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HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

Satellite imagery finds likely Kim train amid health rumors

Recent satellite photos show a train probably belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un parked at his compound on the country’s east coast amid mounting speculation about Kim's health.
6 years ago
In a photo provided by ESPN Images, ESPN provides coverage of the NFL football draft, Thursday, Apr...
JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer

NFL draft averages record 8.4M viewers across 3 days

Seth Markman was just as nervous as NFL coaches and general managers about the unknown factors involved with a virtual draft. But the ESPN executive producer said he was overwhelmed with how everything came together over the three days.
6 years ago
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HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press

South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumors are untrue

A top South Korean official says his country is confident there have been no “unusual developments” in North Korea, suggesting that rumors about the possible ill health of leader Kim Jong Un are untrue.
6 years ago
AP source: NBA training facilities to begin to reopen Friday...
TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer

AP source: NBA training facilities to begin to reopen Friday

NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments allow it
6 years ago
In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Capt. Brett Crozier, then-commanding officer of the aircra...
LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press

Navy admiral advises reinstatement of fired carrier captain

The top Navy officer recommends reinstating the aircraft carrier captain fired for pleading for faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak.
6 years ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ashton Kutcher has resigned as chairman of the board of an anti-child sex ab...
RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press

Iowa governor: Tip from Ashton Kutcher about Utah led to testing deal

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says the state’s $26 million contract with Utah companies to increase coronavirus testing was developed after she acted on a tip from actor Ashton Kutcher.
6 years ago
This photo provided by Cindy Parkhurst. shows Cindy Parkhurst working at the Ford Flat Rock Assembl...
TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer

Despite risks, auto workers step up to make medical gear

Hundreds of workers at Ford, General Motors, Toyota and other companies have offered to work in a wartime-like effort to stem shortages of protective medical gear and equipment.
6 years ago
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefin...
ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM Associated Press

Trump set to sign bill with nearly $500B more in virus aid

President Donald Trump will be holding a signing ceremony Friday for a bill providing a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending. It's aimed at rushing new relief to employers and hospitals buckling under the strain of a pandemic that has claimed almost 50,000 American lives and one in six U.S. jobs.
6 years ago
Children wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus watch soap bu...
JOHN LEICESTER and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press

Countries take different approaches in lifting lockdown

Without a tried-and-tested action plan for how to pull countries out of lockdown, the world is seeing a patchwork of approaches. Schools reopen in one country, stay closed in others; face masks are an obligation here, a simple recommendation there.
6 years ago
FILE - In this April 13, 2020, file photo, a car passes nurses protesting the lack of N95 respirato...
DAVID A. LIEB and CUNEYT DIL Associated Press

AP review: State supply stocks sparse and dated before virus

Before the coronavirus outbreak, many states had only a modest supply of protective medical equipment, an Associated Press review has found.
6 years ago
This Oct. 25, 2018 file photo shows Monument Valley, Utah. The White House is investing $72 million...
Colby Walker

Navajo Nation now has 1,282 coronavirus cases and 49 deaths

The Navajo Nation has reported 1,282 positive COVID-19 cases and 49 known deaths as of Wednesday.
6 years ago
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The Associated Press

US states represent patchwork as they mull reopening states

As governors around the country weigh reopening their states and economies amid the fight against COVID-19, a patchwork of stay-home orders and other business restrictions exist.
6 years ago
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Ryan Bergeron, CNN

Loki the therapy dog is delivering care packages to ICU nurses during the pandemic

The sight of nursing scrubs is a surefire way to get Loki wagging her tail.
6 years ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks with reporters alongside Senate Minority Leader Sen. C...
LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press

Senate approves $483B virus aid deal, sends it to House

The Senate has approved a $483 billion coronavirus aid package after Congress and the White House reached a deal.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks in front of...
Associated Press

China calls virus lawsuit brought by US state ‘very absurd’

China is slamming a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. state of Missouri over the coronavirus pandemic as “very absurd.”
6 years ago
Exterior view of the Singer Museum in Laren, Netherlands, Monday March 30, 2020. Police are investi...
MIKE CORDER Associated Press

Video shows thief stole van Gogh painting with sledgehammer

All it took was a few sturdy swings with a sledgehammer and a prized painting by Vincent van Gogh was gone.
6 years ago
In this photo released Wednesday, April 22, 2020, by Sepahnews, an Iranian rocket carrying a satell...
AMIR VAHDAT and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

Iran’s Guard says it launched satellite amid US tensions

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says it has launched a military satellite into orbit amid wider tensions with the U.S. The Guard made the announcement on Wednesday morning on its official website.
6 years ago
Corey Jurgensen runs along East Henry Avenue wearing an inflatable unicorn costume. Jurgensen has b...
Associated Press

Florida jogger dons costume to cheer up neighborhood

More than a week after Easter, there’s still one mythical creature hopping around a Florida neighborhood trying to spread happiness.
6 years ago
A woman wearing a mask against the spread of the new coronavirus walks past an electronic stock boa...
ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer

World shares skid as oil price plunges below zero

Share prices are down around the world after the price of U.S. crude oil plunged below zero. Shares are down Tuesday in London, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai. New York stock futures also retreated by over 1%. Collapsing demand for fuel due to the pandemic has created a glut of crude, with storage capacity running short.
6 years ago
A tribute is displayed Monday, April 20, 2020, at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in...
ROB GILLIES Associated Press

Rampage leaves 18 dead in Canada’s worst mass shooting

Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating a dozen crime scenes after a rampage by a gunman disguised as a police officer left at least 18 dead across Nova Scotia.
6 years ago
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Paul LeBlanc, CNN

Trump says he didn’t pick Romney for White House task force because he holds a grudge against the senator

President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he didn't pick Sen. Mitt Romney to join his new bipartisan task force focused on reopening the country amid the coronavirus pandemic because of lingering animosity against the Utah Republican who voted in favor of Trump's impeachment.
6 years ago
FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Richard Eberhardt walks along a corridor at a nursing ho...
RAF CASERT and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press

Nations seek to ease nursing home loneliness yet keep safe

Countries across Europe are struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic with whether to allow families to visit the elderly, especially when they're dying.
6 years ago
FILE - In this Friday, April 10, 2020, file photo, amid coronavirus concerns, a healthcare worker t...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer

Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms

A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the new coronavirus without any symptoms. That means the virus may turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared. But it also makes it tough to know who's contagious because people who don’t feel sick can still spread the bug.
6 years ago
FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, a man wears a mask while walking in front of a closed bu...
TED ANTHONY AP National Writer

Losing face: The rise of the mask, and what’s lost behind it

Smile, they say, and the world smiles with you. Unless you’re wearing a mask. Then the world can’t see your smile, much less smile back.
6 years ago