Colleges plan fall opening, but campuses won’t look the same
Growing numbers of U.S. colleges are pledging to reopen this fall, with dramatic changes to campus life to keep the coronavirus at bay. Big lectures w...
AP Interview: Udinese and Watford owners wary of restart
ROME — After nearly 35 years of club ownership — more than anyone else in Serie A — Udinese’s Gianpaolo Pozzo is drawing on his decades of experience ...
Countermeasures needed for Olympics, but what will they be?
TOKYO — Tokyo Olympic organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto spoke Thursday about the need to take “countermeasures” to combat the coronavirus at next ...
Study: Philippines a global hot spot for online child abuse
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has emerged as a global hot spot for online child sexual exploitation, and coronavirus lockdowns that restrict m...
WHO: Drug Trump taking to fight COVID-19 best left to tests
GENEVA — The World Health Organization, which has come under repeated fire from U.S. President Donald Trump, says the science is still unclear on an o...
‘We’re expendable’: Russian doctors face hostility, mistrust
MOSCOW — There are no daily public displays of gratitude for Russian doctors and nurses during the coronavirus crisis like there are in the West. Inst...
These coronavirus ‘carriers’ take test samples around London
LONDON — Ben Gee carries the coronavirus all over London.
Detective, nurse, confidant: Virus tracers play many roles
SALT LAKE CITY — Health investigator Mackenzie Bray smiles and chuckles as she chats by phone with a retired Utah man who just tested positive for the...
GOP rising star John James faces trouble at top of ticket
Michigan Senate candidate John James has been called a rising star of the Republican Party so many times it’s become a cliche.
Lives Lost: Pakistani immigrant helped others in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — When a friend of the Khan family got a job working for a New Jersey politician, family patriarch Shafqat Khan was a regular sight ...
Ex-Green Beret nabbed in exec’s escape has lived on the edge
Decades before a security camera caught Michael Taylor coming off a jet that was carrying one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives, the former Green B...
Singapore sentences drug suspect to death at Zoom hearing
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Singapore sentenced a drug suspect to death at a court hearing held on the videoconferencing app Zoom because of the city-sta...
Asian stocks mixed amid China tension with US, Australia
Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street rose despite trade tensions between China and Washington and Australia.
Little Richard laid to rest at Alabama alma mater
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Little Richard was remembered not just as a rock ‘n’ roll pioneer but a man of generosity and faith at a memorial service at his al...
As virus swamps Peru, Venezuelan migrants collect the dead
LIMA, Peru — Faustino López was terrified after his wife, Angélica, was hospitalized with the coronavirus last month.
Michigan dam had repeated safety violations before flooding
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A hydroelectric dam that failed to hold back floodwaters this week in Michigan was the target of lengthy investigations by fede...
Asia Today: Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister
BANGKOK — A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on com...
Pomp and masks: Graduations draw thousands despite pandemic
HOOVER, Ala. — High schools nationwide have canceled or postponed traditional graduation ceremonies to avoid worsening the spread of the new coronavir...
The Latest: Japan ending state of emergency in 3 prefectures
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
China focused on jobs as national legislature meets
BEIJING — As job losses surge, China is joining the United States and other governments in rolling out stimulus spending to revive its virus-battered ...
Back to business, but not business as usual as nations open
NEW YORK — This is what “normal” will look like for the foreseeable future.
Aircraft carrier returns to sea after coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON — After nearly two months sidelined in Guam with a coronavirus outbreak, the USS Theodore Roosevelt has gone out to sea for training, in pr...
The Latest: Pennsylvania working on sports virus guidelines
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Coronavirus looms over China’s national legislative session
BEIJING — When China convenes its National People's Congress on Friday, will the 3,000 delegates stand shoulder to shoulder as they have in years past...
Michigan flood displaces thousands, threatens Superfund site
MIDLAND, Mich. — Floodwaters surging through Central Michigan on Wednesday were mixing with containment ponds at a Dow Chemical Co. plant and could di...
Trump to mark Memorial Day at ceremony at Baltimore monument
WASHINGTON — Many Americans may be staying in this Memorial Day weekend, but President Donald Trump is hitting the road, set to visit Baltimore’s Fort...
NCAA to lift moratorium on football, basketball workouts
The NCAA Division I Council voted Wednesday to lift a moratorium on voluntary workouts by football and basketball players effective June 1 as a growin...
Four roommates of different faiths face a pandemic together
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Hadar Cohen, Ala’ Khan, Maya Mansour and Jonathan Simcosky arrived as strangers, ready to embark on a new interfaith journey.
Astronauts arrive for NASA’s 1st home launch in decade
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two astronauts who will end a nine-year launch drought for NASA arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, exactly one w...