Oregon Supreme Court halts order nixing virus restrictions
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court late Monday halted a rural judge's order earlier in the day that had tossed out statewide coronavirus restricti...
Nicaragua closes Costa Rica border to protest virus testing
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega blamed new coronavirus-related health monitoring measures taken by neighboring Costa Rica for ...
LeBron: “Definitely not giving up on the season”
LeBron James reiterated Monday that he is hopeful the NBA season can resume, with the caveat that the health and well-being of players won’t be jeopar...
Automakers help restart US industry as globe reopens further
WARREN, Mich. — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the bigge...
Democrats: Fired watchdog was looking into Saudi arms sale
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats say the State Department watchdog fired by President Donald Trump last week was investigating possible impropriet...
Marc Maron mourns partner Lynn Shelton in emotional podcast
LOS ANGELES — Marc Maron’s voice quivered from the first words he uttered. Just days after the sudden death of his partner Lynn Shelton, Maron spoke c...
Column: NASCAR managed small miracle in problem-free return
DARLINGTON, S.C. — The odds were against NASCAR flawlessly executing its reopening plan, which was a potential standard-setting moment for other profe...
Trump says he’s taking malaria drug to protect against virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the new coronavirus, despite warnings from his own...
Reports: World economy faces tough journey back from crisis
WASHINGTON — The world economy likely faces a long slog back from the coronavirus crisis.
Group of GOP state AGs calls on judge to dismiss Flynn case
WASHINGTON — A group of 15 Republican state attorneys general filed an amicus brief Monday supporting the Justice Department’s motion to drop its case...
Bull riding may be 1st US professional sport to welcome fans
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — One of the first professional athletic sports to allow spectators to attend as states gradually lift restrictions imposed due to t...
Powell says Fed will name borrowers, will use all its tools
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is pledging to reveal the names and other details of the entities that borrow from the emergency prog...
Trump hears restaurant owners’ worries, sees good days ahead
WASHINGTON — Restaurant owners gave President Donald Trump a sobering accounting Monday of the widespread damage the coronavirus pandemic has dealt th...
Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies
LOS ANGELES — Ken Osmond, who played the two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell on TV's “Leave It to Beaver,” died Monday, his family said.
FBI: Shooter at Pensacola base coordinated with al-Qaida
The gunman who killed three U.S. sailors at a military base in Florida last year repeatedly communicated with al-Qaida operatives about planning in th...
JC Penney plans to close more than 240 stores
NEW YORK — J.C. Penney will permanently close nearly 30% of its 846 stores as part of a restructuring under bankruptcy protection.
Outside judge named to preside over cases in Arbery slaying
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge from outside the coastal Georgia community where Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot has been appointed to preside over trial proce...
Feds urge ‘extreme caution’ for reopening nursing homes
NEW YORK — Federal authorities are urging governors to use “extreme caution” in deciding when to resume visits at nursing homes, saying it shouldn't c...
PG&E’s bankruptcy plan wins support from wildfire victims
BERKELEY, Calif. — Pacific Gas & Electric's plan for getting out of bankruptcy has won overwhelming support from the victims of deadly Northern Ca...
Film shows nightmare of an emergency room in Italy
NEW YORK — Filmmaker Sasha Joelle Achilli has made documentaries on the Ebola virus and now the coronavirus. Ask which virus scares her more, and the ...
Chiefs’ Hill completes year-long reclamation of himself
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The steady stream of nurses filing out of St. Luke's Hospital for close to an hour was finally slowing down, which was altogether f...
Uber cuts 3,000 jobs as pandemic slashes demand for rides
NEW YORK — Uber has cut 3,000 jobs from its workforce, its second major wave of layoffs in two weeks as the coronavirus slashed demand for rides.
Review: Dinan’s debut novel sounds climate change alarm
“Things You Would Know if You Grew Up Around Here,” by Nancy Wayson Dinan (Bloomsbury)
SBA leaves businesses still hoping for more leeway on loans
NEW YORK — Small businesses hoping for more leeway in using coronavirus loan money were disappointed as the government released instructions for seeki...
Germany, France propose virus recovery fund for EU economy
BERLIN — The leaders of Germany and France agreed Monday on a one-off 500 billion-euro ($543 billion) fund to help the European Union recover from the...
Report: Treasury fund to ease virus crisis off to slow start
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and Federal Reserve have lent hardly any money under a $500 billion fund created by economic rescue law passed in...
TV cliffhanger: New season in jeopardy amid virus shutdown
LOS ANGELES — The first new TV season of the coronavirus era is facing an understandably shaky start that comes with a tacit disclaimer: No one is sur...
High court allows bigger award in 1998 embassy bombings case
The Supreme Court is allowing a bigger award of money to victims of the 1998 bombings by al-Qaida of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es ...
WHO bows to calls from countries for independent virus probe
GENEVA — The World Health Organization bowed to calls Monday from most of its member states to launch an independent probe into how it managed the int...
Barr says he doesn’t envision investigations of Biden, Obama
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he did not expect investigations into the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation to lea...