Russia says it scales down war games amid pandemic
MOSCOW — Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday that Moscow has scaled down its military drills amid the coronavirus pandemic.
2 Republican special election winners sworn into House
WASHINGTON — A former Navy pilot who captured a California congressional district from Democrats and a state legislator who retained a Republican-held...
Bouncing back: Restaurant debuts ‘bumper tables’ amid virus
OCEAN CITY, Md. — Diners in a Maryland beach town are bouncing back into eating out amid the coronavirus pandemic with a little help from inflatable i...
Author urges gardeners to form one big `national park’
Imagine if all the back and front yards — and even patio container plants — across the country were seen as one magnificent patchwork quilt, a ``Homeg...
Judge: Salvage firm can recover Titanic’s telegraph machine
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia has ruled that a salvage firm can retrieve the Marconi wireless telegraph machine that broadcast distress c...
Review: Writer reflects on his friendship with Philip Roth
“Here We Are: My Friendship with Philip Roth.” by Benjamin Taylor (Penguin Books)
Germany breaks taboo in effort to get EU through pandemic
FRANKFURT, Germany — Germany’s agreement to share debt with other EU countries to finance an economic recovery plan is being greeted as an overdue sig...
Summer Movie Calendar, from ‘Cruella’ to ‘The Suicide Squad’
A rundown of notable films coming out this summer:...
Biden hires Chávez granddaughter to help on Latino outreach
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's presidential campaign is bringing on the granddaughter of civil rights leader César Chávez as a senior adviser to help with L...
2017 video shows Georgia officer tried to stun Ahmaud Arbery
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A video released Monday shows police in Georgia attempting to search Ahmaud Arbery's parked car in 2017 and when he declines to let th...
UK jobless claims surge by record amount as pandemic hits
LONDON — Unemployment claims in Britain jumped by a record amount in April to their highest level since the 1990s, underscoring the impact the COVID-1...
China says boy picked by Dalai Lama now a college graduate
BEIJING — China said Tuesday that a boy who disappeared 25 years ago after being picked by the Dalai Lama as Tibetan Buddhism’s second-highest figure ...
Cristiano Ronaldo reports to Juventus, gives thumbs up
Cristiano Ronaldo reported to Juventus’ training center for medical tests on Tuesday after a 10-week absence and gave the media a thumbs up when he le...
Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart
WARSAW, Poland — A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of ...
Gov’t to lose majority Thai Airways share in restructuring
Bangkok — Thailand’s Cabinet has approved reducing the government’s stake in financially troubled Thai Airways International to under 50% as part of a...
Cost of spreading virus weighed on Home Depot in early 2020
ATLANTA — The cost of the spreading coronavirus pandemic dragged on profits early in the year at Home Depot.
An antidote to coronavirus blues? A Picasso on your wall
LE PECQ, France — How’s this as an antidote for coronavirus blues: A genuine painting by Pablo Picasso on your wall.
UK lawmakers say testing lapses increased nursing home toll
LONDON — An influential group of British lawmakers on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government of failing to conduct enough tests for...
Sony to buy full control of financial unit to weather crisis
TOKYO — Sony Corp. plans to make its financial services unit a wholly owned subsidiary to ensure stability as it rides out the hardships brought on by...
Beaches, nightclubs? Europe mulls how to get tourists back
AYIA NAPA, Cyprus — The Mediterranean resort town of Ayia Napa is known for its boisterous parties. Each summer, thousands of young foreign tourists p...
AP PHOTOS: Students help keep Greek COVID hospital on track
ATHENS, Greece — More than a century ago, the Sotiria hospital in Athens was built as a public sanatorium for patients with a feared infectious diseas...
Mnuchin to face grilling about small-business lending effort
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will likely come under tough questioning from senators Tuesday about a small business lending program i...
Carrier sidelined by coronavirus heads back to sea this week
WASHINGTON — The USS Theodore Roosevelt will return to sea later this week, nearly two months after the ship was sidelined in Guam with a rapidly grow...
COVID-19 data sharing with law enforcement sparks concern
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Public health officials in at least two-thirds of U.S. states are sharing the addresses of people who have the coronavirus with fir...
Outbreak on edge of Navajo Nation overwhelms rural hospital
GALLUP, N.M. — On the eve of New Mexico's shutdown of bars and restaurants to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the city of Gallup came alive for on...
Pandemic threatens to deepen crisis in mental health care
NEW YORK — More than three weeks after Brandon Bell stopped showing up at a New York office that serves people with schizophrenia, employees finally l...
The Latest: Probe suggests more virus deaths in Mexico City
The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and pe...
Trump points to good news as restaurant owners tell of fears
WASHINGTON — Restaurant owners gave President Donald Trump a sobering accounting of the widespread damage the coronavirus pandemic has dealt their ind...
Asian stocks up on hopes for vaccine and economies reopening
TOKYO — Asian shares rose Tuesday on optimism about a potential vaccine for the coronavirus after hopes for a U.S. economic recovery in the second hal...
Rubio steps in to lead Senate Intelligence Committee
WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will temporarily become chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Republican leaders announced, taking char...