Rachael Ray tapes show from home, makes $4M virus donation
Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned “a Renaissance time," rereading the classics, resum...
Missteps mar Puerto Rico’s response to the coronavirus
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico officials say data that show COVID-19 cases on the island are much lower than in some U.S. states constitute proof...
Former partners say Ayesha Curry has ‘gutted’ their value
LOS ANGELES — A celebrity branding company on Wednesday sued Ayesha Curry, the food and lifestyle personality and wife of NBA star Stephen Curry, seek...
Liberty trade Tina Charles to Mystics in 3-team deal
NEW YORK — The New York Liberty traded All-Star Tina Charles to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday as part of a three-team deal.
A virus that hits all faiths tests religion’s tie to science
NEW YORK — Tanzania’s president claimed the coronavirus “cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Israel’s health minister dismissed a potential curfew by s...
FBI: Government’s response to virus spurred would-be bomber
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri man who investigators say was planning to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital was distressed by the government’s response t...
WWII veteran, age 99, raises millions for UK health service
LONDON — A 99-year-old British army veteran who started walking laps in his garden as part of a humble fundraiser for the National Health Service has ...
‘American Tacos’ probes a dish’s evolution across borders
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — You can eat one with carne asada and corn tortillas in East Los Angeles, or one with flour and pit-grilled pork known as al pastor ...
Hawaii embraces aloha print masks while fighting coronavirus
HONOLULU — Face masks made with the same colorful prints used for aloha shirts — known as “Hawaiian shirts” elsewhere in the United States — are the l...
VIRUS DIARY: For the smallest ballplayers, an unsure spring
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — The question comes frequently. Usually in the morning, when the day is still brimming with confidence.
Banks brace for big loan defaults by US, global customers
NEW YORK — The major banks in the U.S. are anticipating a flood of loan defaults as households and business customers take a big financial hit from th...
Post-pandemic PTSD? Lessons from a marathon bombing survivor
BOSTON — Seven years ago Wednesday, the unthinkable happened to Bobby O'Donnell: He was nearing the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, where his...
UnitedHealth won’t seek federal aid because of outbreak
UnitedHealth Group is sticking to its profit outlook for the year and says it won't seek any federal assistance to make it through a coronavirus outbr...
Richest countries agree to freeze poorer nations’ debt
JOHANNESBURG — The world’s richest countries agreed Wednesday to freeze poor nations’ debt obligations, shortly after nearly 20 European and African l...
In COVID-19 world, anti-doping gives in-home testing a try
DENVER — The typical day for Noah Lyles now looks something like this:
US ambassador: China not blocking medical supply exports
BEIJING — The U.S. ambassador to China said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe Beijing is deliberately blocking exports of masks and other medical supp...
World oil demand forecast to suffer biggest drop ever
LONDON — Global demand for oil will fall this year by the most ever due to the economic lockdowns enforced around the world to contain the coronavirus...
Virus choking off supply of what Africa needs most: Food
HARARE, Zimbabwe — In a pre-dawn raid in food-starved Zimbabwe, police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown confiscated and destroyed 3 tons of fresh frui...
Germany arrests 4 IS suspects planning attack on US bases
BERLIN — German authorities say police have arrested four suspected members of the Islamic State group alleged to be planning an attack on American mi...
Coaching carousel slows down amid coronavirus concerns
On March 11, Western Michigan announced it was changing coaches in men’s basketball. The following day, the NCAA Tournament was canceled, and the enor...
30 NFL draft hopefuls showed off skills at a virtual pro day
Hours before New Jersey closed all gyms indefinitely last month because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, 30 NFL draft hopefuls had a chance to showcas...
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
PORTLAND, Ore. — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards h...
Would you give up health or location data to return to work?
WASHINGTON — Cameron Karosis usually strives to protect his personal information. But a scary bout of COVID-19 that began last month with headaches an...
US governors grapple with relaxing virus restrictions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After a month of draconian steps to minimize deaths and prevent hospital overload from the coronavirus pandemic, governors now face a...
China didn’t warn public of likely pandemic for 6 key days
In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the ep...
Lives Lost: Young Brazilian mom loved dance, jokes and work
From the time she was a young teenager, Rafaela de Jesus Silva had numerous jobs: selling fruit and clothes in the streets, pumping gas, working as a ...
Trump ends US aid to WHO, says not enough done to stop virus
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing t...
Military sees no quick exit from ‘new world’ of coronavirus
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is bracing for a months-long struggle against the coronavirus, looking for novel ways to maintain a defensive crouch th...
Asian stocks sink after IMF says global economy will shrink
Asian stocks edged lower Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund said the global economy will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression...
States map out reopening of economies, say crisis not over
WASHINGTON — Governors around the U.S. began sketching out plans Tuesday to reopen their economies in a slow and methodical process to prevent the cor...