Review: In ‘All Day and a Night,’ a circular crime drama
Joe Robert Cole’s “All Day and a Night” is a tough and anguished drama that somberly spirals around the circular tragedies of crime and incarceration.
Ex-prosecutor reprimanded for appealing to jurors’ emotions
PHOENIX — A former prosecutor best known for winning a murder conviction against Jodi Arias in the gruesome killing of her former boyfriend was reprim...
NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA is turning to private industry for the first lunar landers for astronauts in a half-century, with three competing, quite c...
‘And then, boom’: Outbreak shows shaky ground as Texas opens
PARIS, Texas — Barely a week ago, rural Lamar County could make a pretty good argument for Texas' reopening on Friday.
Navy hospital ships, once thought critical, see few patients
About a month ago, with Los Angeles girding for a potentially crippling surge of coronavirus cases, a massive white Navy hospital ship chugged into po...
Coronavirus and other causes driving surge in US deaths
NEW YORK — The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts f...
Virus-related delays for Universal parks in Florida, Japan
ORLANDO, Fla. — The company that owns Universal theme parks around the world said it's delaying construction on a fourth theme park in Florida and tha...
Brazilians start defying isolation, egged on by Bolsonaro
RIO DE JANEIRO — Divina Baldomero awoke, looked out the window at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach under a cloudless sky, and decided to take her fir...
US can soon start sending people seeking asylum to Honduras
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has finalized an agreement with Honduras that would allow some people seeking asylum in the United States to be ...
A coronavirus drug seems to work. What’s next?
News that an experimental drug seems to be the first effective treatment for the new coronavirus has unleashed a flurry of interest from doctors and p...
KC uses 5th-year option on Mahomes, works on long-term deal
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs insist Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes will play for them for the foreseeable future.
NASCAR to resume season May 17 with seven races in 10 days
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR announced Thursday that it will resume its season without fans starting May 17 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina with t...
‘Unconscionable’ body overflow at funeral home prompts probe
NEW YORK — A New York City funeral home that resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks after it was overwhelmed by coronavirus deat...
New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music
NEW ORLEANS — On Saturday afternoons, pianist Harry Mayronne wheels a piano onto the front porch of the home of jazz singer Anais St. John for their w...
Army defends decision to have West Point graduation
WASHINGTON — The Army's top leaders on Thursday defended their decision to bring 1,000 cadets back to the Military Academy at West Point for graduatio...
New jobless hope seeds of tourism can be resown in Big Apple
For New York City tour guide Megan Marod, the first warning of the pandemic's financial toll came weeks before Broadway’s theaters and Manhattan’s mus...
Twitter stock slips amid pandemic-caused revenue uncertainty
OAKLAND, Calif. — Twitter's stock tumbled Thursday after the company failed to show that it's weathering the pandemic-borne digital advertising slump ...
This time, Pence wears mask as he tours Indiana plant
WASHINGTON — This time, he wore a mask.
Serbia opposition stage curfew protest against government
BELGRADE, Serbia — A group of Serbian opposition leaders on Thursday staged a protest during an evening curfew to voice their criticism of the populis...
Workers must risk infection or losing unemployment payments
ATLANTA — Some of the millions of American workers laid off because of the coronavirus are beginning to face a tough choice — return to work and risk ...
Pork producer says it needs flexibility on virus guidelines
O'FALLON, Mo. — The world's largest pork producer told a judge in Missouri on Thursday that it was working as quickly as it can to comply with federal...
Germany relaxes lockdown for playgrounds, churches and zoos
BERLIN — German authorities agreed Thursday to reopen playgrounds, churches and cultural institutions such as museums and zoos that have been shuttere...
G Money: A new pathway to the NBA is taking shape
Jalen Green was wooed by Memphis and its fans for months. Thousands chanted “We want Jalen” at the team’s first event that he visited this past season...
Johnson: UK ‘past the peak’ of outbreak but must be cautious
LONDON — Britain is past the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday, as he promised to reveal a “road map” out o...
Baltimore turns to aerial surveillance as homicides continue
BALTIMORE — Starting Friday, the roughly 600,000 people living in Baltimore will be constantly recorded whenever they step out under the open sky.
Ghana’s virus cases spike 10 days after lockdown is lifted
ACCRA, Ghana — Confirmed coronavirus cases in Ghana have surged above 2,000, increasing 24% in a matter of days, health officials announced Thursday, ...
Poll: Many Americans feel lonely and anxious during pandemic
OAK PARK, Ill. — Americans are feeling isolated and anxious. They fear they or their loved ones will get sick. They worry about their jobs.
Commodities ripe for a rebound
LOS ANGELES — The near shutdown of the economy in response to COVID-19 has reduced demand for commodities like oil, lumber and copper and triggered sh...
This is his quest: An actor serenades the front-line workers
NEW YORK — It’s a stunning sound, emerging amid the clanging and the whooping and the banging and the honking at 7 p.m. each night as New Yorkers chee...
Trump ally Roger Stone appeals sentence in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, is appealing his three-year prison sentence following his conviction as part...