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It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
The most active season on record in the eastern Pacific was 1992, when there were 25 named storms, Rosencrans said…
US Soccer president quits after gender discrimination suit
Carlos Cordeiro resigned as U.S. Soccer Federation president on Thursday night, three days after the organization sparked a backlash when its legal papers in a…
Virus worries prompt some post-race changes for the Iditarod
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials with the world’s most famous sled dog race announced Thursday they have postponed post-race events in Nome in response to th…
Ex-track athletes detail alleged sex abuse by college coach
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich claims one of her track coaches, John Rembao, began grooming her for a sexually abusive relatio…
Fleeing Maduro, Venezuelans find nightmare in Trump's jails
MIAMI (AP) — When Jose Ramon Zambrano and his pregnant wife crossed the Rio Grande to apply for asylum in the U.S., they were looking for a fresh start far awa…
Analysis: With unease, Americans lurch into coronavirus era
So this is where we are:
Virus-related sports cancellations leave little to bet on
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — There's still darts.
Virus testing is a 'failing,' leaving cases uncounted
NEW YORK (AP) — Seven weeks have passed since the first U.S. case of coronavirus was announced, and the government is failing to account for what could be thou…
Brazilian who met Trump has virus; no plans to test Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Brazilian official who attended weekend events with President Donald Trump in Florida has tested positive for the coronavirus, marki…
Americans adjust to new life, hunker down amid coronavirus
Workers lost their jobs, parents came up with impromptu home lesson plans for children kept home from shuttered schools. Families fretted over dwindling retire…
As central banks intervene to calm markets, few see solution
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank moved Thursday to try to calm financial markets and restore some degree of confidence. It d…
Trump economic team grasps for credibility with outbreak
WASHINGTON (AP) — During the financial crisis a decade ago, President Barack Obama could look around the room and turn to an economist who served as Harvard's …
Talking to kids about virus? Experts say be calm and honest
It was a routine game of schoolyard tag — except the children had dubbed this version “coronavirus.” The kids ran around and tagged one another, but instead of…
Foxx touts record as Smollett case engulfs Illinois primary
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago mom Rya Smith has no doubts about backing the top prosecutor in the nation's second-biggest county for another term, even while acknowle…
National Hockey League suspending its season, hopes to resume at play at later date
NEW YORK (AP) — National Hockey League suspending its season, hopes to resume at play at later date.
Only on AP: Pepper-sprayed inmates reach $177K settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A private prison in northeast Louisiana must pay a total of $177,500 to five former inmates of that prison whose faces were pepper-sprayed while they were handcuffed and kneeling in 2016.