Ashley McBryde reveals familial secrets on new record
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Ashley McBryde doesn’t have any problem with using real people to inspire her country songs and revealing the sordid details of the...
Judge won’t delay Wisconsin election but extends voting
MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge on Thursday declined to postpone Wisconsin's presidential primary over the health threat from the new coronavirus, but...
In Ecuador, families wait with their dead as bodies pile up
QUITO, Ecuador — Daniel Larrea died Monday after a week of high fever, struggling to breathe and steadily turning blue. Then a new nightmare began for...
High-tech growing systems bring joy of gardening indoors
Traditionally, growing your own herbs and veggies was reserved for those with the luxury of outdoor space and abundant light.
Study: Gonzaga, Michigan top academics-based NCAA brackets
RALEIGH, N.C. — Gonzaga and Michigan stood out in a study that seeded men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament brackets based on graduation rates, academic s...
Arizona justices uphold Phoenix airport’s Uber, Lyft fees
PHOENIX — Arizona's high court on Thursday upheld a $4 pickup and drop-off fee that led Uber and Lyft to threaten to stop serving the Phoenix airport,...
Virus hits NYC hardest in a few working-class neighborhoods
NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic has hit especially hard in a few poorer New York City neighborhoods where telecommuting isn't an option and there ...
US eases blood donation limits for gay men due to shortage
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government Thursday eased restrictions on blood donations from gay men and other key groups because of a drop in the nation's bl...
The Waiting Game: For NBA coaches, that’s the new schedule
MIAMI — Orlando’s Steve Clifford figures he’s like every other NBA coach right now: Wake up, go to whatever now serves as the office, study his own te...
Democrats delay nominating convention amid virus concerns
Democrats announced Thursday that they were postponing their presidential nominating convention until August, an unprecedented move that shows how the...
Stimulus aid for ‘small business’ will go to some big chains
IOWA CITY, Iowa — As the federal government prepares to launch a $349 billion loan program meant to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pand...
‘Top Gun Maverick’ postponed to December due to coronavirus
NEW YORK — Hollywood's summer movie season is all but finished. “Top Gun Maverick” became the latest would-be blockbuster to be rescheduled due to the...
Fire officials save cold kitten that was stuck on a roof
MARIETTA, Ga. — A kitten stuck on a roof in the cold was saved by firefighters in Georgia.
What virus? Belarus rejects strict measures against pandemic
MINSK, Belarus — When Belarus' president last made a public appearance he wore protective gear, but it wasn't for the coronavirus. Alexander Lukashenk...
Andrew Lloyd Webber shares musicals online; actor diagnosed
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reac...
Outbreak: bankruptcies, layoffs, quiet skies and empty rails
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Thursday related to th...
With business vaporizing, Europe focuses on avoiding layoffs
BRUSSELS — As the new coronavirus spreads across Europe, ravaging economies and killing thousands, governments and the European Union are focusing muc...
Russia’s Putin orders non-working month to curb coronavirus
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month as part of a partial economic shutdown...
To share or not to share, that is the question for Sam Hunt
NEW YORK — Sam Hunt’s sophomore album opens and closes with two of the most personal songs he’s ever written, as he draws from his own life to paint c...
Son: Jazz great Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead, 85; COVID involved
NEW ORLEANS — Ellis Marsalis Jr., the jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical clan, died late Wednesday from pneumonia brought on...
‘Lost Children’ author: Writers must ‘document’ pandemic
NEW YORK — Cooped up at her Bronx home with her daughter and a niece because of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli says she has...
James Patterson sets up fund to help indie booksellers
NEW YORK — James Patterson has a history of helping independent bookstores.
Virus spreads through South Dakota family’s close ties
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — After South Dakota lawmaker Bob Glanzer became one of the first people in the state to be sickened by the coronavirus from an unkn...
Outbreak: bankruptcies, layoffs and quiet skies
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed. Following are developments on Thursday related to th...
Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity
JOHANNESBURG — Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pa...
Review: Reissue of 1982 Nina Simone disc a work of contrasts
Nina Simone, “Fodder On My Wings” (Verve/UMe)
Q&A: How to get aid for a small business hit by virus crisis
NEW YORK — Millions of small business owners will be turning to the government, seeking help for an individual and nationwide cataclysm, the economic ...
Israel’s health minister has virus, top officials to isolate
JERUSALEM — The new coronavirus is forcing more top Israeli officials into isolation after the country's health minister, who has had frequent contact...
Chinese smartphone health code rules post-virus life
WUHAN, China — Since the coronavirus outbreak, life in China is ruled by a green symbol on a smartphone screen.
Residents snitch on businesses, neighbors amid shutdowns
OAK PARK, Illinois — One Tulsa bar owner said more than a dozen motorcyclists showed up unannounced, but he served them a round of shots anyway to cel...