By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Almost two months after the Tokyo Olympics were postponed, organizing committee CEO Toshiro Muto said Friday he still could not give an estimate of how mu…
NASCAR putting its safety plan to test as racing restarts
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Crew chief Chad Knaus won’t get a look at the car Hendrick Motorsports built for Darlington Raceway until he gets to the track Sunday …
WNBA commissioner: League focusing on scenarios to play
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is focusing on about a half dozen scenarios for the league to begin play this summer Engelbert did not go into d…
NFL teams can reopen facilities Tuesday _ with provisos
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities on Tuesday if state and local governments will allow it. In a memo sent to the 32 teams Friday by Commissioner Rog…
Patrons, many masked, return to reopened patios, barbershops
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Life has changed significantly since Laura Simmons and her wife, Leah, last patronized the Old Bag of Nails in Worthington, the Columbus subu…
Authorities: Dispute over $10 ends in fight, fatal shooting
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (AP) — A dispute over $10 sparked a brawl at an Ohio home this week that ended with one man fatally shooting another, authorities said. Dhameer Haamid Scott, 24, of Middletown, turned…
DNA identifies body of missing Ohio man found in Florida
Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — DNA evidence has helped authorities in Florida identify the skeletal remains of an Ohio man who went missing in 1993, sheriff’s officials said. Wayn…
Authorities: Officer shoots, kills man armed with knife
UNION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A man armed with a knife was shot and killed during a confrontation with police in southwestern Ohio, authorities said. The shooting in Union Township occurred shortly afte…
Virus tests hospitals in pockets of US as some states reopen
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, REGINA GARCIA CANO and MORGAN LEE Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — From a hospital on the edge of the Navajo Nation to the suburbs of the nation’s capital, front-line m…
Whistleblower: US still lacks virus plan, Americans at risk
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite White House claims, the U.S. still lacks a comprehensive battle plan against the coronavirus in critical areas…