Burton, Earnhardt, Edwards headline Hall of Fame nominees
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Burton and Carl Edwards were among the new nominees for NASCAR's next Hall of Fame class announced Tuesday ...
Europe’s nursing homes in spotlight for uncounted virus dead
ROME — Italian authorities said Tuesday they were investigating the country’s biggest nursing home where 70 residents died last month, in a stark remi...
Clear vision: Program provides ski goggles to medical staff
Olympic snowboard champion Anna Gasser cleaned out her closet in Austria over the weekend and found nine pairs of goggles.
Trump gets win in executions case, but more litigation ahead
WASHINGTON — An appeals court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday in its effort to resume executions of federal death row prisoners but sent a...
Holdout governors: Some states don’t need stay-at-home order
DES MOINES, Iowa — Even as most Americans are under orders from their governor to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus, leaders in a han...
McConnell sets Senate showdown on virus aid payroll rescue
WASHINGTON — In a rare move, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he will attempt to swiftly pass additional funds for small businesses...
Immelman has big shoes to fill as Presidents Cup captain
Trevor Immelman of South Africa has big shoes to fill as the next International captain for the Presidents Cup, and that goes beyond a figure of speec...
Judge: Death penalty on table for synagogue massacre suspect
PITTSBURGH — A federal judge has rejected a bid by the suspect in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting to have the death penalty removed as a potential s...
Lufthansa retires big jets, says rebound could take years
FRANKFURT, Germany — German airline group Lufthansa said it was permanently removing some of its large aircraft from service and reducing capacity for...
When leaders are stricken in office, how do nations act?
LONDON — The measure of a nation — its DNA, or sometimes its political system — becomes more visible when its leader is stricken in office. How to res...
European competitions could wait for domestic leagues to end
MADRID — Finishing off domestic soccer seasons could take precedence over completing the Champions League.
Cam Newton feels like ‘fish out of water’ as free agent
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton says he feels like a “fish out of a water” being a free agent for the first time in his nine-year NFL career.
Sex. Drugs. Virus. Venezuela elites still party in pandemic
MIAMI — They whiled away the week on a sex- and drug-fueled romp: dancing on white-sand beaches and frolicking on a paradisaical Caribbean island with...
Tasked with schoolwork help, many US parents lack English
Since her daughters' school closed for the coronavirus outbreak, Mariana Luna has been thrust into the role of their primary educator, like millions o...
VIRUS DIARY: In Beijing, finally, a tentative spring blooms
BEIJING — The coronavirus came first in the depths of winter. As with so many places afterward, the change seeped in gradually.
Winfrey chooses “Hidden Valley Road” for book club
NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is Robert Kolker's “Hidden Valley Road,” an in-depth account of a 1950s family in which six of 12 childr...
John Lewis, once Trump target, backs Joe Biden for president
ATLANTA — Civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis is backing Joe Biden for president, giving the prospective Democratic nominee perhaps his bigg...
Japan declares state of emergency, ramping up virus battle
TOKYO — Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declared a month-long state of emergency Tuesday for Tokyo and six other prefectures to ramp up defenses aga...
Wuhan farmers struggle as crops wither from travel limits
HUANGPI, China — Stuck in the same bind as many other Chinese farmers whose crops are rotting in their fields, Jiang Yuewu is preparing to throw out a...
AP Was There: Snead tops Hogan in playoff to win ’54 Masters
A survey of 15 golf writers voted on the top five Masters in history. They are being republished this week because the Masters has been postponed due ...
Celebrities reveal new sides during virus, but face backlash
Portia de Rossi has been teaching herself how to cook during the coronavirus lockdown. It's been an eye-opening experience for the actress — and for h...
165 VIPs urge 20 economic powers for billions for COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS — Many former global leaders and other VIPs urged the world’s 20 major industrialized nations to approve $8 billion in emergency fundin...
The Latest: Hong Kong to remain closed to foreigners
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Financial hits pile up for colleges as some fight to survive
Colleges across the nation are scrambling to close deep budget holes and some have been pushed to the brink of collapse after the coronavirus outbreak...
Silver says he does not expect any NBA decisions before May
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is bracing for several more weeks of uncertainty about the remainder of this halted season, revealing Monday night that h...
Wisconsin moves forward with election despite virus concerns
MADISON, Wis. — Voters in Wisconsin are likely to face a choice Tuesday of participating in a presidential primary election or heeding warnings from p...
White House: States need to better calibrate supply requests
The White House said Monday that some states are requesting far more medical supplies than they need to fight the coronavirus pandemic, pushing back a...
Sportsbooks are dark and odds are long in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Nobody would have given odds on this.
Rate of deaths, illness among black residents alarms cities
CHICAGO — Chicago's mayor pledged an aggressive public health campaign aimed at the city's black and brown communities Monday amid alarm that an overw...