US-led coalition troops pull out of base in western Iraq
BAGHDAD — Troops from the U.S.-led coalition pulled out from a base in western Iraq on Thursday as part of a planned drawdown, Iraqi and coalition off...
Museum scales back 25th anniversary of Oklahoma City bombing
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum is planning to offer a recorded, one-hour television program in place of a live ceremon...
Africa sees ‘extremely rapid evolution’ of pandemic, UN says
JOHANNESBURG — More African countries closed their borders Thursday as the coronavirus’ local spread threatened to turn the continent of 1.3 billion p...
National parks are free, but some oppose that amid the virus
SALT LAKE CITY — Most national parks are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a pandemic, but despite now being free to ...
Washington’s lieutenant governor leaving for the priesthood
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib said Thursday that he is not running for re-election and will join the Jesuit order of the Catholic C...
Met Opera cancels season, stops pay of orchestra, chorus
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Opera is canceling the rest of its season and stopping the pay of the orchestra, chorus and other unionized employees at t...
As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitals
WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing for a potential surge of 1 million veterans infected by coronavirus and at the same time is...
NCAA Tournament: Big shots that define the madness of March
This is the time of year people usually start tweeting at Ali Farokhmanesh.
European experts accuse Russia of spreading fake virus news
BRUSSELS — Russian state media and news outlets supporting President Vladimir Putin are waging a fake news campaign aimed at undermining public confid...
No family, fanfare for NASA astronaut launching next month
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA astronaut who's about to leave the planet for six months will blast off without any family or fanfare because of the cor...
Ionescu headlines AP All-America women’s basketball team
NEW YORK — Sabrina Ionescu has joined an elite group, becoming a three-time All-American.
Gabbard ends long-shot 2020 bid, throws support to Biden
COLUMBA, S.C. — Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has suspended her presidential campaign, ending a long-shot effort that saw her feuding with Hillar...
US mortgage rates climb this week; 30-year loan at 3.65%
WASHINGTON — U.S. long-term mortgage rates climbed this week in a whip-sawing market amid deepening anxiety over devastation to the economy from the c...
AP Was There: North Carolina beats Michigan for ’93 title
EDITOR'S NOTE — A panel of Associated Press sports writers voted in March 2020 on the top 10 men's basketball games in the history of the NCAA Tournam...
Virus-shocked Hollywood gets break with streaming services
LOS ANGELES — Sports are on hold, theaters are closed and so are amusement parks, a disaster-movie scenario that has Hollywood reeling. But Americans ...
UK government slammed for failing its Windrush immigrants
LONDON — An independent report sharply criticized Britain's Conservative government on Thursday for the way it treated long-term U.K. residents who we...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro strives to regain leadership amid virus
RIO DE JANEIRO — After questioning the seriousness of COVID-19, defying his own health ministry's recommendations and denouncing a “certain hysteria,”...
Mideast airlines lose $7B as airports shut to combat virus
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Seven Middle Eastern countries have suspended all commercial flights due to a fast-spreading new virus as the aviation i...
Soccer’s paralysis sparks questions about player contracts
It was the dream scenario for David Silva at the end of his trophy-filled, decade-long career at Manchester City.
The marquee NCAA Tournament matchups that could have been
Seton Hall's Myles Powell and Marquette's Markus Howard went head to head during the regular season in a pair of games befitting two of college basket...
Indonesia halts Islamic assembly, quarantining 9,000 people
MAKASSAR, Indonesia — Indonesia halted a mass congregation of nearly 9,000 Muslim pilgrims and began quarantining and checking their health Thursday t...
Coronavirus extends across West, Californians must stay home
ROME — Italy's deaths from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed China’s on Thursday as the scourge extended its march across the West, where the United S...
Earthquake rattles millions on edge amid coronavirus threat
SALT LAKE CITY — With much of normal life at a screeching halt to combat the coronavirus, millions of people in Utah are hunkered down in the safety o...
Surgeon general’s TV praise of Trump earns his ‘star’ label
WASHINGTON — The U.S. surgeon general caught the eye of Donald Trump in a tried-and-true way: praising the 45th president on television.
Celebrities get virus tests, raising concerns of inequality
WASHINGTON — Celebrities, politicians and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavi...
2 cruise ships not allowed to disembark in Honolulu
HONOLULU — Two cruise ships won't be allowed to disembark in Honolulu after being turned away by other ports, even with no positive cases of coronavir...
The Latest: Ships going to Honolulu won’t let off passengers
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 218,000 people and killed more than 8,800. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or mo...
States suspending standardized tests as schools close
AUSTIN, Texas — Closing schools to combat the spread of the coronavirus is having a sweeping impact on an annual rite of spring: the standardized test...
Trump invokes emergency authority, no new cases in Wuhan
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the pandem...