Probe sought in Trump administration’s ouster of scientist
WASHINGTON — Calls mounted Thursday for an investigation into the ouster of a senior government scientist who says he's being punished for opposing wi...
Somber Congress delivers nearly $500B more in virus aid
WASHINGTON — Congress delivered a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending Thursday, rushing new relief to employers and hospitals bucklin...
Gig workers and self-employed keep waiting for jobless aid
WASHINGTON — Like many Americans cooped up during the virus outbreak, Jeff Kardesch of Austin, Texas, is spending a lot of time on social media. It is...
Swing-state Republicans pin virus fallout on Democrats
HARRISBURG, Pa. — With legions out of work, Republicans across the critical battleground states are trying to lay blame for the economic wreckage of t...
AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Last autumn, when schools were in session, sports stadiums full and no one had even heard of the COVID-19 disease, the Missouri h...
Iran Guard commander threatens US Navy after Trump tweet
TEHRAN, Iran — The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard warned on Thursday that he has ordered his forces to potentially target the U.S. Navy after Pr...
Virus pushes US unemployment toward highest since Depression
NEW YORK — Unemployment in the U.S. is swelling to levels last seen during the Great Depression of the 1930s, with 1 in 6 American workers thrown out ...
$310B for small business loans likely spoken for, banks say
NEW YORK — Small business owners still applying for loans under the government's coronavirus relief program may end up disappointed — the $310 billion...
DC’s high school ‘makers’ fire up 3D printers to create PPE
WASHINGTON — It started in late March with a self-professed high school “news junkie” and a lone 3D printer.
VA medical facilities struggle to cope with the coronavirus
BOSTON — As she treated patient after patient infected with the coronavirus at a Veterans Affairs medical center in New York City, Heather Espinal saw...
Paper mill is back in business after dramatic explosion
JAY, Maine — A paper mill disabled by a dramatic explosion caught on video last week has resumed production with two of its three paper machines, offi...
Nurse Jenny from New Zealand recounts treating Boris Johnson
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Nurse Jenny from New Zealand says that helping save somebody as notable as Boris Johnson in his battle with the coronavirus ...
‘We are in prison’: France opens nursing homes, exposes pain
PARIS — For her first authorized visit in more than six weeks with her 80-year-old mother, Sabrina Deliry prepared a selection of their favorite tunes...
White House shifts from raising alarms to reopening country
WASHINGTON — For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to persuade Americans to disrupt their lives an...
The Latest: Guterres: Pandemic nearing “human rights crisis”
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
History, geography scores dip on Nation’s Report Card
The latest Nation’s Report Card gives eighth-grade students unsatisfactory marks in U.S. history, geography and civics.
Stopping virus a huge challenge at crowded US meat plants
OMAHA, Neb. — Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into question whet...
Trump signs immigration order featuring numerous exemptions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that he had signed an executive order “temporarily suspending immigration into the United States...
Asian shares rise moderately as oil prices recover
TOKYO — Asian shares rose moderately Thursday following a rally on Wall Street and even oil prices recovering from their recent plunge to zero.
Moving past ‘invisible enemy,’ Trump nudges nation to reopen
WASHINGTON — For weeks, the Trump administration played up the dangers of the coronavirus as it sought to convince Americans to disrupt their lives an...
News outlets, long resistant to government help, take loans
NEW YORK — The idea of taking government money was once anathema to news organizations that guarded their independence, but attitudes change when surv...
As 4th virus relief bill nears passage, fight looms over 5th
WASHINGTON — Congress is on the verge of passing an almost $500 billion coronavirus relief bill, but battle lines already are forming over the next me...
Biden campaign says it has refunded donation from Louis C.K.
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Wednesday that it has refunded a $2,800 donation from Louis C.K., a comedian and writer whose care...
New virus timeline: California had 2 deaths weeks earlier
SAN FRANCISCO — Two people with the coronavirus died in California as much as three weeks before the U.S. reported its first death from the disease in...
Iran-US tensions rise on Trump threat, Iran satellite launch
WASHINGTON — Tensions between Washington and Tehran flared anew Wednesday as Iran's Revolutionary Guard conducted a space launch that could advance th...
Volunteer + tutor = learning and fun for isolated students
NEW YORK — “Tell us about Vikings; tell us about shipwrecks; tells us about pirates and ancient myths.”
Review: ‘Book of Longings’ has an ambitious, lasting power
“The Book of Longings,” by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
With spelling bee canceled, ex-spellers launch their own bee
With this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee canceled because the coronavirus pandemic, an online spelling bee launched by two Texas teenagers is of...
NKorea silence on Kim’s health raises succession speculation
SEOUL, South Korea — With North Korea saying nothing so far about outside media reports that leader Kim Jong Un may be unwell, there’s renewed worry a...
China calls virus lawsuit brought by US state ‘very absurd’
BEIJING — China on Wednesday slammed a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd."