By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun, revealing countless little “campfires” flaring eve…
Russia is hacking virus vaccine trials, US, UK, Canada say
By ERIC TUCKER, JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Western governments on Thursday accused hackers believed to be part of Russian intelligence of trying to steal valuable…
Virus prompts drastic measures as death tolls set records
By NOMAAN MERCHANT, JEFFREY COLLINS and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The coronavirus kept surging in hot spots around the U.S. on Thursday, with one city in South Carolina urging people…
Baseless Wayfair child-trafficking theory spreads online
By AMANDA SEITZ and ALI SWENSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The baseless conspiracy theory took off after an anonymous user posed a bizarre question in an internet chatroom: What if retail giant W…
Q&A: What’s behind the Twitter Bitcoin hack?
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of world leaders, celebrities and tech moguls on Wednesday in one of the most high-profile securi…
NCAA lays out plan for playing but warns of surging pandemic
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer The NCAA handed down its latest guidelines for playing through a pandemic while also sounding an alarm: The prospect of having a fall semester with footbal…
World class: Bode Miller launches winter sports academy
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer Bode Miller’s go-for-broke, risk-taking style on the slopes put him in a class by himself. Now, school is in session for that sort of knowledge — a crash course in…
Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries
By MIKE STOBBE and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hospital data related to the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. will now be collected by a private technology firm, rather than the Cen…
2021 Rose Parade canceled due to coronavirus pandemic
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The 2021 Rose Parade has been canceled because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on planning for the New Year’s Day tradition and the risk of spreading infections among…
Reds hope search for leadoff hitter ends with Akiyama
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds hope their long-running search for a consistent leadoff hitter comes to an end with Shogo Akiyama. The first Japanese-born player in…