A drug offers hope even as virus cases rise in Africa, Asia
JOHANNESBURG — Researchers on Tuesday announced the first drug shown to reduce deaths among severely ill coronavirus patients, offering hope even as i...
North Korea destroys empty liaison office with South
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, i...
Queen Elizabeth misses Royal Ascot for first time in reign
LONDON — Nothing has kept Queen Elizabeth II away from the Royal Ascot horse racing meeting during her 68-year reign as U.K. monarch — not pregnancy, ...
US retail sales up a record 17.7% in a partial rebound
BALTIMORE — U.S. retail sales jumped by a record 17.7% from April to May, with spending partially rebounding after the coronavirus had shut down busin...
Stranded seafarers could stop work, disrupting world trade
ATHENS, Greece — Merchant ship crew members stranded at sea for months due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions could now start refusing to furt...
New execution dates set for federal inmates on death row
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has set new dates to begin executing federal death-row inmates following a monthslong legal battle over the plan t...
Biden posts massive $81M cash haul for May
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden pulled in $81 million for his election effort in the month of May, a massive sum that shows the extent to which Democrats have ...
Rise in infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens
BERLIN — European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept awa...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s false security on kids and COVID-19
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump may be giving parents a false sense of security when it comes to kids and COVID-19.
Supreme Court says gay, transgender workers protected by law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a landmark civil rights law protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from discrimination in emplo...
Dispatcher unafraid of being ‘snitch’ reports Floyd arrest
MINNEAPOLIS — A 911 dispatcher who was apparently watching in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into the neck of George Floyd c...
US revokes emergency use of drugs touted by Trump vs. virus
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Monday revoked emergency authorization for malaria drugs promoted by President Donald Trump for treating COVID-19 amid...
Poll: Black Americans most likely to know a COVID-19 victim
DETROIT — African Americans are disproportionately likely to say a family member or close friend has died of COVID-19 or respiratory illness since Mar...
Pen pal program forges connections beyond nursing homes
CONCORD, N.H. — Rich Vanderweit saw the loneliness of older people in the COVID-19 pandemic, and he devised a modest effort to ease their isolation.
American convicted of spying in Russia, gets 16 years
MOSCOW — A Russian court convicted an American corporate security executive Monday of espionage and sentenced him to 16 years in prison after a closed...
Auto workers chief, prosecutor to discuss reforming union
DETROIT — The head of the United Auto Workers will meet this month with the U.S. attorney in Detroit to discuss potential changes for the union follow...
To help distance learning absentees, educators go sleuthing
HARTFORD, Conn. — After a knock on his door, third-grade student Jamie-Lee emerged to see his school principal smiling at him from his doorstep. She h...
Europe’s borders reopen but long road for tourism to recover
BERLIN — Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began so chaotically in March. But many restriction...
Philippine journalist convicted of libel, given 6-year term
MANILA, Philippines — An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decisi...
Experts hail swift moves in wake of Atlanta police shooting
Atlanta police on Sunday quickly released body-camera and other footage that captured the shooting death of a black man by a white officer who was swi...
Accuracy still unknown for many coronavirus tests rushed out
WASHINGTON — How accurate are the coronavirus tests used in the U.S.?
Russia’s low virus death toll still raises questions in West
MOSCOW — When Leonid Shlykov's father, Sergei, died in a Moscow hospital last month after 11 days on a ventilator, the death certificate listed the co...
As US seethes over race, Trump calls out ‘evil of slavery’
WEST POINT. N.Y. — As the nation continues to grapple with its racial past, President Donald Trump urged West Point's graduating class Saturday to “ne...
Atlanta police chief resigns after fatal police shooting
ATLANTA — Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday hours after a black man was fatally shot by officers in a struggle following a field sobriety test....
Spike in deaths in Darfur points to virus’ invisible spread
CAIRO — In the sprawling refugee camps of Darfur, the war-scarred western region of Sudan, officials say the elderly are falling sick and dying at ast...
Lives Lost: Weatherman built career on skills learned in war
PORTLAND, Maine — Robert Fleury knew he wanted to serve his country when he was a teenager, so he signed up for one of the most remote assignments in ...
Blue shirts, no ties: New dress code for Mormon missionaries
SALT LAKE CITY — The white shirts and ties that have long been the signature outfit for young men serving missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of L...
Trump says chokeholds by police should generally ‘be ended’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he’d like to see an end to the police use of chokeholds, except in certain circumstances.
Some states hit pause, others press on amid spike in virus
AUSTIN, Texas — Utah and Oregon put any further reopening of their economies on hold amid a spike in coronavirus cases, but there was no turning back ...