Study: Philippines a global hot spot for online child abuse
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict m...
WHO: Drug Trump taking to fight COVID-19 best left to tests
GENEVA — The World Health Organization, which has come under repeated fire from U.S. President Donald Trump, says the science is still unclear on an o...
These coronavirus ‘carriers’ take test samples around London
LONDON — Ben Gee carries the coronavirus all over London.
GOP rising star John James faces trouble at top of ticket
Michigan Senate candidate John James has been called a rising star of the Republican Party so many times it’s become a cliche.
Lives Lost: Pakistani immigrant helped others in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — When a friend of the Khan family got a job working for a New Jersey politician, family patriarch Shafqat Khan was a regular sight ...
Ex-Green Beret nabbed in exec’s escape has lived on the edge
Decades before a security camera caught Michael Taylor coming off a jet that was carrying one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives, the former Green B...
Singapore sentences drug suspect to death at Zoom hearing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore sentenced a drug suspect to death at a court hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-sta...
Asian stocks mixed amid China tension with US, Australia
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street rose despite trade tensions between China and Washington and Australia.
Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his al...
Asia Today: Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister
BANGKOK — A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on com...
Pomp and masks: Graduations draw thousands despite pandemic
HOOVER, Ala. — High schools nationwide have canceled or postponed traditional graduation ceremonies to avoid worsening the spread of the new coronavir...
The Latest: Japan ending state of emergency in 3 prefectures
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
China focused on jobs as national legislature meets
BEIJING — As job losses surge, China is joining the United States and other governments in rolling out stimulus spending to revive its virus-battered ...
Aircraft carrier returns to sea after coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — After nearly two months sidelined in Guam with a coronavirus outbreak, the USS Theodore Roosevelt has gone out to sea for training, in pr...
The Latest: Pennsylvania working on sports virus guidelines
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Coronavirus looms over China’s national legislative session
BEIJING — When China convenes its National People's Congress on Friday, will the 3,000 delegates stand shoulder to shoulder as they have in years past...
NCAA to lift moratorium on football, basketball workouts
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growin...
Four roommates of different faiths face a pandemic together
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky arrived as strangers, ready to embark on a new interfaith journey.
Brazil expands use of unproven drug as virus toll rises
RIO DE JANEIRO — President Jair Bolsonaro unveiled rules Wednesday expanding the prescription of chloroquine, the predecessor of an anti-malaria drug ...
AP source: Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen to be released from prison
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison Thursday and is expected t...
Mayor says Mexico City will begin gradual reopening June 1
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City, one of the world's largest cities and the epicenter of the country's coronavirus epidemic, will begin a gradual reopening J...
Stephen F. Austin gets postseason bans, forfeits wins
HOUSTON — Stephen F. Austin received postseason bans for having low scores on the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate and agreed Wednesday to several sancti...
New York opens the door to small religious gatherings
NEW YORK — New York will allow religious gatherings of up to 10 people as hospitalization rates continue to decline. More tests and outreach efforts a...
7 barbers ticketed for cutting hair at Michigan Capitol
LANSING, Mich. — Police ticketed seven people for cutting hair during a protest outside the Michigan Capitol, where about a dozen barbers and hair sty...
Largest yet: $1.3 billion contract for border wall awarded
PHOENIX — A North Dakota construction company favored by President Donald Trump has received the largest contract to date to build a section of Trump’...
No Q-school and no changes to rosters of LPGA-run circuits
The LPGA Tour will not have its qualifying events at the end of the year, deciding Wednesday to keep the same roster of players it has on all of its t...
“Incredible:” Italian woman wins 1-million-euro Picasso
PARIS — An Italian accountant whose son bought her the raffle ticket as a Christmas present won a Pablo Picasso oil painting valued at 1 million euros...
Trump considering hosting G-7 summit in US after all
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's considering holding a meeting in the U.S. with the leaders of the world's major economies...
In Brazil Amazon, help a flight away for many virus patients
SANTO ANTONIO DO ICA, Brazil — Residents of Santo Antonio do Ica hid from the sun under umbrellas as they waited anxiously for the twin turboprop plan...