Washington, DC, gets its first coronavirus pop-up shop
WASHINGTON — The nation's capital has pop up shops for food and drink, even marijuana. And now, coronavirus prevention supplies.
Trump set to sign $8.3B bill to fight coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide...
Alabama executes man convicted in killing of 3 officers
ATMORE, Ala. — A man convicted as an accomplice in the 2004 killings of three police officers in Alabama who were shot by another man was executed Thu...
Asian shares drop as virus fears grip markets again
TOKYO — Asian shares slipped Friday as fears about the virus outbreak once again dominated financial markets.
Judge sharply rebukes Barr’s handling of Mueller report
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday sharply rebuked Attorney General William Barr's handling of the special counsel's Russia report, saying Barr ...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s mislaid blame on Obama for virus test
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his officials are falsely asserting that they’ve accelerated coronavirus testing by easing a restrictive polic...
The Latest: Dems haven’t requested Secret Service protection
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Esper says new virus won’t prevent military operations
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military and its warfighting command centers in the Pentagon are prepared to continue operations even if there is a local outbre...
‘Simple greed’: Ex-UAW leader Jones charged with corruption
DETROIT — Prosecutors on Thursday charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, alleging he conspired with others to embezz...
Virus cancels exams and jeopardizes Chinese students’ plans
HARTFORD, Conn. — Universities that rely on international enrollment are expected to take a big hit in the next academic year as canceled entrance exa...
Worries over virus prompt changes in many worship services
NEW YORK — A rising number of churches across the United States are making changes in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including a decision by nu...
Critics of Oprah book club title put new novel on trial
TUCSON, Arizona — When Oprah Winfrey chose the novel “American Dirt” for her book club, she imagined engaging in an impassioned television dialog abou...
Cruise ship is held off California coast for virus testing
SAN FRANCISCO — Scrambling to keep the coronavirus at bay, officials ordered a cruise ship to hold off the California coast Thursday to await testing ...
Civil rights: The road to Bloody Sunday began 30 miles away
MARION, Ala. — Della Simpson Maynor remembers the mounted police officer cracking her elbow with a baton. She recalls the panicked marchers unable to ...
EU’s Barnier warns of big divergences with UK in talks
BRUSSELS — The EU's chief negotiator in trade talks with former member Britain warned Thursday of “serious divergences" between the two sides after th...
Biden: Maybe it’s time to consider Secret Service protection
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden says that he's worried that protesters have stormed the stage when he's been speaking at campaign events ...
Trump cheers Bloomberg implosion, but Biden worries linger
WASHINGTON — While Super Tuesday left the Democrats with a pair of front-runners President Donald Trump believes he can define and defeat, there are s...
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwest Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were sheltering early Thursday, k...
Gadgets for tech giants made with coerced Uighur labor
NANCHANG, China — In a lively Muslim quarter of Nanchang city, a sprawling Chinese factory turns out computer screens, cameras and fingerprint scanner...
Biden’s victories unleash something he’s never had: Money
WASHINGTON — Strapped for cash and badly outspent by his rivals, Joe Biden barely had enough money to air television ads in critical Super Tuesday bat...
Asian shares rise following stimulus-led surge on Wall St
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Thursday, taking their cue from a surge on Wall Street as governments and central banks took more aggressive measures to fig...
The Latest: Australia bans travel from S Korea over virus
BANGKOK — The Latest on the virus outbreak (all times local):
Forced online by virus, China’s schools run into censorship
BEIJING — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian's class was abruptly cut short.
Warren reassesses path forward after dismal Super Tuesday
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren huddled with her campaign advisers on Wednesday to determine if there was a reason to stay in the Democratic presidentia...
California delegate wave didn’t quite break as expected
LOS ANGELES — While Sen. Bernie Sanders mined the motherlode of delegates from California on Super Tuesday, it wasn’t nearly enough and isn’t getting ...
The Latest: Biden pledges unity as nomination fight narrows
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):
Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11
SEATTLE — The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus climbed to 11 on Wednesday with a patient succumbing in California — the first reported fatality ou...
Ending campaign, Bloomberg says defeating Trump his priority
NEW YORK — In just over 100 days, Mike Bloomberg spent over $500 million of his own fortune in a quixotic bid for the presidency that collapsed in stu...
Warren reevaluates, Bloomberg drops out after Super Tuesday
LOS ANGELES — New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg suspended his presidential campaign and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was reassessing her cand...
Virus death rate still uncertain as mild cases are missed
WASHINGTON — How deadly is the coronavirus that exploded from China? The answer reflects a hard reality about fast-moving outbreaks: As cases pop up i...