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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and some of his officials are flirting with an outlier theory that the new coronavirus was set loose on the world by a Chinese lab that let it escape. Without the weight of evidence, they’re trying to blame China for sickness and death from COVID-19 in the United States. “More

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky moved this week to give the state’s anti-abortion attorney general authority to regulate abortion clinics, but they may have acted too late if the state’s new Democratic governor objects. The legislature passed the bill late Wednesday, on the last day of the 2020 legislative session. But if Gov.

Stock indexes ended a wobbly day with modest gains Thursday, while the biggest increases went to Amazon, Netflix and other companies poised to do the best during the coronavirus crunch. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% after flipping between small gains and losses all day. The latest dour report on the job market dampened sentiment. More

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Thursday: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., up $2.74 to $52.40. The chipmaker’s first-quarter profit nearly doubled thanks to surging demand. Costco Wholesale Corp., up $11.29 to $321.56. The membership warehouse chain raised its quarterly dividend. United Airlines Holdings Inc., down $3.65 to $28.21. The airline

WASHINGTON — The massive coronavirus relief bill passed virtually unanimously by Congress last month is estimated at costing taxpayers $1.8 trillion — slightly less than the $2.2 trillion informally projected at the time by the White House. That’s according to the Congressional Budget Office, which says the difference is due to scorekeeping on $454 billion

CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona is intrigued by some of the options being thrown by Major League Baseball to start the season at some point. He’s also accepting it won’t look like anything anyone has seen. Speaking from his home in Arizona on Thursday, Francona said he’s confident any decision made by MLB will

CLEVELAND — Browns chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta dismissed a report the team is trying to trade star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., whose future — whether in New York or Cleveland or anywhere — always seems in question. DePodesta said Thursday on a conference call from his home in California that the team is

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers’ legal counsel signaled Thursday that the May 12 special election in northern Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District will likely go on as scheduled, a week after he said the governor was eyeing delaying it due to the coronavirus outbreak. Evers had pushed to stop in-person voting in the April 7

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — An emotion-charged photo of a young man illuminated by cellphone lights as he recites poetry amid a crowd of protesters calling for civilian rule in Sudan won the prestigious World Press Photo award on Thursday. The image, titled “Straight Voice,” was captured by Japanese photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba, in Khartoum on June

SALEM, Ore. — A wolf that wandered thousands of miles from Oregon and became the first wild wolf spotted in California in almost 90 years before returning to Oregon and starting a pack is believed to be dead, wildlife officials said. The wandering wolf, known as OR7, leaves behind a pack composed of its mate

As Bill O’Brien prepares for his first draft as both coach and general manager of the Houston Texans, he isn’t sure how much any rookie will contribute this season with the nationwide sports shutdown because of the new coronavirus. “I think that this year with the unique position that we’re in, I truly believe that

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro fired his health minister on Thursday after a series of disagreements over government efforts to contain the new coronavirus. “I just heard from the President Jair Bolsonaro the news of my dismissal from the health ministry,” Luiz Henrique Mandetta posted on his verified Twitter profile, adding that

Bill Peters is back in hockey, and Akim Aliu — the player whose racial allegations led to the former Calgary Flames coach’s resignation — says he’s open to people getting second chances. “Only with the past behind us can we focus on the future,” Aliu wrote in a text to The Associated Press on Thursday.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil was unchanged at $19.87 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 13 cents $27.82 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline fell 1 cent to 71 cents a gallon. Heating oil rose 3 cents to 94 cents a gallon. Natural gas rose 9 cents to $1.69 per 1,000 cubic feet. Gold

WASHINGTON — With Congress essentially closed, House Democrats are proposing a temporary rules change during the coronavirus crisis that would allow lawmakers to vote remotely via another lawmaker physically present at the U.S. Capitol. The rare move, which would require a vote for passage, is being presented Thursday during a private Democratic caucus conference call

LOS ANGELES — Cinematographer Allen Daviau, who shot three of Steven Spielberg’s films including “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,” has died. A representative from the American Society of Cinematographers said Wednesday that Daviau died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19. He was 77. A five-time Oscar nominee, Daviau was also behind the camera on “Empire of the Sun,”

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado — For the first time in four years, John Elway didn’t spend his offseason analyzing quarterbacks ad nauseam. He’s set at QB at long last with second-year pro Drew Lock, who won four of his five starts last season, his only loss coming in the snow at Kansas City. “It feels a little

The international players’ union FIFPro is calling for continued financial support of women’s soccer worldwide in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. FIFPro issued a report Thursday warning of COVID-19’s impact, saying it is “likely to present an almost existential threat to the women’s game if no specific considerations are given to protect the women’s

Americans are beginning to see the first economic impact payments hit their bank accounts. The Treasury Department says about 80 million Americans received checks as of Wednesday. The one-time payments were approved by Congress as part of an emergency relief package intended to combat the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. The exact timing of

TOLEDO, Ohio — Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Olympic games, has died. He was 94. Williamson died of COVID-19 complications on April 8 at a hospital in Toledo, one of his daughters

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor announced Thursday that she has ordered the cancellation of all contracts awarded to people and companies whose names have been publicized as part of a local and federal investigation into an attempted purchase of $38 million worth of COVID-19 testing kits. Gov. Wanda Vázquez spoke at the

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday the border between Canada and the United States isn’t opening any time soon for nonessential travel. Trudeau said it will still be a “significant amount of time” before Canada can loosen such a restriction. The U.S. and Canada agreed last month to limit border crossings to

An extraordinary number of coronavirus-related deaths overwhelmed a nursing home in northern New Jersey where police found 18 bodies in what the governor called a “makeshift morgue” on two consecutive days earlier this week. Police got an anonymous tip Monday that a body was being stored outside the home, Andover Township Police Chief Eric Danielson

BAGHDAD — Turkish airstrikes targeting members of an outlawed Kurdish rebel group struck a refugee camp in northern Iraq and killed two refugee women, Iraqi authorities said Thursday. The strikes, which took place on Wednesday, were a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty, Iraq’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said. The strikes on the Makhmour refugee camp were carried

BERKELEY, Calif. — “This feels like a good time to get another dog to help us get over the loss of Surfer,” the Professor announced in her FM radio-ready voice. Even though my heart didn’t feel quite ready, I knew she was right, and not only because she really is a smart professor. We needed