Singer Jon Bon Jovi asks kindergartners to ‘Do What You Can’
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — A Florida kindergarten teacher took his virtual classroom to new levels on Monday when rock icon Jon Bon Jovi popped in on ...
Figure skaters unite digitally to help health care workers
Despite having no ice on which to perform, more than 40 figure skaters from nine countries will take part in a fundraiser Friday to help health care w...
Virus sours business for already-reeling dairy industry
MARSHFIELD, Vt. — This was supposed to be rebound year for dairy farmers embattled by at least four years of depressed milk prices — and then the coro...
J&J slashes outlook, races to develop coronavirus vaccine
Johnson & Johnson, anticipating significant impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, slashed its 2020 sales forecast by billions of dollars and also cut...
Figures show hundreds of COVID-19 deaths in UK care homes
LONDON — Hundreds more people with COVID-19 have died in Britain than have been recorded in the government’s daily tally, official figures showed Tues...
’64 Tokyo Olympics: A man from Hiroshima lights the cauldron
TOKYO — It was the year Cassius Clay won the heavyweight championship and became Muhammad Ali. When Roy Emerson of Australia and Maria Bueno of Brazil...
China moves to block new virus flare-up on Russian border
BEIJING — China is facing a new coronavirus flare-up along its remote northern border with Russia, far from the epicenter of Wuhan, where it has all b...
Transfer portal causing college basketball coaches headaches
WICHITA, Kan. — Gregg Marshall began his career as an assistant at tiny Randolph-Macon and Belmont Abbey, but it was during eight years on the staff o...
Shift from sports to medical gear keeps RI company open
Sports have gone dark, and so have the sporting goods stores that sold the G-Form protective pads used in soccer, mountain biking and by dozens of maj...
Virus becomes latest battle between Iran, US amid tensions
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Even as both face the same invisible enemy in the coronavirus pandemic, Iran and the United States remain locked in reta...
Detained immigrants plead for masks, protection from virus
HOUSTON — Elsy was on the phone in an immigration detention center when guards showed up with face masks and forms to sign.
A rare intervention by the US helped seal crucial OPEC deal
NEW YORK — As demand for fuel plummeted worldwide and the oil industry faced a devastating drop in oil prices, the U.S. took the rare move of stepping...
Brazil’s leader hasn’t fired coronavirus messenger ... yet
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his health minister are in open conflict over the country’s coronavirus response, leading many...
Many answer Abe’s ‘stay home’ call with reminder: They can’t
TOKYO — Perhaps the best that can be said about a “stay home" tweet from Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is that it’s given bored copycats sitting ...
Cuomo vs. de Blasio: Even pandemic doesn’t bridge their rift
NEW YORK — A dangerous virus has transformed New York as it has claimed the lives of 10,000 people, but one thing hasn't changed: the contentious rela...
Airlines wait as Treasury applies strings to payroll aid
The Treasury Department has missed a deadline to start paying airlines to keep workers employed, and the two sides were still negotiating terms of the...
Virus closes some meat plants, raising fears of shortages
OMAHA, Neb. — Some massive meat processing plants have closed at least temporarily because their workers were sickened by the new coronavirus, raising...
IMF cancels debt payments for 6 months for 25 poor nations
UNITED NATIONS — The International Monetary Fund approved $500 million on Monday to cancel six months of debt payments for 25 of the world’s most impo...
FIFA VP to AP: International games could be off until 2021
International soccer might not be played until 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions and the need to give club competitions the chance ...
Netanyahu, rival report ‘meaningful progress’ in unity talks
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival said early Tuesday they had made “meaningful progress” in their efforts to form a jo...
Governors form compacts to coordinate reopening society
Governors in the Northeast and along the West Coast on Monday announced separate state compacts to coordinate one of their biggest challenges in the w...
Lockdowns cut driving and crashes, bring insurance discounts
DETROIT — Interstates and city streets are empty and cars are quarantined in their owners' garages, so consumer advocates argue that it only makes sen...
Fleming, Netrebko, Kaufmann headline Met Opera on-line gala
NEW YORK — Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Roberto Alagna and Bryn Terfel are among 38 opera stars in 13 nations scheduled for the Metro...
Karnisovas sets course to boost Bulls toward ultimate prize
CHICAGO — Arturas Karnisovas developed a passion for the Chicago Bulls when he was a teenager in Lithuania. He watched from afar as Michael Jordan set...
Could old vaccines for other germs protect against COVID-19?
WASHINGTON — Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against other germs to see if they could provide a little stopgap protection against...
Coming to device near you: H.E.R., vampires, ‘Roar’ and Elmo
If social distancing is getting old, consider how it would feel to do it for hundreds of years — and stay out of the sun. The vampire household of “Wh...
Draft date unknown, but NBA presses on with evaluations
There are many unknowns about the NBA draft, though some elements are proceeding as usual and one deadline is looming this week.
Ocasio-Cortez: Biden needs a ‘real’ health care plan
WASHINGTON — Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden should “at a bare minimum” talk specifics about providing health care for everyone if he hopes t...
Heart woes spur partial stop of malaria drug study for virus
Scientists in Brazil have stopped part of a study of a malaria drug touted as a possible coronavirus treatment after heart rhythm problems developed i...
ACLU: Feds ‘slow walking’ inmate release at stricken prison
WASHINGTON — Prisoner rights advocates accused the federal Bureau of Prisons of “slow walking" the release of inmates at a Louisiana lockup where the ...