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...
Puerto Rico to reopen businesses, beaches with new rules
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico will cautiously reopen beaches, restaurants, churches, hair salons and retail stores next week under strict new ru...
Nation’s capital aims to start reopening May 29
WASHINGTON — After weeks of insisting the Washington, D.C., area is not ready to end its pandemic-induced lockdown, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser now...
US begins crackdown on unvetted virus blood tests
WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators are moving ahead with a crackdown on scores of antibody tests for the coronavirus that have not yet been shown to work.
Tech giants are embracing remote work. Others may follow
OAKLAND, Calif. — For a preview of the future of office work, watch how the biggest tech companies are preparing for a post-pandemic world.
Busch and Elliott incident could spark new NASCAR rivalry
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch is NASCAR's reigning Cup champion and the resident villain of the series. Chase Elliott has been voted most popular drive...
Officials: Email delays key vote on PG&E’s bankruptcy plan
BERKELEY, Calif. — California power regulators unexpectedly delayed a key vote Thursday on Pacific Gas & Electric's plan for getting out of bankru...
Alaska will send oil-wealth checks early because of virus
JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has announced that checks from the state's oil-wealth fund will begin going out to residents three months e...
Iran says 10K medics infected as virus fears rise in Mideast
TEHRAN, Iran — The coronavirus has infected more than 10,000 health care workers in hard-hit Iran, news outlets reported Thursday, as health officials...
Kelly Clarkson, Alex Trebek among Daytime Emmy nominees
LOS ANGELES — The first season of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” received Daytime Emmy Awards nominations for best entertainment talk show and host, while ...
Trump slams mail-in balloting promoted by his own campaign
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday railed against mail-in balloting that in some cases has been promoted by his own reelection campaign, ...
Forecasters predict busy 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With forecasters predicting another intense Atlantic hurricane season with as many as 13 to 19 named storms, disaster prepared...