Persistently high layoffs suggest a slow US economic rebound
WASHINGTON — Three months after the viral outbreak shut down businesses across the country, U.S. employers are still shedding jobs at a heavy rate, a ...
Pandemic gives businesses lessons in survival, innovation
NEW YORK — When the coronavirus outbreak forced Sean Giovanni to shut down his recording studio in for two months, he dropped off mobile equipment at ...
Review: Very hip, very haunted house in ‘Should Have Left’
C'mon. Everyone knows that when you rent a vacation house online, you read the reviews first.
Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind
LONDON — As the race for a vaccine against the new coronavirus intensifies, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limi...
After 100-day wait, English soccer returns and takes a knee
MANCHESTER, England — Players kneeled in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and victims of the coronavirus were remembered as the Premier Leag...
Officer charged with murder for shooting Rayshard Brooks
ATLANTA — Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that Broo...
Biden calls on Trump to ‘wake up’ to havoc caused by virus
DARBY, Pa. — Joe Biden unleashed a stinging critique Wednesday of President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus, calling on Trump to "wake up” ...
Judge: Gay couple’s child was US citizen at birth in Canada
SILVER SPRING, Md. — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the State Department must recognize that the daughter of a gay couple in Maryland has been a...
Charleston officials to remove statue of slavery advocate
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Despite a South Carolina law protecting monuments, officials in the historic city of Charleston announced Wednesday that they plan to...
Bolton says Trump asked China to help him get reelected
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit meeting to help his reelection prospects by purchasing more American...
Wife of U.S. Rep. Andy Barr dies unexpectedly at age 39
LEXINGTON, Ky. — U.S. Rep. Andy Barr expressed “profound grief” Wednesday over the unexpected death of his 39-year-old wife at their home in Kentucky ...
Powell: A stronger job market is key to combating inequality
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed Wednesday that the federal government's role in strengthening the U.S. market in the face...
Nation’s capital could move to phase 2 reopening next week
WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C., officials are targeting next Monday for the start of phase two of reopening the nation's capital after months of social...
Senate GOP proposes police changes, less sweeping than Dems’
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled proposed changes to police procedures and accountability Wednesday, countering Democratic policing legislatio...
Washington city helps residents, merchants with wooden money
TENINO, Wash. — The blue-cheese salad dressing, butter, ground turkey, cans of grain-free dog food and new toothbrush came to $24.97.
Senate approves $2.8B plan to boost conservation, parks
WASHINGTON — The Senate has approved a bipartisan bill that would double spending on a popular conservation program and devote nearly $2 billion a yea...
World’s fastest man suspended for missing doping tests
DÜSSELDORF, Germany — The fastest man in the world has been sidelined for a string of missed doping tests.
Concrete barriers installed around Lee statue in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. — Concrete barriers were installed Wednesday morning around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that has been ordered to be rem...
More stimulus expected as UK inflation drops to 4-year low
LONDON — Inflation in the U.K. fell to its lowest level in four years in May following a big coronavirus-related drop in prices at the pump, official ...
North Korea says it’s sending soldiers to joint border sites
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Wednesday that it will send soldiers to now-shuttered inter-Korean cooperation sites in its territory and reinst...
Months into virus, biggest one-day case spike worries Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — Months into Iran's fight against the coronavirus, doctors and nurses at Tehran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital still don a mask, a disposa...
Down Under sets aside historic acrimony in UK trade talks
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Both Australia and New Zealand announced Wednesday they are starting free-trade talks with the United Kingdom, as each count...
Japan’s exports, imports sank in May amid pandemic fallout
TOKYO — Japan’s exports sank 28% in May, while imports dropped 26% as the coronavirus pandemic slammed global trade.
Mississippi official: Black people ‘dependent’ since slavery
JACKSON, Miss. — After rejecting a proposal to move a Confederate monument, a white elected official in Mississippi said this week that African Americ...
Trump signs order on police reform, doesn’t mention racism
WASHINGTON — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that he sa...
‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ among first to resume shooting
LOS ANGELES — “The Bold and the Beautiful” plans to resume production Wednesday, becoming the first network scripted show to start shooting again afte...
Watchdogs say Trump admin limiting oversight of virus aid
WASHINGTON — Government watchdogs are warning that legal decisions by the Trump administration could severely limit their ability to oversee more than...
EU authorities open twin Apple antitrust investigations
LONDON — European Union regulators opened two investigations on Tuesday into Apple's mobile app store and payment platform over concerns its practices...
Padma Lakshmi gets political with series cheering immigrants
NEW YORK — Padma Lakshmi has watched in anger as some politicians denigrate immigrants. She's been left seething as newcomers are discriminated agains...
Review: ‘Bully. Coward. Victim,’ a personal look at Roy Cohn
The director of a new documentary about Roy Cohn is not exactly a neutral party. After all, Cohn played a key role in getting her grandparents execute...