AP source: Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen being released from prison
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of hi...
Asian shares climb on China data, Wall Street rally
BANGKOK — Shares surged Friday in Asia after China reported economic data that, while bleak, was better than expected.
The Latest: Arrests in China for mask production violations
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Asia Today: Duterte threatens martial law-like enforcement
BANGKOK — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatened martial law-style enforcement of a monthlong lockdown in the main northern region of the cou...
UN report: Pandemic turning into a ‘child-rights crisis’
UNITED NATIONS — Children have so far largely escaped the most severe symptoms of COVID-19 but the social and economic impact “is potentially catastro...
Some people turn to herbal medicine for virus without proof
NEW DELHI — With no approved drugs for the new coronavirus, some people are turning to alternative medicines, often with governments promoting them.
Bangladesh garment workers seek unpaid wages as orders stop
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers who produce garments for global brands blocked a highway at a protest demanding their unpaid wages...
Federal judge denies new criminal trial for Roger Stone
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday denied a request for a new trial made by Trump ally Roger Stone following his conviction on charges related t...
Business owners left out as lending program goes on hold
NEW YORK — The government’s lending program for small businesses is tapped out, leaving business owners who still need loans waiting for Congress to a...
Amid talk of restarting economy, virus keeps killing in NYC
NEW YORK — Hopeful talk about getting people out of their homes and back to work in some parts of the country seems a far cry from the harsh reality i...
Boeing to resume Washington output; data shows economic hit
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments Thursday related to the g...
Trump gives governors 3-phase plan to reopen economy
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump gave governors a road map Thursday for recovering from the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic, laying out a...
Top infectious disease doctor inspires ‘Fauci fever’
A new condition related to the coronavirus pandemic is sweeping the United States: Fauci fever.
Guatemala official: 44 deportees tested positive for virus
GUATEMALA CITY — Forty-four Guatemalans deported on one flight from the United States this week have tested positive for COVID-19, a Guatemala governm...
At Criterion Channel, programming a movable movie feast
NEW YORK — Arthouses are closed. Film festivals are canceled. But double features, matinees and film series continue to run unabated in one vital, vir...
US job losses mount as Trump presses plan to reopen business
WASHINGTON — The ranks of America's unemployed swelled toward Great Depression-era levels Thursday, and President Donald Trump reacted to the pressure...
Christian mindfulness, meditation apps find their moment
(RNS) — Rachael Reynolds is a busy wife and mom of three who, like many, suddenly has been tasked with home-schooling her children and managing the an...
Oregon guard Ionescu expected to be No. 1 pick in WNBA draft
NEW YORK — It will be no surprise if Oregon star Sabrina Ionescu is the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft Friday night by the New York Liberty.
Slain Indianapolis officer remembered as compassionate
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis police officer who was fatally shot while responding to a domestic violence call was remembered Thursday during her fun...
US House considers proxy voting during coronavirus crisis
WASHINGTON — With Congress essentially closed, House Democrats are proposing a temporary rules change during the coronavirus crisis that would allow l...
Trump faces global resistance to US plan to cut WHO funding
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faced international resistance Thursday to his plan to cut U.S. payments to the World Health Organization over its...
‘E.T.,’ ‘Bugsy’ cinematographer Allen Daviau dies at 77
LOS ANGELES — Cinematographer Allen Daviau, who shot three of Steven Spielberg’s films including “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” has died. A representat...
Layoffs and pay cuts are now striking more white collar jobs
WASHINGTON — First, it was bars, restaurants, hotels. And clothing stores, movie theaters, entertainment venues. And countless small businesses, from ...
Backup of bodies overwhelms nursing home amid outbreak
An extraordinary number of coronavirus-related deaths appears to have overwhelmed a nursing home in northern New Jersey where police found 18 bodies i...
US Open tennis COVID-19 decision by June; no fans ‘unlikely’
A decision on whether to postpone or cancel the U.S. Open because of the coronavirus pandemic is expected by June, the U.S. Tennis Association’s new C...
Nurses push back on pressure to work without right equipment
Nurse Mike Gulick was meticulous about not bringing the coronavirus home to his wife and their 2-year-old daughter. He’d stop at a hotel after work ju...
EPA guts rule credited with cleaning up coal-plant toxic air
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday gutted an Obama-era rule that compelled the country's coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury a...
Study: Warming makes US West megadrought worst in modern age
KENSINGTON, Maryland — A two-decade-long dry spell that has parched much of the western United States is turning into one of the deepest megadroughts ...
Brian Dennehy, Tony-winning stage, screen actor, dies at 81
NEW YORK — Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by Wi...
No baseball or beaches: Virus upends usual California summer
LOS ANGELES — In these dark times, clouded by fears of an enemy we can’t see and sheltered in homes we're itching to leave, it's reassuring to know th...