SAO PAULO (AP) — Hospital staff and relatives of COVID-19 patients rushed to provide facilities with oxygen tanks just flown into the Amazon rainforest's biggest city as doctors chose which …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER
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1/15/21
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Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka was among the earliest arrivals into Melbourne on one of the 15 charter flights bringing players and officials into the city for the first Grand …
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By DENNIS PASSA
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1/14/21
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Olympic team bronze medalist Alexa Knierim and her new partner, Brandon Frazier, led after the pairs short program that opened the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday …
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1/14/21
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong, shallow earthquake shook Indonesia's Sulawesi island just after midnight, causing landslides and sending people fleeing from their homes in the nighttime …
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By NINIEK KARMINI
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1/14/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden already faces the daunting task of steering a through a closely divided Congress as the pandemic and its economic fallout grow.
Now Biden will have to …
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By ALEXANDRA JAFFE
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1/14/21
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea rolled out developmental ballistic missiles designed to be launched from submarines and other military hardware in a parade that punctuated leader Kim Jong …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/14/21
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DENVER (AP) — A five-time Olympic swimming medalist charged with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol was released from federal custody Thursday but ordered to stay away from …
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN
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1/14/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI is tracking an “extensive amount of concerning online chatter,” including calls for armed protests leading up to next week's presidential inauguration, Director Chris …
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By ERIC TUCKER
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1/14/21
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SAO PAULO (AP) — Dozens of COVID-19 patients in the Amazon rainforest's biggest city will be flown out of state as the local health system collapses, authorities announced Thursday as dwindling …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER
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1/14/21
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chief U.S. District Judge Jane E. Magnus-Stinson extended an order Wednesday suspending in-person jury trials in all divisions of the Southern District of Indiana until at least …
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1/14/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump’s term comes to a close, his unconventional approach to the office lingers over the usually carefully choreographed transfer of power. Here are six …
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By ZEKE MILLER
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1/14/21
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The latest campaigning by Manchester United star Marcus Rashford forced British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to act on inadequate meal parcels being sent to needy …
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1/14/21
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA declared the Mars digger dead Thursday after failing to burrow deep into the red planet to take its temperature.
Scientists in Germany spent two years trying to …
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By MARCIA DUNN
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1/14/21
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Here’s what’s happening Thursday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY
— The number of people seeking , the most since late August, offering evidence that …
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By The Associated Press
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1/14/21
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DETROIT (AP) — A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in five years.
The mileage decrease comes as …
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By TOM KRISHER
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1/14/21
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The Detroit Lions agreed to terms with Brad Holmes on Thursday to be their general manager.
Holmes led the Rams' college scouting department for eight years and started his 18-year career with …
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By LARRY LAGE
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1/14/21
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The only stars at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am this year will be the players and the golf course.
The spike in COVID-19 cases in California led organizers to cancel the pro-am portion of a …
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By DOUG FERGUSON
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1/14/21
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would slash millions of acres of protected habitat designated for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, Washington …
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By GILLIAN FLACCUS
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1/14/21
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FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey horse racing track is making its move to catch up with the pack in the state's hot sports betting market.
Freehold Raceway, which began taking in-person sports …
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By WAYNE PARRY
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1/14/21
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Online supporters of President Donald Trump are scattering to smaller social media platforms, fleeing what they say is unfair treatment by Facebook, Twitter and other big tech firms looking to …
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By DAVID KLEPPER and AMANDA SEITZ
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1/14/21
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