New coronavirus limits bring new religious freedom tension
NEW YORK — Despite state and local limits on public gatherings, some houses of worship have persisted in holding in-person services -- a matter of rel...
Hidden suffering of coronavirus: Stigma, blaming, shaming
BOGOTA, Colombia — No one should have known Bella Lamilla’s name.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, ‘wartime’ pandemic leader or ‘backup’?
WASHINGTON — Is he a wartime president or a backup point man? President Donald Trump seems to go back and forth on that, or both ways at once, in resp...
Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus grows
PHILADELPHIA — There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand ...
African elite who once sought treatment abroad are grounded
JOHANNESBURG — The coronavirus pandemic could narrow one gaping inequality in Africa, where some heads of state and other elite jet off to Europe or A...
Saudi Arabia sharply rebukes Russia over oil price collapse
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia sharply criticized Russia on Saturday over what it described as Moscow blaming the kingdom for the collapse...
Pandemic hurts ability of nations to face natural disasters
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Before New Zealand began its four-week lockdown to fight the coronavirus, a reporter asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wha...
Singer Pink says she had COVID-19, gives $1M to relief funds
LOS ANGELES — The singer Pink had tested positive for COVID-19, she said Friday, also announcing that she is donating $500,000 each to two emergency f...
Barr orders increase in home confinement as virus surges
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons on Friday to increase the use of home confinement and expedite the release of...
The Latest: NCAA suspends infraction hearings, arguments
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
Some states receive masks with dry rot, broken ventilators
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Some states and cities that have been shipped masks, gloves, ventilators and other essential equipment from the nation's medical st...
Selena Gomez reveals bipolar diagnosis to Miley Cyrus
LOS ANGELES — Selena Gomez opened up about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder during a social media chat with Miley Cyrus.
New phone-only Quibi aims for bite of digital entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Want to see Chance the Rapper prank Hollywood stars? Catch a new action thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz? How about ...
Small business relief program launches, hits snags
NEW YORK — The federal government’s $349 billion relief program for small businesses got off to a rocky start Friday as hundreds of thousands tried to...
NOT REAL NEWS: False coronavirus claims and phony remedies
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared wid...
A bleak US jobs report likely portends even deeper losses
WASHINGTON — A grim snapshot of the U.S. job market's sudden collapse emerged Friday with a report that employers shed hundreds of thousands of jobs l...
Stocks drop as coronavirus crunches the job market, economy
NEW YORK — The stock market’s first reaction to Friday’s stunningly bad jobs report was to take it in stride. But Wall Street slid through the day as ...
Elton John-led concert to re-air; film academy aids workers
From finding ways to help others cope to sheltering in place to canceling events, here’s a look at some of the ways the entertainment industry is reac...
Marvel remakes release calendar; ‘Mulan’ moves to late July
NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co. on Friday overhauled its release schedule by moving the dates of half a dozen Marvel movies, announcing a new one for t...
Basketball Hall of Fame set to announce 2020 class
A unique Hall of Fame class will be announced Saturday in a unique way.
Wisconsin barrels ahead with election despite virus fears
MADISON, Wis. — State leaders in Wisconsin are pushing ahead with next week’s presidential primary despite a blizzard of lawsuits, hundreds of poll wo...
Russia to the rescue? US, Moscow spar over aid deliveries
WASHINGTON — An odd new front in the U.S.-Russian rivalry has emerged as a Russian military cargo plane bearing a load of urgently needed medical supp...
Government lawyer named as new Grand Canyon park leader
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A veteran lawyer for the U.S. Interior Department has been appointed as the new superintendent of Grand Canyon Nat...
Trump campaign kicks off Catholic voter outreach project
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is ramping up its courtship of Catholic voters ahead of a likely November matchup against a de...
EPL suspended indefinitely, players to be asked for wage cut
The English Premier League was suspended indefinitely on Friday following a meeting of its 20 clubs, who discussed financial painkiller measures inclu...
Tribeca Film Festival to proceed, in part, online
NEW YORK — The Tribeca Film Festival, postponed by the pandemic, is moving some elements of its annual New York event online.
AP source: Chiefs agree to reworked deal with WR Watkins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs and wide receiver Sammy Watkins have agreed on a restructured one-year contract that gives the franchise much-needed sal...
‘Lean On Me,’ ‘Lovely Day’ singer Bill Withers dies at 81
Bill Withers, who wrote and sang a string of soulful songs in the 1970s that have stood the test of time, including “ Lean on Me, ” “Lovely Day” and “...
Cuban docs fighting coronavirus around world, defying US
HAVANA — For two years the Trump administration has been trying to stamp out one of Cuba’s signature programs __ state-employed medical workers treati...
Florida finally takes cruise passengers, some on stretchers
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Passengers from an ill-fated cruise were carefully freed from their cabins and allowed to touch dry land on Friday for the fir...