‘Everyone has a story’: How will world remember pandemic?
CHICAGO — Artist Obi Uwakwe was driving through Chicago’s empty streets, camera on his lap to document life during COVID-19, when he saw something tha...
Local health agencies struggle to ramp up virus tracking
ATLANTA — As state after state begins to reopen, local health departments charged with tracking down everyone who has been in close contact with those...
Group buys Alabama abortion clinic to keep it from closing
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Conservative lawmakers in Alabama last year tried to enact the nation's most stringent abortion ban, but the attempt to outlaw the ...
Biden, Dems aim to expand campaign map with fundraising deal
ATLANTA — Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee have expanded their fundraising agreement to include 26 state parties as Democrats look to d...
WHO head urges global unity to help make Tokyo Olympics safe
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday it will not be easy to make next year's Tokyo Olympics a safe global gathering after ...
Burundi defies COVID-19 for election ending a bloody rule
KAMPALA, Uganda — Burundi is pushing ahead with an election on Wednesday that will end the president's divisive and bloody 15-year rule.
No jobs, no future: An army of India’s migrants heads home
NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of impoverished migrant workers are on the move across India, walking on highways and railway tracks or riding trucks, b...
It’s a work from home Congress as House approves proxy vote
WASHINGTON — It all started with the grandchildren.
Democrats push new $3T coronavirus relief bill through House
WASHINGTON — Democrats powered a massive $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill through the House on Friday, an election-year measure designed to brace a...
Report: Google facing onslaught of antitrust cases in US
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Federal and state regulators in the U.S. are preparing to file antitrust lawsuits alleging Google has abused its dominance of ...
Pandemic claims another retailer: 118-year-old J.C. Penney
NEW YORK — The coronavirus pandemic has pushed the storied but troubled department store chain J.C. Penney into Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It is the fourt...
Kroger offers Fred Meyer workers extra pay after outcry
SPOKANE, Wash. — Kroger, the parent company of grocer Fred Meyer, announced Friday that it will provide “thank you" payments to hourly employees after...
Nézet-Séguin got $392,152 in initial part of 1st Met season
NEW YORK — Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s earned $392,152 during his first portion of his first season as the Metropolitan Opera's music director, about a qua...
Lakers’ Dwight Howard healing after death of son’s mother
LOS ANGELES — The mother of Dwight Howard's 6-year-old son died nearly six weeks ago due to an epileptic seizure, the Los Angeles Lakers center says.
WNBA commissioner: League focusing on scenarios to play
NEW YORK — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is focusing on about a half dozen scenarios for the league to begin play this summer
Democrats try again with sweeping mail voting requirements
Despite an earlier failed attempt, Democrats were set to try again Friday to adopt a massive expansion of voting by mail during the coronavirus outbre...
Tesla picks Austin, Tulsa as finalists for new US factory
DETROIT — Tesla has picked Austin, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, as finalists for its new U.S. assembly plant, a person briefed on the matter said Frida...
Navajo Nation residents to be under strictest lockdown yet
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Residents of the Navajo Nation will be under the strictest weekend lockdown yet, with grocery stores and gas stations closed, and e...
Burr submits final Russia report before leaving chairmanship
WASHINGTON — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr has submitted the final report in the panel's three-year Russia investigation to the ...
Coronavirus spreads in Yemen with health system in shambles
Hundreds of people in Aden, southern Yemen’s main city, have died in the past week with symptoms of what appears to be the coronavirus, local health o...
Beginning to bloom: New York creaking back to economic life
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — Idled contractors girded for long-awaited jobs and shoppers browsed spring flowers -- though masks made stopping to smell the roses ...
The Shots: Ehlo, Russell playing a role in ‘The Last Dance’
Craig Ehlo still believes he played great defense.
VA says it won’t stop use of unproven drug on vets for now
WASHINGTON — Facing growing criticism, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Friday that it will not halt use of an unproven malaria drug on veteran...
NASCAR putting its safety plan to test as racing restarts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Crew chief Chad Knaus won't get a look at the car Hendrick Motorsports built for Darlington Raceway until he gets to the track Sunda...
Economy in crisis: more virus aid or wait and see?
WASHINGTON — The unparalleled speed of the collapse of the U.S. economy, forcing more than 36 million Americans out of work, has left an all-too-commo...
Virus or not, if you open Jersey Shore beaches, they’ll come
SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Somehow, after years of living underground and waiting for some unfathomable signal that it's time, cicadas suddenly know when...
Trump still confident in virus test despite false negatives
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed no concerns Friday about a rapid coronavirus test that the White House has been relying on to ensure his...
US begins ‘warp speed’ vaccine push as studies ramp up
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump vowed to use “every plane, truck and soldier” to distribute COVID-19 vaccines he hopes will be ready by year's end...
Column: Former Georgia player shows power of persistence
ATLANTA — For all its ills, there are times when college athletics gets it just right.
Crisis averted, hospital ship leaves LA; treats 77 patients
LOS ANGELES — Seven weeks ago a Navy hospital ship pulled into the Port of Los Angeles to provide relief to the city amid fears it was about to become...