The Latest: Pakistan sees more than 100 virus deaths in day
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan recorded more than 100 deaths in a single day from COVID-19 for the first time since keeping statistics in mid-March, w...
USWNT wants soccer federation to repeal anthem policy
CHICAGO — The U.S. women's national team wants the U.S. Soccer Federation to repeal the anthem policy it instituted after Megan Rapinoe started kneeli...
Q&A: State of Tokyo Olympics 2 1/2 months after postponement
TOKYO — It's been 2 1/2 months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So where do the games stand? ...
Concealing virus is latest Bolsonaro effort shore up base
RIO DE JANEIRO — As the coronavirus claims tens of thousands of lives in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro is focused on ensuring his political surviva...
Urgent meeting of UN rights body sought after Floyd killing
GENEVA — The American Civil Liberties Union says relatives of George Floyd and three other black people who were killed by police have joined some 600...
World leaders won’t gather at UN for first time in 75 years
UNITED NATIONS — The president of the U.N. General Assembly said Monday that world leaders will not be coming to New York for their annual gathering i...
Romney’s racial justice march spotlights faith groups’ role
Mitt Romney’s participation in a racial justice march Sunday brought the startling sight of Republicans’ 2012 presidential nominee avowing that “black...
Violence gives way to street fair vibe outside White House
WASHINGTON — That massive fence erected around Lafayette Park has become a do-it-yourself gallery of protest art. Messages, posters and portraits, ran...
Trump closer to resuming rallies that were halted by virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is aiming to resume campaign rallies in the coming weeks, though the locations and coronavirus precautions still a...
Current, former NHL players form Hockey Diversity Alliance
Seven current or former black NHL players formed the Hockey Diversity Alliance on Monday, creating another avenue to fight racism and intolerance in t...
Thousands mourn George Floyd in Texas amid calls for reform
HOUSTON — The last chance for the public to say goodbye to George Floyd drew thousands of mourners Monday to a church in his native Houston, as his de...
US prosecutors spar with Prince Andrew in Epstein probe
LONDON — U.S. prosecutors and attorneys for Britain's Prince Andrew sniped at one another across the Atlantic on Monday, each saying the other side wa...
Review: Davidson steps up in ‘The King of Staten Island’
The protagonists in Judd Apatow movies don’t generally have their stuff together. They are emotionally stunted, occasionally underachieving, unmotivat...
Officer charged in Floyd’s death held on $1 million bail
MINNEAPOLIS — A judge on Monday kept bail at $1 million for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder in George Floyd's de...
Seattle council members protest after tear gas used on crowd
SEATTLE — Just days after Seattle's mayor and police chief promised a month-long moratorium on using a type of tear gas to disperse protesters, the de...
‘A big test’: Hard-hit New York City begins reopening
NEW YORK — After three gloomy months and 21,000 deaths that made it the nation's most lethal hot spot, New York City slowly began reopening Monday in ...
Coast Guard Academy faulted on response to racial incidents
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy failed to properly address complaints of racial harassment, including the use of racial slurs by cadets, according to the...
Russia charges plant director in Arctic diesel fuel spill
MOSCOW — Russian authorities have charged the director of an Arctic power plant that leaked 20,000 tons of diesel fuel into the ecologically fragile r...
Biden promises police changes without stripping funding
ATLANTA — Joe Biden diverged Monday from activists pushing to “defund the police” in the United States, arguing that an overhaul of policing in Americ...
New this week: Spike Lee flick, ‘Artemis Fowl,’ Norah Jones
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this w...
Behind virus and protests: A chronic US economic racial gap
WASHINGTON — The United States has been here before, staring into the deep chasm that divides white and black Americans.
K-pop fans become an unexpected ally to American protesters
SEOUL, South Korea — As American protesters took to the streets to mourn the death of George Floyd, they found an unexpected ally: K-pop fans.
The 10 best movies released since theaters were shuttered
Believe it or not, a lot of new films have been released since movie theaters were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic — and a lot of good films.
Can tear gas and pepper spray increase virus spread?
Police departments have used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters in recent weeks, raising concern that the chemical agents could increase the spre...
A US recession began in February in the face of coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy entered a recession in February as the coronavirus struck the nation, a group of economists declared Monday, ending the ...
Building bubbles: Cautious 1st steps toward football season
College football is scheduled to kick off in less than three months and there are plenty of reasons to be hopeful that games will be played Labor Day ...
Suspect in police killing was member of elite military team
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — An active-duty U.S. Air Force sergeant accused of killing a Northern California sheriff’s deputy in an ambush-style attack was a ...
Germany: US troop reduction could harm NATO security
BERLIN — Germany’s defense minister suggested Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s reported plans to withdraw more than a quarter of American tro...
A look back, and follow-up, on coronavirus good-deed tales
One Good Thing, each day. That was the guiding principle when The Associated Press launched this fixture in mid-March.