Coronavirus cases hit 2 largest US cities differently
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles recorded its first case of coronavirus five weeks before New York City, yet it's New York that is now the U.S. epicenter of ...
Coaches find ways to support young athletes feeling adrift
SAN FRANCISCO — Morgan Coppoc finds herself in a situation similar to so many other college athletes across the country, hundreds of miles away from c...
Are gun shops ‘essential’ businesses during a pandemic?
In some parts of the U.S., authorities say gun shops aren't essential businesses and should close during stay-at-home orders meant to slow the coronav...
Coronavirus deals one-two financial punch to state budgets
The coronavirus is pounding state governments with a financial one-two punch, costing them many millions to try to contain the disease just as busines...
Congress locks Trump oversight into $2.2 trillion package
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared that "I'll be the oversight" as lawmakers were in the final days of drafting what became a $2.2 trillion ...
A defiant Maduro threatens ‘cowboy’ Trump after drug charge
MIAMI — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood defiant in the face of a $15 million bounty by the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges, calling Do...
Staying afloat: $2.2 trillion bill offers economic lifeline
WASHINGTON — In the coronavirus crisis, even doctors can face a cash crunch.
Asian shares advance after stimulus surge on Wall Street
BANGKOK — Shares advanced on Friday in Asia after Wall Street logged a third straight day of gains with the approaching congressional approval of a ma...
The Latest: Singapore penalizing social distancing violators
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults an...
Citing virus, EPA has stopped enforcing environmental laws
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday abruptly waived enforcement on a range of legally mandated public health and environmenta...
Canada urges US not to put troops at border during pandemic
TORONTO — Canada has told the Trump administration that a proposal to put troops at the U.S.-Canada border amid the pandemic is entirely unnecessary a...
Virus relief package could help Trump, Kushner businesses
WASHINGTON — The $2 trillion legislative package moving through Congress to shore up the U.S. economy devastated by the coronavirus was carefully writ...
Lowe’s hiring, McMenu shrinks, top Ford execs to defer pay
The outbreak of the coronavirus has dealt a shock to the global economy with unprecedented speed as it continues to spread across the world. Here is a...
AP Source: 20% base salary reductions for top NBA executives
NEW YORK — Top NBA executives are having their base salaries reduced by 20% for the foreseeable future, a person with knowledge of the details said Th...
Ethanol plants seek rule changes to resupply hand sanitizer
DES MOINES, Iowa — As hospitals and nursing homes desperately search for hand sanitizer amid the coronavirus outbreak, federal regulators are preventi...
On NYC’s front lines, health workers worry they will be next
NEW YORK — A nurse died from coronavirus after working nonstop for weeks at a hospital where staffers frustrated with dwindling supplies posed in gown...
US couple, adopted daughter, caught in India virus lockdown
A Georgia couple who traveled to India to adopt a child have had to delay bringing their new daughter back to the United States after Indian authoriti...
US could get stake in airlines in exchange for virus grants
The Trump administration is raising the possibility of the government getting ownership stakes in U.S. airlines in exchange for $25 billion in direct ...
Washington set to deliver $2.2 trillion virus rescue bill
WASHINGTON — With rare bipartisanship and speed, Washington is about to deliver massive, unprecedented legislation to speed help to individuals and bu...
Two deaths tied to California cruise ship, with few tested
SAN FRANCISCO — Two men who traveled on a coronavirus-stricken cruise ship stalled for days off the California coast have died, federal officials said...
NY wants the nation’s breathing machines, but supply is low
New York's scramble to find enough breathing machines to treat its rapidly expanding legion of coronavirus patients illustrates a problem vexing hospi...
None of the ‘Big Five’ publishers will attend BookExpo
NEW YORK — All of the so-called “Big Five” publishers have dropped out of BookExpo, the industry's annual national convention. Hachette Book Group and...
Q&A: How can the huge congressional aid package help you?
WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to approve an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package that will provide one-time checks for most Americans...
Lawyers, judges push to close immigration courts amid virus
SAN DIEGO — Immigration attorneys have sported swim goggles and masks borrowed from friends to meet with clients in detention centers. Masked judges a...
74,000 Floridians seek benefits, critics demand reform
ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 74,000 Floridians applied for unemployment benefits last week, a tenfold increase from the previous week, as the spread of t...
Netanyahu rival becomes parliament speaker, signaling deal
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief rival was chosen on Thursday as the new speaker of parliament, an unexpected step that c...
Pandemic fallout: NCAA slashes distribution by $375 million
The NCAA will distribute $225 million to its Division I members in June, a whopping $375 million less than had been budgeted after the coronavirus pan...
5 earthquakes rattle West Texas; largest is magnitude 5.0
EL PASO, Texas — A series of five earthquakes centered near the same remote area of West Texas rattled the region on Thursday.
Half-million infected worldwide as economic toll rises
The human and economic toll of the lockdowns against the coronavirus mounted Thursday as India struggled to feed the multitudes, Italy shut down most ...
Texas is bigger: Lone Star State’s metros lead decade growth
ORLANDO, Fla. — Everything really is bigger in Texas.