As people stay home, Earth turns wilder and cleaner
An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth.
AP Exclusive: ER staff saves lives, suffers in hot spot
YONKERS, N.Y. — A nurse furiously pushes down on a man's chest as five other staff in full protective gear surround the patient's bed.
Trump bars new immigration green cards, not temporary visas
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday, an execu...
Officials: 7 virus cases may be related to in-person voting
MADISON, Wis. — Health officials in Wisconsin said they have identified at least seven people who may have contracted the coronavirus from participati...
Senate approves $483B virus aid deal, sends it to House
WASHINGTON — A $483 billion coronavirus aid package flew through the Senate on Tuesday after Congress and the White House reached a deal to replenish ...
AP: Publicly traded firms get $365M in small-business loans
Companies with thousands of employees, past penalties from government investigations and risks of financial failure even before the coronavirus wallop...
Highlights of the nearly $500B coronavirus relief bill
WASHINGTON — A $483 billion coronavirus relief bill — the fourth coronavirus response legislation so far — is moving through Congress. The legislation...
Q&A: Oil prices hit new lows as economic pain deepens
NEW YORK — Oil tanks are filling up and producers are finding there's nowhere to put the once-valuable commodity as global demand craters and prices s...
Hospitals, volunteers combine to ease isolation of sick kids
What kind of tree can you carry in your hand? Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
10 years after BP spill: Oil drilled deeper; rules relaxed
NEW ORLEANS — Ten years after an oil rig explosion killed 11 workers and unleashed an environmental nightmare in the Gulf of Mexico, companies are dri...
Ask a Designer: Improving your home’s function as refuge
When your entire life is happening inside your home, it matters how that space feels and functions.
Talks drag on $450B virus aid for small business, hospitals
WASHINGTON — Late-stage negotiations in Washington on a new $450 billion coronavirus aid package dragged past Monday's hoped-for deadline, but the Tru...
New Zealand could pull off bold goal of eliminating virus
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — While most countries are working on ways to contain the coronavirus, New Zealand has set itself a much more ambitious goal: ...
Pandemic squeezes finances of Democratic grassroots donors
WASHINGTON — Well-to-do donors gathered last August at the sprawling Charlotte, North Carolina, home of Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff to Pre...
Some US producers, states reopening amid political pressure
SEATTLE — Boeing and at least one other U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed production and some states rolled out aggressive reopening plans Mon...
Supreme Court: Criminal juries must be unanimous to convict
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that juries in state criminal trials must be unanimous to convict a defendant, settling a quirk of constit...
Losing face: The rise of the mask, and what’s lost behind it
PITTSBURGH — On Saturday afternoons, the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh becomes a jam-packed hub of old-fashioned shopping. People stride a...
Syria’s divisions damage efforts to mobilize against virus
BEIRUT — After nine years of war, Syria is broken into three rival parts unable to work together and ill-prepared to cope with the coronavirus, an ene...
Sparkling waters hide some lasting harm from 2010 oil spill
NEW ORLEANS — Ten years after a well blew wild under a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 men and touching off the nation’s worst offshore ...
Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms
A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much les...
Lives Lost: New Jersey mom, son together in life and death
For almost 30 years, they were inseparable — the devoted mom and the son whose world revolved around her.
Japan’s exports sink in March as pandemic hits major markets
TOKYO — Japan’s exports sank 11.7% in March as the coronavirus pandemic slammed auto shipments to the U.S.
North Korean defectors, experts question zero virus claim
SEOUL, South Korea — As a doctor in North Korea during the SARS outbreak and flu pandemic, Choi Jung Hun didn't have much more than a thermometer to d...
Lockdown politics increasingly pit economic, health concerns
WASHINGTON — The global health crisis is taking a nasty political turn with tensions worsening between governments locked down to keep the coronavirus...
16 killed in shooting rampage, deadliest in Canadian history
TORONTO — A gunman disguised as a police officer went on a rampage across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, shooting people in their homes and set...
Trump says he’s close to a deal with Congress on virus aid
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and Congress are nearing an agreement on an aid package of up to $450 billion to boost a small-business loan pro...
In nod to normalcy, Pence celebrates Air Force Academy grads
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — In a symbolic nod to normalcy, Vice President Mike Pence delivered a commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's g...
What you need to know today about the virus pandemic
The global lockdown put in place to stem the spread of the coronavirus is hurting the illegal drug trade.
Video tribute honors Oklahoma bombing victims amid outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY — Survivors and loved ones of the 168 people who were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing were not able to gather Sunday to mark the 25t...
North Korea denies that Kim sent Trump ‘a nice note’
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday dismissed as “ungrounded” President Donald Trump’s comment that he recently received “a nice note” from the...