Lockdowns, business rollbacks threatened amid surging virus
An alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Europe and the U. S. is wiping out months of progress against the scourge on two continents, prompting new business restrictions, raising the threat of another round of large-scale lockdowns and sending a shudder through financial markets. "We are deep in the second wave," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. "I think that this year's Christmas will be a different Christmas. "French President Emmanuel Macron was set to a a...
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- Lockdowns, business rollbacks threatened amid surging virus
- QAnon's 'Save the Children' morphs into popular slogan
- 3 social media CEOs face grilling by GOP senators on bias
- Heightened unrest in Philadelphia after Black man's killing
- Hurricane Zeta speeds toward a storm-weary Louisiana
- Black men's votes courted, as some search for political home
- Divided Belgium among Europe's worst virus hot spots
- The Latest: Giroir: Cases, hospitalizations, deaths up in US
- Trump to appeal to Nevada voters from neighboring Arizona
- Germany, France gear up for new lockdowns as virus surges
- New deaths as fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh keeps flaring
- Satellite photos show construction at Iran nuclear site
- 'We need you': GOP hunts for new voters in Trump territory
- Fitting finale: Dodgers win title, Turner tests positive
- Australia's second-largest city ends 111-day virus lockdown
- Strong typhoon leaves 1 dead, 12 missing as it nears Vietnam
- California utility slow to pull plug before wildfire erupted
- Israel looks to far-right figure to head Holocaust memorial
- Anxiety 2020: Voters worry about safety at the polls
Tue, 27 Oct 2020
- Collins votes against Barrett, heads home to save Senate job
- Biden vows to unify and save country; Trump hits Midwest
- Utility: Winds too weak to cut power before California fire
- Gulf Coast braces, again, for hurricane as Zeta takes aim
- Peru's Machu Picchu reopening Sunday after pandemic closure
- 'Voice' co-stars Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani engaged
- Biden faces challenges in quickly combating the pandemic
- NXIVM guru gets 120 years in prison in sex-slaves case
- Virus pushes twin cities El Paso and Juarez to the brink
- Stop the music! Chorus of artists tell Trump to tune it down
- Supreme Court ruling spurs Wisconsin to get early votes in
- 4 dead, 15 rescued in English Channel migrant boat sinking
- Woman injured in police shooting says cops let boyfriend die
- Health panel proposes colon cancer tests start at 45, not 50
- New protests loom as Europeans tire of virus restrictions
- Questions abound after Philadelphia police kill Black man
- Belarus leader seeks to punish striking workers, students
- A look at artists who've objected to Trump using their songs
- Thai students aim for ambitious political change
- Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await
- 'We're working on it:' Pope's COVID advisers and the mask
- Judge: US can't replace Trump in accuser's defamation suit
- 1,000-plus faith leaders call for 'free and fair election'
- The Latest: Spain doctors stage walkout over health system
- Philadelphia police shooting of Black man sparks unrest
- Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136
- Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
- Vietnam evacuating low-lying areas as strong typhoon nears
- Hurricane Zeta is ashore in resort zone of Mexico's Yucatan
- Worst place, worst time: Trump faces virus spike in Midwest
Mon, 26 Oct 2020
- Utility says its equipment may have sparked California blaze
- Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath
- Barrett swearing-in differs markedly from 'superspreader'
- High court won't extend Wisconsin's absentee ballot deadline
- Winds and rain whip Yucatan resorts as Hurricane Zeta nears
- Trump eyes hosting election night party at his DC hotel
- Counting the vote: Will we know who won on election night?
- Moon holds more water in more places than ever thought
- Trump, Biden hit battleground Pennsylvania amid pandemic
- Stocks have their worst day in a month as virus cases surge
- Coronavirus deaths are rising again in the US, as feared
- Tom Cotton is campaigning hard, just not for reelection
- US health official says pandemic clearly can be controlled
- Under Trump, US no longer leads world on refugee protections
- Low expectations in Mexico as US election approaches
- Stanley Cup visits children's cancer center in Tampa
- Feeding Houston's hungry: 1M pounds of food daily for needy
- Global pandemic hits home in the West Virginia mountains
- The Latest: Trump holds 1st of 3 rallies in key Pennsylvania
- Prince Harry says ignorance no excuse for unconscious bias
- Strikers in Belarus press for authoritarian leader's ouster
- French doctor warns his country has 'lost control' of virus
- Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Dems' advantage
- 7 held for suspected tanker hijack after UK commando raid
- 2020 Watch: Is Biden remaking the Democratic coalition?
- Airstrike in northwestern Syria kills over 50 rebel fighters
- House already won? Pelosi thinks so, and reaches for more
- Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of truce violations
- The Latest: Expert: France has lost control of the virus
- Californians see power shutoffs as winds, fire danger rise
- Philippines: Typhoon leaves 13 missing, displaces thousands
- Wary of angering public, Iran has few ways to contain virus
- Kershaw stops steal of home, hands Dodgers 3-2 Series lead
Sun, 25 Oct 2020
- FBI investigating fire set in Boston ballot drop box
- Trump aide: 'We're not going to control the pandemic'
- Passenger in Offset's car arrested for concealed weapon
- Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon
- New storm Zeta a hurricane threat to Mexico, US Gulf Coast
- GOP slowly gaining as early vote total surpasses 2016
- The Latest: Israel sending some children back to school
- Fear and anxiety spike in virus hot spots across US
- Election could stoke US marijuana market, sway Congress
- Foreign students show less zeal for US since Trump took over
- Health experts question Pence campaigning as essential work
- Italy closes gyms, shuts eateries early to fight COVID-19
- UK doctors demand free meals for kids as COVID fuels hunger
- Black D.C. archbishop's rise marks a historic moment
- For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears
- Pope names 13 new cardinals, includes first Black US prelate
- Rays' rally joins Buckner, Bevens among wild Series endings
- Pence to keep up travel despite contact with infected aides
- The Latest: Meadows says 'we're not going to control' virus
- Spain orders nationwide curfew to stem worsening outbreak
- Afghanistan claims killing an al-Qaida leader wanted by FBI
- Stumbling stunner! Rays shock Dodgers in 9th, tie Series 2-2
- Malaysia's king rejects PM's proposal to declare emergency
- Thai protesters rally ahead of parliamentary debate
- Virus is pummeling Europe's eateries ? and winter is coming
- Ukraine's local elections test leader and his young party
- Eyes turn to Texas as early voting surge surpasses 2016
Sat, 24 Oct 2020
- California girds for most dangerous fire weather of year
- Lee Kun-Hee, force behind Samsung's rise, dies at 78
- The Latest: Pence's top aide tests positive for coronavirus
- Surging coronavirus colors White House race in closing days
- Reid says Biden should end Senate filibuster after 3 weeks
- Facebook demands academics disable ad-targeting data tool
- AP PHOTOS: Virus makes Friday nights empty, quiet in Europe
- Murkowski's nod gives Barrett extra boost for Supreme Court
- Beyond the Needle: Probability experts assess 2020 race
- Crews vacuum 'murder hornets' out of Washington nest
- US sets coronavirus infection record; deaths near 224,000
- Opposition activist leaves embassy haven to flee Venezuela
- Attack in Kabul kills 18; al-Qaida leader killed in Ghazni
- Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78
- Despite rhetoric, GOP has supported packing state courts
- 'We don't speculate': How AP counts votes and calls races
- 'All talk, no action' defense likely in Michigan kidnap case
- Voter advocates hoping to stave off intimidation at polls
- Stressed freshmen missing quintessential college experience
- Ethiopia blasts Trump remark that Egypt will 'blow up' dam
- Four years in, Trump has plenty of unfinished business
- Fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh goes on despite US mediation
- Loeffler charts path to the right in Georgia Senate race
- Thai PM repeats calls for calm ahead of protesters' deadline
- Work already underway for presidential inauguration
- As Trump casts doubt on election, new agency contradicts him
- Chief: Illinois officer who shot Black couple in car fired
- Arnold Schwarzenegger feels 'fantastic' after heart surgery
- US Navy: 2 onboard training plane killed in Alabama crash
- Biden's warning on oil tests voter resolve on climate change
Fri, 23 Oct 2020
- Buehler leads Dodgers over Rays 6-2 for 2-1 Series lead
- Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count
- Trump, Biden scrap on oil, virus with just over a week to go
- Nigeria says 51 civilians, 18 security forces dead in unrest
- Viewership for 2nd Trump-Biden debate drops to 63 million
- Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft
- Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, perhaps elsewhere
- Man who bought guns used in 2015 massacre gets 20 years
- California prosecutors again seek death for Scott Peterson
- Some hospitals in crisis as US nears high for COVID-19 cases
- Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
- Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel
- Washington state discovers first 'murder hornet' nest in US
- France surpasses 1 million confirmed virus cases amid spike
- Fiasco over pope's cut civil union quote intensifies impact
- Croatia accused of brutality, sexual abuse against migrants
- The Latest: WHO: Northern hemisphere at 'critical juncture'
- Dutch hospital airlifts patients to Germany amid virus surge
- Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of US
- Nebraska, Maine could play pivotal role in presidential race
- Battleground postal delays persist with mail voting underway
- Biden calls for 'transition' from oil, GOP sees opening
- US: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks
- US wades in cautiously to Armenia-Azerbaijan peace effort
- Final count gives leftist big victory in Bolivia election
- In hard-hit Peru, worry mounts over both COVID-19 and dengue
- Confederate monument removed from Alabama courthouse
- Veggie burgers are still burgers, EU lawmakers rule
- Libyan factions sign countrywide UN-brokered cease-fire
- Czech health minister breaks virus rules, asked to resign
- Trump, Biden fight over the raging virus, climate and race
- AP Explains: Why are UK and EU still arguing over Brexit?
- 400 years on, Mayflower's legacy includes pride, prejudice
- China hopes for change if Biden wins, but little likely
Thu, 22 Oct 2020
- Carson Wentz rallies Eagles to 22-21 win over Giants
- Judge urges US to help find parents deported without kids
- The Latest: Final debate ends on different tone than 1st one
- Tesla 'full self-driving' vehicles can't drive themselves
- Trump, Biden go after each other on coronavirus, taxes
- Mute buttons and masks: Inside the final 2020 debate
- Raiders place 5 more players on COVID-19 list
- Family: Man fatally shot by police wasn't extremist
- FDA approves first COVID-19 drug: antiviral remdesivir
- Poland's top court rules out abortions due to fetal defects
- GOP-led Senate panel advances Barrett as Democrats boycott
- Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview before it airs
- French PM says 2nd virus wave is here, vastly extends curfew
- In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing
- Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators
- Santa Claus won't be coming to Macy's this year
- US regulators, experts take up thorny vaccine study issues
- Judge dismisses 1 charge against former cop in Floyd's death
- Study: TV industry falls short of off-camera inclusivity
- US jobless claims drop to 787,000, but layoffs remain high
- Plot thickens over origins of pope's civil union endorsement
- Arenas, stadiums find new life as safer options for voting
- Viewers' Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try again
- Vatican, China extend bishop agreement over US opposition
- Road to 270: Trump's best path to victory hinges on FL, PA
- Mixed Philippine reaction on pope nod on gay civil unions
- Czechs enter 2nd lockdown to avoid health system collapse
- Analysis: Racial inequity in who takes career, tech courses
- Thailand cancels emergency decree in bid to calm protests
- US officials link Iran to emails meant to intimidate voters
- The Latest: India issues virus warning ahead of state polls
- Final debate could thrust foreign policy back into campaign
- Lowe homers twice, Rays hold off Dodgers 6-4 to even Series
Wed, 21 Oct 2020
- James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92
- Face to face: Trump and Biden to meet for final debate
- In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out
- US officials call out Iran, Russia for election interference
- Divided reactions in US as pope backs same-sex civil unions
- Remains found in search for 1921 Tulsa race massacre victims
- 5 questions as Trump and Biden prepare for final debate
- Francis becomes 1st pope to endorse same-sex civil unions
- AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Many in US distrust campaign info
- Pandemic relief faces uncertainty in postelection session
- Trump the dancer? His moves to 'YMCA' at rallies are a hit
- Virus spikes have officials looking to shore up hospitals
- Can't crush this: Beetle armor gives clues to tougher planes
- Pandemic World Series draws smallest crowd in over century
- Judge slams DeVos for rejecting 94% of loan relief claims
- Spain 1st in western Europe to hit 1 million virus cases
- OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead to 3 criminal charges
- UK-EU trade talks back on after bloc offers olive branch
- Will voting in a non-battleground state make a difference?
- After years grappling with Google, Europe has tips for US
- Mission impossible? Welker on tap to moderate second debate
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