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FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo, a worker walks through the athletes village for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s governor is considering the possibility of using the unfinished Olympic Athletes Village as a temporary hospital for coronavirus infected patients. The massive village on Tokyo Bay could house up to 18,000 people during the Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Athletes Village for Olympics could house virus patients
By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade
Apr. 03, 2020 05:59 AM EDT
A food delivery courier, center, rides a bike among emptied office buildings during an evening rush hour, with the St. Nicholas church in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. President Vladimir Putin has ordered most Russians to stay off work until the end of the month to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
The Latest: Russian police detain activists delivering gear
By The Associated Press
Apr. 03, 2020 04:08 AM EDT
The head of Poland's ruling right-wing Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, right, and the party's Deputy Parliament Speaker Ryszard Terlecki, center at the bottom, sit at a distance from each other as precaution against the spread of the coronavirus, during an extraordinary session that was to approve new regulations allowing the 460 lawmakers to attend sessions and vote remotely online as precaution against the virus, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Poland divided over having presidential vote during pandemic
By Vanessa Gera
Apr. 03, 2020 04:07 AM EDT
A view of the front pages of Britain's newspapers showing their coverage of the coronavirus, in London, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Newspapers in Britain have criticised the lack of testing NHS staff for the virus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Outbreak's global cost may top $4T; auto insurers get break
Apr. 03, 2020 04:07 AM EDT
AM Prep-Segue
Apr. 03, 2020 03:49 AM EDT
SUMMER MOVIE SEASON ALL BUT SCUTTLED NEW YORK (AP) — The summer movie season is done before it even got started — because of the global...
Update on the latest sports
Apr. 03, 2020 03:47 AM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS British Open could be postponed UNDATED (AP) — British Open organizers say postponement is an...
Update on the latest in business:
Apr. 03, 2020 03:41 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian stocks tumble after Wall Street rises on pricier oil BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled...
AM-Prep: Kickers
Apr. 03, 2020 03:13 AM EDT
LOVE AND MARRIAGE IN THE AGE OF CORONAVIRUS DOWAGIAC, Mich. (AP) — Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, a lot of wedding plans have gone into...
In this March 11, 2020, photo, Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shintaro Fujinami throws a ball against Yakult Swallows in a pre-season match in Tokyo. Fujinami became the first professional baseball player in Japan to test positive for the new coronavirus. Fujinami was examined at a hospital on Tuesday, March 24, and Wednesday, March 25, and a doctor recommended he have a PCR test for the new coronavirus. Kyodo News agency reported on Friday, March 27, that the result was positive.(Kyodo News via AP)
Japan's baseball, soccer seasons delayed again amid pandemic
By Jim Armstrong
Apr. 03, 2020 03:11 AM EDT
File - In this Monday, March 30, 2020 file photo, Israeli police arrest an Ultra Orthodox Jew during protest against government's measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
After ignoring warnings, Israeli ultra-Orthodox hit by virus
By Ariel Schalit And Ilan Ben Zion
Apr. 03, 2020 03:08 AM EDT
AM Prep-Music
Apr. 03, 2020 03:07 AM EDT
TEKASHI 6IX9INE GETS RELEASED OVER COVID-19 FEARS NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was ordered immediately freed from a Manhattan...
Sarina Renz kisses one of the eight Siberian Steppe camels, of the stranded Renz Circus in Drachten, northern Netherlands, Tuesday, March 31, 2020. The circus fleet of blue, red and yellow trucks have had a fresh lick of paint over the winter. But now, as coronavirus measures shut down the entertainment industry across Europe, they have no place to go. "It's catastrophic for everybody", said Sarina Renz, of the German family circus that has been in existence since 1842. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
The show can't go on: Virus halts circus in Netherlands
Apr. 03, 2020 03:07 AM EDT
NRL's 'Project Apollo' aims to provide smooth landing in Oz
By John Pye
Apr. 03, 2020 02:51 AM EDT
It has been dubbed the Project Apollo, a think tank tasked with giving Australia’s National Rugby League a smooth landing when the season resumes following a...
In this photo released by Air New Zealand, an Air New Zealand Boeing 777-300 is loaded with luggage ahead of its departure for Frankfurt via Vancouver at the Auckland International Airport in New Zealand, Friday, April 3, 2020. About 100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand since it started a coronavirus lockdown last week are starting to fly home Friday and the flight is expected to land at Frankfurt Main Airport early morning on Saturday 4 April. (Air New Zealand via AP)
100,000 tourists stuck in New Zealand to leave as rules ease
By Nick Perry
Apr. 03, 2020 02:50 AM EDT
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 31, 2020 photo work continues at the ExCel centre which is being made into a temporary hospital called NHS Nightingale in London. Britain's National Health Service, cornerstone of the nation's post-war welfare state, may be stretched to the breaking point in coming weeks as hospitals brace for an expected tsunami of critically ill patients when the coronavirus pandemic reaches its peak across the United Kingdom. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
"We love you NHS": UK health service gears up for virus peak
By Danica Kirka And Jo Kearney
Apr. 03, 2020 02:50 AM EDT
Stranded foreign tourists cut vegetables to make a meal at a hostel in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Dozens of tourists from Britain, Canada and Australia are finding themselves stranded in the Indian capital with their vacations abruptly ended by India’s three-week lockdown and stopping of international flights amid new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Shonal Ganguly)
'Desperate' tourists stranded by India lockdown told to wait
By Shonal Ganguly And Rishabh R. Jain
Apr. 03, 2020 02:46 AM EDT
City workers fumigate a street to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Virus deaths, unemployment accelerating across Europe, US
By Michael R. Sisak, Lori Hinnant And Mark Sherman
Apr. 03, 2020 02:41 AM EDT
Gov. John Bel Edwards addresses steps being taken to fight the Coronavirus during a press conference at GOHSEP Monday March 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
Louisiana virus cases spike as testing expands statewide
By Melinda Deslatte
Apr. 03, 2020 02:20 AM EDT
Fort Campbell Week of the Eagles canceled due to coronavirus
Apr. 03, 2020 02:19 AM EDT
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — The Army's 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell has canceled its Week of the Eagles because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...
Kentucky Horse Park, State Parks open during daytime only
Apr. 03, 2020 02:16 AM EDT
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Horse Park and Kentucky State Parks will be open to the public during daytime only beginning Friday, the Tourism, Arts and...