Category: National news from the Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The hard-hit Australian state of Victoria recorded a death and its highest-ever daily increase in coronavirus cases as…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First came the coronavirus, then unrest over racial injustice. President Donald Trump’s leadership is being put to a test.…

New York (AP) — Prosecutors have told a judge they’d like to schedule a Friday court appearance for Jeffrey Epstein’s associate on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — First came the coronavirus, then unrest over racial injustice. President Donald Trump’s leadership is being put to a test.…

The number of high school seniors applying for federal college aid plummeted in the first weeks of the pandemic and still remain below last…

HONG KONG (AP) — The top American diplomat in Hong Kong says it’s a “tragedy” to use the semi-autonomous Chinese territory’s new…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has scored a rare diplomatic victory in establishing relations with the independent region of Somaliland. It broke…

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A painting by artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is joining works by the legendary pop artists Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol…

BANGKOK (AP) — Bangkok’s Scala theater was where Thais cheered Hollywood heroes, laughed at quirky comedies and fell in love with film. The…

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard has formed over the far North Atlantic, but the storm poses no immediate threat to land. The U.S. National…