By The Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story wa…
USPS official: Mail-in ballot surge will not impact service
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is prepared to handle an unprecedented influx of absentee ballots this November and any reports of t…
‘We are no less American’: Deaths pile up on Texas border
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — When labor pains signaled that Clarissa Muñoz was at last going to be a mom, she jumped in a car and headed two hours down the Texas bor…
Virus testing in the US is dropping, even as deaths mount
By MATTHEW PERRONE, NICKY FORSTER and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press U.S. testing for the coronavirus is dropping even as infections remain high and the death toll rises by more than 1,000 a day, a wor…
State Dept.: Russia pushes disinformation in online network
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The State Department says Russia is using a well-developed online operation that includes a loose collection of proxy websites to stir up confusion arou…
NBA Foundation created, pledges $300 million to Black growth
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The NBA’s Board of Governors and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized plans to create the first NBA Found…
FBI: Multiple groups involved in Ohio $60M corruption scheme
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A lengthy FBI agent affidavit detailing an alleged $60 million corruption scheme led by one of Ohio’s most powerful elected officials provides…
Districts go round and round on school bus reopening plans
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — School districts nationwide puzzling over how to safely educate children during a pandemic have a more immediate challenge — getting 26 million…
‘Too many are selfish’: US nears 5 million virus cases
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, CARLA K. JOHNSON and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Fourth of July gatherings, graduation parties, no-mask weddings, crowded bars — there are reasons the U.S. has r…
Trump’s demand for US cut of a TikTok deal is unprecedented
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s demand that the U.S. government get a cut from a potential Microsoft purchase of TikTok is the latest unprecedented sc…