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Wear a mask? Even with 20,000 dead, some New Yorkers don’t

NEW YORK — Eric Leventhal felt a sneeze coming and panicked.
5:24 13 May 2020

Exhaustion, uncertainty mark coronavirus survivors’ journeys

An angelic voice singing “Hallelujah” echoes off the stately stone and brick canyons of a narrow Montmartre street.
5:10 13 May 2020

GOP senators give Democrats’ $3T relief bill a cold shoulder

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, a sweeping effort with $1 trillion for states and ci...
4:29 13 May 2020

Nebraska primary voters avoid polls, shatter mail-in record

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska's primary voters mostly steered clear of polling sites Tuesday while shattering the state record for absentee voting with nearl...
2:23 13 May 2020

AP Exclusive: CDC docs stress plans for more virus flareups

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Advice from the nation’s top disease control experts on how to safely reopen businesses and institutions in the midst of the coron...
23:32 12 May 2020

Fauci warns: More death, econ damage if US reopens too fast

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert issued a blunt warning Tuesday that cities and states could “turn back the clock” and...
22:10 12 May 2020

Pelosi unveils $3T virus bill, warns inaction costs more

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and ...
19:34 12 May 2020

House rescue package includes $25 billion for Postal Service

WASHINGTON — A new coronavirus aid package released by House Democrats includes $25 billion for the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service, which is expect...
19:25 12 May 2020

Coronavirus hits world superpowers as some look to reopen

As health officials issued warnings Tuesday against reopening economies too quickly, the coronavirus struck inside some of the world’s superpowers, wi...
18:47 12 May 2020

Elon Musk becomes champion of defying virus stay-home orders

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has emerged as a champion of defying stay-home orders intended to stop the coronavirus from spreading, picking up support — as wel...
18:28 12 May 2020

AP Courtside: Telephone arguments on Trump’s taxes run long

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is holding its second week of arguments by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic, hearing cases about President...
18:08 12 May 2020

Detroit-area residents lift spirits with costumed parades

FERNDALE, Mich. — Sarah Ignash spends her days looking after dogs in normal times. With her business temporarily shuttered because of the coronavirus,...
17:37 12 May 2020

Cuomo: Wear a mask to respect nurses who died to save us

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called face masks a sign of respect for others on a day the state reported 195 new deaths. Other data released T...
16:31 12 May 2020

Russian president’s spokesman hospitalized with coronavirus

MOSCOW — Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has been hospitalized with the coronavirus, the latest in a series of setbacks for President Vladimir Putin a...
16:15 12 May 2020

Movie-related products still hit stores despite film delays

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood pressed pause on releasing most major films in theaters to combat the coronavirus outbreak, but that hasn’t necessarily been t...
14:38 12 May 2020

India resumes limited train service as it eases lockdown

NEW DELHI — India reopened parts of its huge rail network on Tuesday, running a limited number of trains as it looks at easing a nearly seven-week loc...
11:15 12 May 2020

Back in recession, Greece puts faith in digital overhaul

ATHENS, Greece — Greece plans to rapidly expand government digital services in 2020 to try and slim down its notoriously slow-moving bureaucracy and h...
8:15 12 May 2020

Toyota profit drops on virus outbreak but recovery expected

TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. reported Tuesday a sharp plunge in fiscal fourth quarter profit as the global pandemic slammed vehicle sales and halted pro...
6:22 12 May 2020

In some Olympic sports, training from home is almost routine

Less than a month after Nikhil Kumar qualified for the Olympics in table tennis, the Tokyo Games were postponed until 2021. Like so many other athlete...
6:15 12 May 2020

Doctors and nurses suffered as Iran ignored virus concerns

CAIRO — They are regarded as heroes, their fallen colleagues as martyrs. But for doctors and nurses still dealing with Iran’s growing number of corona...
6:10 12 May 2020

Lives Lost: Victims of the virus, remembered for tomorrow

Across the world, the devastation caused by the coronavirus is told in the voices of those left behind.
5:05 12 May 2020

Report: Anti-Semitic incidents in US hit record high in 2019

SILVER SPRING, Md. — American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic incidents in 2019 than any other year over the past four decades, a surge marked ...
4:32 12 May 2020

Skipping a mask, Trump says he’s ‘met the moment’ on testing

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted his administration has “met the moment” and “prevailed” on coronavirus testing, even as the White House i...
4:09 12 May 2020

‘Express burials’ cast doubt on Nicaragua’s virus figures

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Roger Ordoñez was hospitalized with breathing problems last week.
4:01 12 May 2020

As nations reopen, warning emerges about virus tracing voids

NEW YORK — A top world health official Monday warned that countries are essentially driving blind in reopening their economies without setting up stro...
2:17 12 May 2020

Organ transplants dive amid virus crisis, start to inch back

WASHINGTON — Organ transplants plummeted as COVID-19 swept through communities, with surgeons wary of endangering living donors and unable to retrieve...
22:49 11 May 2020

AP source: Tagovailoa signs $30.275 million, 4-year deal

MIAMI — Now Tua Tagovailoa can pay for that Cadillac Escalade he gave his mom.
22:02 11 May 2020

Company earnings tell the story of the pandemic’s early days

The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Monday related to nationa...
20:23 11 May 2020

The Latest: West Wing visitors, staff need to wear masks

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
19:40 11 May 2020

Trump faces virus at White House amid push to ‘reopen’ US

WASHINGTON — As he encourages the country to “reopen,” President Donald Trump is confronting cases of the coronavirus in his own home, spotlighting th...
18:34 11 May 2020