and cobb...