GOP weighs jobless aid cuts as layoffs surpass 38 million
WASHINGTON — Reconsideration of jobless aid is fast becoming the focus of congressional debate over the next virus aid package
Recording Academy records John Prine song for charity
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Recording Academy has released a new recording of John Prine's “Angel From Montgomery" with proceeds going to support the MusiC...
China boosts spending for virus-hit economy, takes up HK law
BEIJING — China’s No. 2 leader on Friday promised higher spending to revive its pandemic-stricken economy and curb surging job losses but avoided laun...
India struggles with twin challenges of cyclone and pandemic
NEW DELHI — In the middle of a pandemic, if a cyclone comes hurtling toward you, what should you do?
Muti to conduct classical music’s return to Italian stage
SOAVE, Italy — Riccardo Muti will conduct a youth orchestra in an open-air concert launching the annual Ravenna Festival next month in what organizers...
Biden accuser’s life marred by abuse and financial hardship
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — One thing is clear in the complicated, sometimes contradictory and often chaotic story of Tara Reade: Her life has not been ...
AP Interview: Liverpool chair Werner on virus delaying title
The Premier League trophy should have been in Tom Werner’s hands by now. This week should have featured a victory parade through the streets of Liverp...
AP PHOTOS: South Africa faces division again, from virus
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s coronavirus lockdown has brought a unique kind of discomfort to a country where memories of physical separation are yet ...
In virus chaos, some find solace, purpose in helping others
NEW YORK — In April, as the coronavirus was ravaging New York, Susan Jones learned her older brother had been diagnosed with a blood cancer.
Hong Kong opposition slams China national security law move
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers sharply criticized China’s move to take over long-stalled efforts to enact national security legislati...
Tokyo Olympics followed up by 3 mega-events -- all in China
TOKYO — Uncertainty grips next year’s postponed Tokyo Olympics: Will there be fans or empty stadiums in 14 months? And how will thousands of athletes,...
Virus fallout dampens spirits as Muslims mark major holiday
JERUSALEM — Muslims worldwide will celebrate one of their biggest holidays under the long shadow of the coronavirus, with millions confined to their h...
Hall of Famers reach out to youth with messages of strength
It doesn’t matter how the message is conveyed as long as it is communicated.
Texas court holds first US jury trial via videoconferencing
DALLAS — The potential jurors popped onto the screen one by one. They confirmed their names and told the judge how they were connecting to the court: ...
Will virus keep Florida spectators from astronaut launch?
ORLANDO, Fla. — In ordinary times, the beaches and roads along Florida’s Space Coast would be packed with hundreds of thousands of spectators, eager t...
San Francisco sanctions once-shunned homeless encampments
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco is joining other U.S. cities in authorizing homeless tent encampments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a move of...
Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
WASHINGTON — "A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one study.
Asian shares fall on US friction with China, Hong Kong fears
BANGKOK — Shares slipped in Asia on Friday as tensions flared between the U.S. and China and as more job losses compounded the economic fallout from t...
Bank of Japan helps fund small businesses fighting pandemic
TOKYO — Japan's central bank said Friday it will provide some 30 trillion yen ($280 billion) to banks for financing small and medium-size businesses b...
Rights group: Egypt arrested 10 reporters since virus hit
CAIRO — The Egyptian government has arrested at least 10 journalists since the coronavirus was detected in the country, a local human rights group sai...
USOPC eliminates 51 in response to COVID-related shortfall
DENVER — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is eliminating 51 positions and furloughing 33 more as part of a dramatic cut in staffing designed ...
Key points about China’s legislative session
BEIJING — Thousands of delegates from across China are in Beijing for this year’s annual session of the country’s rubber-stamp legislature and its adv...
Biden campaign limits press access during virtual fundraiser
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's campaign wouldn't let reporters listen to a question-and-answer session during a virtual fundraiser with Wall Street donors o...
‘Hundreds of millions’ in bogus jobless benefits paid out
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Impostors have used the stolen information of tens of thousands of people in Washington to fraudulently receive hundreds of millions ...
Rams’ Aaron Donald: Football without fans ‘wouldn’t be fun’
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Donald is not thrilled about the prospect of playing football without fans.
Flood raises fears of pollution at Michigan toxic waste site
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — It took seven years to settle on a plan for cleansing two rivers and floodplains polluted with dioxins from a Dow Chemical Co. ...
Nearly 39 million have lost jobs in US since virus took hold
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. has swelled to n...
Coroner: Smoke inhalation killed 34 in California boat fire
LOS ANGELES — Coroner's reports for the 34 victims who died in a scuba boat fire off the Southern California coast last year show they died of carbon ...
Trump declares emergency for flooded Michigan communities
MIDLAND, Mich. — Many Central Michigan residents remained cut off from their homes Thursday even as floodwaters receded, with senior citizens among th...
Pandemic politics: Maskless Trump tours Michigan Ford plant
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Pandemic politics shadowed President Donald Trump's trip to Michigan on Thursday as he highlighted lifesaving medical devi...