Building bubbles: Cautious 1st steps toward football season
College football is scheduled to kick off in less than three months and there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that games will be played Labor Day ...
A look back, and follow-up, on coronavirus good-deed tales
One Good Thing, each day. That was the guiding principle when The Associated Press launched this fixture in mid-March.
Viewers refute myth that black US films, TV are poor exports
LOS ANGELES — To entice a European TV executive shopping for programs, ABC offered up glossy fare including “Scandal” starring Kerry Washington and “H...
BP to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide amid virus pandemic
LONDON — Oil and gas company BP announced Monday that it will slash its global workforce by 10,000 jobs as the COVID-19 pandemic slams the energy indu...
In Minneapolis, rage over George Floyd extends beyond cops
MINNEAPOLIS — To truly understand the rage people in this city felt as they watched a video of George Floyd begging, gasping and slowly succumbing ben...
Vietnam ratifies trade deal with EU in boost for economy
HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam ratified a landmark trade deal Monday with the European Union that is expected to energize the country’s manufacturing sector...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump exaggerations on blacks’ economic gains
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is exaggerating economic gains for African Americans during his administration.
Police show less force as peaceful protests push reform
Police around the U.S. took a less aggressive stance and even sometimes joined protesters demanding a reckoning with institutional racism, as leaders ...
NY Times editorial page editor resigns amid fury over op-ed
NEW YORK — The New York Times’ editorial page editor resigned Sunday after the newspaper disowned an opinion piece by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton that advoca...
When protesters cry ‘defund the police,’ what does it mean?
WASHINGTON — Protesters are pushing to “defund the police" over the death of George Floyd and other black Americans killed by law enforcement. Their c...
Left out: More workers now losing hope of getting back jobs
NEW YORK — Eric Benz didn't worry very much when his graphic design firm in Atlanta laid him off in March. He felt sure he'd be recalled to work once ...
Street gatherings bring joy in Hell’s Kitchen in pandemic
NEW YORK — On a late Friday afternoon, there is joy and fraternity found on a blocked-off street in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. Neighbors...
New York City curfew lifts early following peaceful protests
NEW YORK — New York City is lifting its curfew spurred by protests against police brutality ahead of schedule, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday m...
Washington protesters express optimism after week on edge
WASHINGTON — On Monday, they were forcibly removed from the street by law enforcement. On Saturday, they danced.
The Latest: China has 1st non-imported infection in 2 weeks
BEIJING — China has reported its first non-imported case of the new coronavirus in two weeks, an infected person on the island of Hainan off the south...
Prosecutor: 2 Buffalo police charged with assault in shoving
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two Buffalo police officers were charged with assault Saturday, prosecutors said, after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old prot...
OPEC, allied nations extend nearly 10M barrel cut by a month
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — OPEC and allied nations agreed Saturday to extend a production cut of nearly 10 million barrels of oil a day through the...
Pandemic makes for a lonely D-Day observance in Normandy
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ash...
Analysis: White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking point
WASHINGTON — Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking poin t over President Donald Trump's threat to use milita...
SpaceX opens era of amateur astronauts, cosmic movie sets
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA’s grand plan for commercializing Earth’s ...
Virus exposes sharp economic divide: College vs. non-college
BALTIMORE — For an American workforce under continuing threat from the coronavirus, the best protection might just be a college degree.
Top US military officer reaches out to Capitol Hill leaders
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, spoke privately with congressional leaders and many other lawmakers as Pentagon offi...
By the numbers: Trump reads economic boom into jobs data
CHICAGO — President Donald Trump has always been a big numbers guy.
No ‘silver lining’: Trump faces voter backlash amid crises
MADISON, Wis. — At the end of one of his most turbulent weeks in office, President Donald Trump was eager on Friday to boast of a better than expected...
Goodell says NFL was wrong for not listening to players
NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league was wrong for not listening to players fighting for racial equality and encouraged them to p...
Top US military officer reaches out to Capitol leaders
WASHINGTON — The nation's top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, has spoken privately with key congressional leaders as Pentagon officials come under...
Trump jabs Maine’s Democratic governor; she hits back
GUILFORD, Maine — President Donald Trump on Friday laced into Maine's Democratic governor for not moving quickly enough to reopen the state's economy ...
Pence goes on listening session regarding Floyd response
BELTSVILLE, Md. — Better training for law enforcement. More money for historically black colleges and universities. Speaking to Americans with the “ri...
US unemployment drops unexpectedly to 13.3% amid outbreak
WASHINGTON — U.S. unemployment dropped unexpectedly in May to 13.3% as reopened businesses began recalling millions of workers faster than economists ...
Pandemic accelerates Mormon missionaries’ transition online
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah — Wearing dress shirts, ties and name tags, three missionaries with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sit around the ...