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...
China’s virus pandemic epicenter Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown
WUHAN, China — The lockdown that served as a model for countries battling the coronavirus around the world has ended after 11 weeks: Chinese authoriti...
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...
Hackers’ new target during pandemic: video conference calls
WASHINGTON — Ceri Weber had just begun to defend her dissertation when the chaos began: Echoes and voices interrupted her. Someone parroted her words....
Lives Lost: A mismatched pair’s love story ends with virus
He was a by-the-book, buttoned-up conservative whose opinions could be quick and blunt. She was a free-thinking, authority-snubbing liberal who would ...
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...
Asian shares rise, echoing Wall St optimism on virus battle
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday, echoing the rally on Wall Street, amid a few glimmers of hope that the coronavirus pandemic could be slowing.
Virus deaths slow in places, but British premier gets worse
NEW YORK — The steep rise in coronavirus deaths appeared to be leveling off Monday in hard-hit New York, echoing a trend underway in Italy and Spain, ...
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...
White House pushes unproven drug for virus, but doctors wary
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his administration kept up their out-sized promotion Monday of an anti-malaria drug not yet officially approve...
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...
Trump slams watchdog report on hospitals engulfed by virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday disputed the veracity of a federal survey that found hospitals faced severe shortages of coronavirus tes...