World

Christians mark Good Friday amid lingering virus woes

JERUSALEM - Christians in the Holy Land are marking Good Friday this year amid signs the coronavirus crisis is winding down, with religious sites open to limited numbers of faithful but none of the ma...

Apr 2, 2021

Italy may be in Easter lockdown, but the party's on at sea

Italy may be in a strict coronavirus lockdown this Easter with travel restricted between regions and new quarantines imposed. But a few miles offshore, guests aboard the MSC Grandiosa cruise ship are ...

Apr 2, 2021

Fire kills 3 in market near Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh - A fire on Friday destroyed more than 20 shops in a makeshift market near a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, killing at least three people, police and witnesses s...

Apr 1, 2021

Train crashes in Taiwan, causing injuries, possibly deaths

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A train partially derailed along Taiwan's east coast Friday, injuring an unknown number of passengers and causing potential fatalities. The crash occurred near the Toroko Gorge scenic...

Apr 1, 2021

Iowa's Luka Garza named AP men's college player of the year

INDIANAPOLIS - Luka Garza knew what everyone expected before returning for a final run as Iowa's unquestioned star. Pressure? Garza felt it, all right, enough to know his mental health required the sa...

Apr 1, 2021

Hulu to produce, release '1619 Project' documentary series

NEW YORK - Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ...

Apr 1, 2021

A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger

PHOENIX - A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities - its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its...

Apr 1, 2021

Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations

The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality con...

Apr 1, 2021

Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies

MARIETTA, Ga. - A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man. Andreas Flaten's former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of...

Apr 1, 2021

With King Kong, a little swagger returns to the box office

NEW YORK - Once again, mayhem and mass destruction is back at the box office. It's almost like old times. "Godzilla vs. Kong," one of the few tentpoles to dare release during COVID times, is poised th...

Apr 1, 2021