Bertha forms, hits South Carolina coast, dissipates in a day
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tropical Storm Bertha surprised the South Carolina coast Wednesday, forming and making landfall within two hours, bringing a poor bea...
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84
NEW YORK — Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers’ consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant prote...
Disney, SeaWorld announce plans for Florida parks to reopen
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — SeaWorld and Walt Disney World will reopen in Orlando, Florida, in June and July after months of inactivity because of the cor...
Pompeo says Hong Kong is no longer autonomous from China
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has notified Congress that the Trump administration no longer regards Hong Kong as autonomous from mainlan...
Loved ones reunite at an oasis on closed US-Canada border
BLAINE, Wash. — Alec de Rham sat with his back against a stone obelisk marked “International Boundary” as he and his wife visited with a daughter they...
US death toll from coronavirus surges past 100,000 people
HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. surpassed a jarring milestone Wednesday in the coronavirus pandemic: 100,000 deaths.
Venezuela’s apparent respite from COVID-19 may not last long
CARACAS, Venezuela — Defying dire predictions, Venezuela so far seems to have avoided the coronavirus wave striking much of South America.
Can Trump feel your pain? US nears haunting virus milestone
WASHINGTON — In the rubble of buildings and lives, modern U.S. presidents have met national trauma with words such as these: “I can hear you.” “You ha...
Congress shifts attention to overhauling small-business aid
WASHINGTON — Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small-business aid ...
Biden knocks Trump for ‘this macho stuff’ in shunning masks
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden said Tuesday that wearing a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus is a sign of leadership and called President...
Woman fired after backlash from racist park confrontation
NEW YORK — The verbal dispute between a white woman with an unleashed dog and a black man bird watching in Central Park might normally have gone unnot...
In a first, Twitter adds fact-check warnings to Trump tweets
For the first time, Twitter has flagged some of President Donald Trump's tweets with a fact-check warning.
Virgin Orbit analyzing data to find cause of rocket failure
LOS ANGELES — Virgin Orbit engineers were analyzing data Tuesday to find out what caused the maiden flight of its air-launched satellite booster to fa...
Deadlocked Congress shifts virus focus to small business aid
WASHINGTON — Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small business aid ...
Judge strikes down US energy leasing rules in bird habitat
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has dealt another blow to the Trump administration's efforts to increase domestic oil and gas output from public lands,...
France deploys $8.8 billion to rescue ailing car industry
PARIS — France’s government is injecting more than 8 billion euros ($8.8 billion) to save the country’s car industry from huge losses wrought by virus...
Bell rings but trading floor chaos subdued as NYSE reopens
NEW YORK — The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange reopened for the first time in two months with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ringing the icon...
Dangerous blood clots pose a perplexing coronavirus threat
First came a high fever, drenching sweats and muscle aches. Then, almost a month later, a weird numbness that spread down the right side of her body.
VIRUS DIARY: Finding a surprising source of support in an ex
CONCORD, N.H. — Embarrassing to admit but oddly comforting: My ex-husband’s husband and I share a slight crush on our state epidemiologist.
Shunned by his party, Iowa’s Steve King fights for his seat
DES MOINES, Iowa — Rep. Steve King is fighting for his political life — but not because he's compared immigrants crossing the border illegally to catt...
Biden marks Memorial Day at veterans park near Delaware home
NEW CASTLE, Del. — Joe Biden made his first in-person appearance in more than two months on Monday as he marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at a v...
Stormy weather puts damper on SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch.
Pandemic brings smaller, subdued Memorial Day observances
BILLINGS, Mont. — Americans settled for small processions and online tributes instead of parades Monday as they observed Memorial Day in the shadow of...
UK leader’s aide says he won’t quit over lockdown road trip
LONDON — British leader Boris Johnson’s powerful chief aide insisted Monday that he wouldn't resign for driving the length of England while the countr...
Germany approves 9 billion euro aid package for Lufthansa
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany on Monday approved a 9 billion-euro ($9.8 billion) aid package for stricken airline Lufthansa to keep a major employer go...
VIRUS DIARY: A Memorial Day visit, altered but not stopped
SILVER SPRING, Md. — I won’t be visiting Adam this Memorial Day weekend. COVID-19 is seeing to that.
Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden worked out deals with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. He defended Vice President Mike Pence as a “decent guy” and eul...
AP FACT CHECK: Faulty Trump claims on virus drug, vote fraud
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump doesn't like the message, he shoots the messenger.
UK leader Johnson stands by aide over 250-mile lockdown trip
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday he wouldn't fire his chief aide for allegedly violating the national lockdown rules that he helped t...
Memorial Day weekend draws crowds -- and triggers warnings
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer in the U.S. meant big crowds at beaches and warnings from exper...