AAA sees a huge jump in travel over Memorial Day weekend
<p>U.S. highways will be far busier over the Memorial Day holiday weekend than last year, but traffic still won't reach pre-pandemic levels, according to...
AP’s Sally Buzbee named exec editor of The Washington Post
NEW YORK — Sally Buzbee, senior vice president and executive editor of The Associated Press, was named Tuesday as executive editor of The Washington...
US schools fight to keep students amid fear of dropout surge
<p>KANSAS CITY, Kan. — U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and...
US doctors group issues anti-racism plan for itself, field
<p>The nation’s largest doctors group Tuesday released a comprehensive plan aimed at dismantling structural racism inside its own ranks and within the U.S. medical...
US casinos match best quarter ever; post-COVID hopes rise
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — America's commercial casinos matched their best quarter ever in the first three months of this year, as customers continued returning...
New course in Dallas for last stop before PGA Championship
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Japan’s Nissan sees smaller loss, promises sales recovery
TOKYO — Nissan reduced its losses in the January-March quarter as restructuring efforts kicked in, despite damage to sales from the coronavirus pandemic, the...
EXPLAINER: Why are fears of high inflation getting worse?
WASHINGTON — Gas prices are rising. Auto prices are soaring. Consumer goods companies are charging more for household basics like toilet paper, peanut butter...
In Argentina, doctors adapt as COVID-19 strains hospitals
<p>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Verónica Verdino, an Argentine doctor, helped a therapist insert a tube into the trachea of a COVID-19 patient during another...
Europe’s rights body fears virus measures hurting democracy
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Europe’s leading human rights body warned Tuesday that threats to democratic rights and personal freedoms have worsened during the pandemic, with...