The Latest: Electric bands for Koreans who break quarantine
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
New York area walloped as global virus deaths pass 100,000
NEW YORK — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 100,000 Friday as the epidemic in the U.S. cut a widening swath through not just ...
Airlines and Trump administration haggle over payroll grants
The Trump administration is proposing that a significant amount of the $25 billion in cash that airlines expected to keep workers on the job will inst...
1st results in on Gilead coronavirus drug; more study needed
More than half of a group of severely ill coronavirus patients improved after receiving an experimental antiviral drug, although there’s no way to kno...
DeVos reaches settlement in lawsuit over loan relief program
The U.S. Education Department is promising to process student loan forgiveness claims for nearly 170,000 borrowers within 18 months as part of a propo...
US officials: Missile defense systems now operating in Iraq
WASHINGTON — New air defense systems are now protecting American and allied forces at military bases in Iraq where troops have been attacked by Irania...
Doctors, nurses in Good Friday procession at Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Nurses and doctors wearing their white hospital coats joined a torch-lit Good Friday procession in an hauntingly almost empty St. Peter...
Trump feels no need for crisis counsel from predecessors
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush turned to one of the world's most exclusive clubs for help raising money after an Indian Ocean tsunami killed mo...
Bunnies to the rescue as virus hits Belgian chocolatiers
SINT-PIETERS BRUGGE, Belgium — Master chocolatier Dominique Persoone stood forlorn on his huge workfloor, a faint smell of cocoa lingering amid the id...
Stampede in Kenya as slum residents surge for food aid
NAIROBI, Kenya — Thousands of people surged for food aid in a brief stampede Friday in Kenya's capital, leading police to fire tear gas and injure sev...
Inmates rampage through offices, set fires at Kansas prison
LANSING, Kan. — Dozens of inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility in Kansas rampaged through offices, breaking windows and setting small fires fo...
Review: In ‘Tigertail,’ an intergenerational immigrant tale
Oh, to be the other “Tiger” on Netflix.
AP Was There: Tiger wins Masters to cap remarkable comeback
A panel of 15 golf writers were asked to vote on the top five Masters in history. They are being republished this week because the Masters has been po...
The howling: Americans let it out from depths of pandemic
DENVER — It starts with a few people letting loose with some tentative yelps. Then neighbors emerge from their homes and join, forming a roiling choru...
For McConnell, virus carries echo of his boyhood polio
WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell’s earliest childhood memory is the day he left the polio treatment center at Warm Springs, Ga., for the last time.
Asian shares steady after Wall St caps best week since 1974
BANGKOK — Asian shares are steady in quiet Good Friday trading after Wall Street closed out its best week in 45 years thanks to the Federal Reserve's ...
US job losses surge as world leaders urge Easter distancing
NEW YORK — A staggering 16.8 million Americans lost their jobs in just three weeks, a measure of how fast the coronavirus has brought world economies ...
Mad magazine illustrator Mort Drucker dies at 91
NEW YORK — Mort Drucker, the Mad Magazine cartoonist who for decades lovingly spoofed politicians, celebrities and popular culture, died Thursday at 9...
Biden aims to connect with voters one Zoom call at a time
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden is America's newest podcast host, recently interviewing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Obama administration's point per...
Biden woos skeptical Sanders backers on health, college debt
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled plans to expand eligibility for Medicare and forgive college debt for millions of Americans, as the presum...
Yellowstone closure likely to delay summer tourist season
CODY, Wyo. — Yellowstone National Park likely won't reopen until May or later, delaying the start of its traditional summer season for millions of tou...
Senators block new virus aid, Pelosi decries ‘stunt’
WASHINGTON — Senators torpedoed quick passage of a new coronavirus aid package Thursday, with Democrats rejecting a Trump administration request for $...
Record 16.8 million have sought US jobless aid since virus
WASHINGTON — With a startling 6.6 million people seeking jobless benefits last week, the United States has reached a grim landmark: More than one in 1...
Lockdowns mean millions of women can’t reach birth control
JOHANNESBURG — The callers were in tears. One by one, women in homes across rural Zimbabwe had a pleading question: When would family planning service...
AP PHOTOS: Virus stills Iran’s frenetic capital, Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran — The typically frenetic streets of Iran's capital, Tehran, have fallen silent and empty over recent days due to the new coronavirus outb...
Asian shares mixed, Tokyo lower as Wall Street rally fades
BANGKOK — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after a 3.4% gain on Wall Street overnight as investors chose a positive focus for data about the coro...
Feds loosen virus rules to let essential workers return
WASHINGTON — In a first, small step toward reopening the country, the Trump administration issued new guidelines Wednesday to make it easier for essen...
Congress in standoff on virus aid but first checks coming
WASHINGTON — Congress is rushing headlong into a conflict over the next coronavirus aid package as White House wants to pump $250 billion into a small...
Saudi officials announce Yemen cease-fire amid pandemic
CAIRO — The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen announced Wednesday that its forces would begin a cease-fire starti...