Music Review: Jason Isbell firms up his place among the best
Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, “Reunions” (Southeastern/Thirty Tigers)
Store workers become enforcers of social distancing rules
NEW YORK — Sandy Jensen's customer-service job at a Sam's Club in Fullerton, California, normally involves checking member ID cards at the door and an...
US consumer borrowing fell for first time since 2011
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time in more than eight years, with the category covering credit cards dropping by th...
Q&A: Stacey Abrams is ready to serve but not on top court
ATLANTA — Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams says she's ready to serve presidential candidate Joe Biden in whatever capacity he needs, as long as he doesn...
Slashed St. Ed’s: Reeling school cuts teams, breaks hearts
Carlos Tercero had already been forced to move in with one of his teammates when St. Edward’s University closed its campus because of the pandemic, th...
Google affiliate scraps plan for Toronto smart city project
TORONTO — Google abandoned its smart-city development in Toronto on Thursday after more than two years of controversy over privacy concerns and amid e...
Malaria drug shows no benefit in another coronavirus study
A new study finds no evidence of benefit from a malaria drug widely promoted as a treatment for coronavirus infection.
Eviction protection extended; push for antibody testing
NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended protections for New Yorkers unable to pay their rent, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio set an ambitious go...
US faces ‘truly daunting’ challenges on needed COVID tests
WASHINGTON — Despite a massive effort, the nation faces “truly daunting” challenges to deploy millions of coronavirus tests to safely re-open the econ...
Jim Harbaugh proposes one-and-done rule change for NFL draft
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is pushing for a change that would allow football players to enter the NFL draft after one year in coll...
Senate fails to override Trump veto on Iran conflict
WASHINGTON — Congress has failed in its bid to block President Donald Trump from engaging in further military action against Iran without backing from...
Fears grow as coronavirus bears down on Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — A hand-washing station and bright yellow signs warning of an area of “high infection” now greet the steady stream of hearses at the entr...
Advocates warn of more immigrant deaths without ICE action
HOUSTON — More people will die of the coronavirus in U.S. immigration custody unless the Trump administration rapidly improves conditions and releases...
La Scala opens virtual tour during coronavirus lockdown
MILAN — Milan’s famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & ...
California restaurants envision big changes in reopening
LOS ANGELES — California restaurants have drafted a plan to allow the industry to reopen for sit-down dining with an array of safeguards while avoidin...
Bug experts dismiss worry about US ‘murder hornets’ as hype
Insect experts say people should calm down about the big bug with the nickname “murder hornet” — unless you are a beekeeper or a honeybee.
Navy nominee: Service is in rough waters, cites leadership
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is in “rough waters” and suffering from leadership failures, the diplomat tapped to be the next Navy secretary told a Senat...
US long-term mortgage rates mixed; 30-year loan at 3.26%
WASHINGTON — Long-term U.S. mortgage rates were mixed this week, continuing to hover near all-time lows.
Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus
A man made to make shoes. The king of the Congolese dance hall. A novelist in exile. In the first of an occasional series, The Associated Press takes ...
Putin-Trump call focuses on coronavirus, arms control, oil
MOSCOW — U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed progress in combating the coronavirus pandemic along with arms con...
Butler’s prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death
NEW YORK — Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the...
German woman accuses French ex-president of sexual assault
PARIS — A German journalist has accused former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of repeatedly grabbing her during an interview, and filed a s...
Unanimous Supreme Court throws out ‘Bridgegate’ convictions
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out the convictions of two political insiders involved in New Jersey’s “Bridgegate” scandal, saying t...
Politics stall push to shelter homeless in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — There are no tourists anymore on San Francisco’s famously twisty and steep Lombard Street. The city’s landmark hotels and posh shops a...
Bundesliga soccer to resume on May 16 in empty stadiums
BERLIN — The Bundesliga soccer season will resume on May 16 in empty stadiums, picking up right where it left off two months ago amid the coronavirus ...
WBC setting up judging from home via video for pro boxing
LONDON — WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman expects professional boxing to return without spectators and with judges officiating by video from home.
Suspect claims Norway mosque attack was ‘emergency justice’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Norwegian man suspected of killing his stepsister and then storming an Oslo mosque and opening fire said Thursday on the first...
Chemical leak at LG plant in India kills 11, about 1,000 ill
HYDERABAD, India — A gas leaked from an LG chemical plant in southern India early Thursday, leaving people struggling to breathe and collapsing in the...
Nintendo marks profit jump as people stay home amid pandemic
TOKYO — Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. scored a 33% jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games.
AP PHOTOS: Memorials weave WWII into Russia’s psyche
MOSCOW — Russians this year won't be able to mark Victory Day, the end of World War II in Europe, with the usual elaborate parades because of coronavi...