Dutch students complete Atlantic crossing forced by virus
HARLINGEN, Netherlands — Greeted by relieved parents, pet dogs, flares and a cloud of orange smoke, a group of 25 Dutch high school students with very...
Pentagon focusing on most vital personnel for virus testing
WASHINGTON — With limited supplies of coronavirus tests available, the Pentagon is focusing first on testing those performing duties deemed most vital...
Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of...
Fights resume in Nicaragua because ‘boxers have to eat’
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — With the world pretty much devoid of sports events because of the coronavirus pandmeic, boxing resumed in Nicaragua on Saturday n...
Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors
SEOUL, South Korea — A train likely belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been parked at his compound on the country’s east coast since las...
The Latest: PBR returns with closed event in Oklahoma
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
The Latest: Hawaii’s stay-at-home order extended to May 31
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Hospital ship offloads few remaining patients before NY exit
NEW YORK — A Navy hospital ship is offloading patients as it gets ready to set sail from New York City, the state is starting to test health care work...
Thousands demonstrate against Israeli coalition deal
TEL AVIV, Israel — Several thousand Israelis rallied Saturday to demonstrate against a unity government deal reached last week that leaves Prime Minis...
FBI investigates fire that damaged Missouri Islamic center
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of anyone connected to a fire that badly damaged an Is...
Led by LSU, Alabama, SEC players dominate remote NFL draft
Maybe the Southeastern Conference should simply hold onto its players and become part of the NFL.
F1 driver Lando Norris wins in IndyCar iRacing debut
Formula One driver Lando Norris embarrassed the field in his IndyCar iRacing debut by dominating Saturday's race at virtual Circuit of the Americas in...
Virus lockdowns an extra ordeal for special-needs children
PARIS — Weeks into France's strict coronavirus lockdown, Mohammed, a 14-year-old with autism, took a pickax and started hitting the wall of his family...
Virus creates unprecedented Maryland congressional election
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Ballots cast in person in Maryland's special congressional election between Democrat Kweisi Mfume and Republican Kimberly Klacik will...
Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like?
WASHINGTON — The New Deal was really a series of new deals, spread out over more than six years during the Great Depression — a menu of nationally sca...
Belarus holds day of civic labor despite rising virus cases
MINSK, Belarus — Hundreds of thousands of state employees in Belarus, including doctors and nurses, took part in a government-decreed national day of ...
Nashville musicians find themselves without jobs or benefits
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Colin Poulton moved to Nashville in 2008 to study commercial guitar. He dropped out of college but stuck with the city and the guit...
Hong Kong bookstore under attack in China reopens in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specializing in texts critical of China’s leaders reopened his shop in Taiwan on Saturday aft...
Burkina Faso struggles against COVID-19 and extremist threat
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The last time Amado Compaore saw his wife, she asked him for a phone charger so she could text friends and let them know s...
Polish government gets pushback on postal presidential vote
WARSAW — The Polish government’s determination to move forward with a scheduled presidential election next month by making it an all-postal vote has s...
Russian cargo ship docks with space station
MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian cargo capsule docked with the International Space Station, bringing more than 2 tons of supplies to the three-person crew...
Miami, Nebraska still waiting for 1st player taken in draft
Miami and Nebraska dominated college football from the 1980s through the early 2000s.
Indian Muslims face stigma, blame for surge in infections
NEW DELHI — India's government is blaming an Islamic missionary meeting for a surge in coronavirus cases, triggering a wave of violence, business boyc...
For Peace Corps evacuees, there wasn’t even time for goodbye
DUMFRIES, Va. — After two weeks alone in a hotel room in the Virginia suburbs, 40 minutes outside Washington, Kelsea Mensh was ready to go home.
The Latest: SEC has 40 players selected through 3 rounds
The Latest on the second and third rounds of the NFL draft.
Brazil becoming coronavirus hot spot as testing falters
RIO DE JANEIRO — Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers...
Asia Today: Sri Lanka reimposes curfew; 12 cases in China
BANGKOK — Sri Lanka has reimposed a countrywide 24-hour curfew after a surge in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, most of them navy sailors w...
Harold Reid, Statler Brothers bass singer, dies at 80
STAUNTON, Va. — Harold Reid, who sang bass for the Grammy-winning country group the Statler Brothers, has died after a long battle with kidney failure...