NASA begs spectators for astronaut launch: Please stay home!
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA and SpaceX on Friday urged everyone to stay home for the first home launch of astronauts in nearly a decade because of the...
With virus, US higher education may face existential moment
CHICAGO — When Jamie Bolker started teaching composition at MacMurray College in January, she felt she'd won the lottery. After sending out more than ...
House panel wants Bezos to testify in antitrust probe
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify to address possible misleading...
Alaska book ban vote draws attention of hometown rockers
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Members of the Grammy-winning rock band Portugal. The Man are stepping into a banned book controversy in their Alaska home town.
Marc Eversley joins Bulls as GM from 76ers’ front office
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls announced Marc Eversley as their new general manager on Friday.
Q&A: Director Brad Bird on choosing his ‘essentials’ for TCM
LOS ANGELES — As the youngest member of his family, Brad Bird would often get dragged along to films that may have been a little out of his depth for ...
Muslims in Jerusalem pray outdoors amid virus lockdown
JERUSALEM — Muslims in Jerusalem are praying outside in small groups during the holy month of Ramadan as measures aimed at curbing the coronavirus pan...
Ryanair to cut up to 3,000 jobs, May Day looks different
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Friday related to the glo...
Healthy pigs being killed as meatpacking backlog hits farms
DES MOINES, Iowa — After spending two decades raising pigs to send to slaughterhouses, Dean Meyer now faces the mentally draining, physically difficul...
Out-of-work trainers hope gyms can make gains after pandemic
NEW YORK — During a normal week, fitness instructor Jason Tran would dart among grueling group spin classes, high-intensity interval training sessions...
‘I died and came back’: 12-year-old recovers from virus
NEW ORELANS — As her desperately sick daughter was being airlifted to a hospital, Jennifer Daly was thinking about all the parts of life that still la...
Report gives Pakistan failing grade on human rights
ISLAMABAD — An annual human rights report released this week gives Pakistan a failing grade, charging that too little is being done to protect the cou...
In a US now in puppy love, Labs still tops, but corgis rise
NEW YORK — America's dogs are having their day as the coronavirus keeps many people at home more with their pets and spurs so much adoption and foster...
South Africa eases one of world’s strictest lockdowns
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa began easing one of the world's strictest lockdowns on Friday, with runners and dog-walkers returning eagerly to the stree...
Jobless fret as rent comes due again amid virus outbreak
PHOENIX — The rent is due again for more than 30 million people around the U.S. who have filed for unemployment benefits after losing work in the coro...
Joe Biden gets backing of key Latina activist Dolores Huerta
WASHINGTON — Labor and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta on Friday endorsed Joe Biden for president, giving him the backing of one of the nation’s ...
Bangladesh factories resume work, risking new virus cases
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh has reopened hundreds of its garment factories this week after nearly one month of closures to fight the coronavirus pa...
Ronaldo to Totti: Vieri’s Instagram show stars old teammates
ROME — Robbie Keane’s home fridge contained 300 beers and nothing else. Luigi Di Biagio orchestrated an overnight escape from training camp in his paj...
Bollywood mourns loss of two of its most versatile actors
GURUGRAM, India — Two of India’s most beloved movie stars, Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, died within a day of each other this week, and though they ca...
Socked by virus, comic book industry tries to draw next page
The pandemic has transformed Christina Blanch, owner of Aw Yeah Comics, into a nightly TV host.
‘Everyone’s watching’: Biden’s VP audition process begins
WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wore a T-shirt on television emblazoned with the words “that woman from Michigan,” a cheeky reference to President ...
COVID-19 survivor urges: ‘To all of you: continue to fight’
ALKEN, Belgium — Sucking in the little oxygen her lungs could still process, Diane Wanten wouldn't back down in her fight against a disease that is ki...
May Day marks pain, not celebration for workers hit by virus
JAKARTA, Indonesia — May Day usually brings both protest rallies and celebrations rallies marking international Labor Day. This year, many in Asia are...
Watchdog group says US not releasing data on Taliban attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S. mission in Afghanistan has for the first time refused to publicly release its data on insurgent attacks amid the impleme...
Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day
LOS ANGELES — Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan ...
Lives Lost: Virus silences angelic voice of WWII evacuee
LISBON, Portugal — After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz traveled to Portugal without he...
Hairstylist gives free haircuts to Thai health frontliners
BANGKOK — Scrubs may be in fashion during the coronavirus crisis, but split ends — never. That's where Pornsupa Hattayong comes in.
Dem lawmakers say Trump’s freeze for WHO to hurt Venezuelans
MIAMI — As much as $110 million in U.S. funding for disease prevention in Latin America as well as U.S. support for Venezuelan migrants has been throw...
Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
NEW YORK — Anderson Cooper is a father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn't believe would ever happen.
Asian shares fall after Wall St slips on grim economic news
Shares fell in Asia on Friday after a crush of dismal data about the economy helped send markets lower overnight in a meek ending to a historic, jugge...