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FILE - In this June 3, 2020, photo, the Olympic rings float in the water at sunset in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics are already the most expensive Summer Games on record with costs set to go higher, a wide-ranging study from Britain's University of Oxford indicates. This is even before the costs of the one-year delay from the COVID-19 pandemic are known with the cost overrun already at over 200%, lead author Bent Flyvbjerg explained in an interview with the Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Oxford study: Tokyo Olympics are most costly Summer Games

By Stephen Wade Sep. 04, 2020 12:32 AM EDT

Roofers work on removing and placing new shingles in Warren, Mich., Thursday, April 2, 2020. The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a stunning collapse in the U.S. workforce with 10 million people losing their jobs in the past two weeks and economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Depression, as the economic damage from the crisis piles up around the world. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Michigan virus cases clear 10,000; peak still weeks away

By David Eggert And Corey Williams Apr. 02, 2020 04:10 PM EDT

Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump admin moves toward promoting broader use of face masks

By Zeke Miller And Mike Stobbe Apr. 02, 2020 04:09 PM EDT

A sign is displayed in front of residences and at the front gate to Coyote Ranch, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Yuma, Ariz., Sunday, March 29, 2020. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP)
Arizona unemployment agency inundated with layoff claims

By Bob Christie Apr. 02, 2020 02:20 PM EDT

Texas city orders residents to cover mouth, nose amid virus

By Juan A. Lozano Apr. 02, 2020 02:04 PM EDT
HOUSTON (AP) — Residents in one Texas city are being required to wear something that covers their nose and mouth when they’re out in public during the...

An Israeli police officer wearing protective gear waits to detain Ultra orthodox men as they pray in a synagogue in defiance of government measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in Bnei Brak, a suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, April 2, 2020. ‏On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a police cordon around the largely ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, to limit movement to and from the city. Bnei Brak has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Virus masks, apps: The race is on to avoid hidden carriers

By Lori Hinnant Apr. 02, 2020 10:28 AM EDT