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Paris Olympics cut costs with fewer cars, more subway rides

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 31, 2022 12:53 PM EDT
Looking to cut costs in a tough economy, organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics said Wednesday they want officials to use fewer courtesy cars and take more trips on...

The Chinese national flag is raised during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In Beijing, Olympic ideals coexist with authoritarian rule

By Tim Sullivan Feb. 04, 2022 11:26 PM EST

LA28 committee chooses marketing chief Carter as new CEO

By Eddie Pells Sep. 14, 2021 08:00 AM EDT
The organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics elevated its top marketing officer, Kathy Carter, to CEO on Tuesday as it ramps up preparations for...

A woman wearing a face mask to curb the spread of the coronavirus walks with a parasol on a street in Tokyo Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Japan is playing host to the Tokyo Olympics. But the capital, as well as other populous areas, are in the middle of a government-declared “state of emergency” to curb surging COVID-19 infections. (AP Photo/Kantaro Komiya)
EXPLAINER: What Olympic host Japan’s COVID ‘emergency’ means

By Yuri Kageyama Aug. 05, 2021 12:18 AM EDT

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021. Tsimanouskaya alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday, Aug. 1, at Tokyo’s main airport. An activist group supporting Tsimanouskaya said she believed her life was in danger in Belarus and would seek asylum with the Austrian embassy in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Court denied Belarus sprinter's legal bid to run in Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 02, 2021 09:47 PM EDT

Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, competes in the final of the women's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympics Latest: Belarus runner says team forcing departure

Jul. 31, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga responds to a reporter's question after he spoke at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday, May 7, 2021. Suga announced an extension of a state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas through May 31. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Packed trains, drinking: Japanese impatient over virus steps

By Mari Yamaguchi May. 06, 2021 10:53 PM EDT

File-Jamaica's Usain Bolt poses next to a scoreboard after winning the gold and setting a new world record in the men's 200-meter final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The Olympics are remembered for the stars. That was true in Beijing in 2008, and the stars were Michael Phelps and Bolt. But Beijing is also storied for its signature venues like the “Bird's Nest” stadium, and the “Water Cube” swimming venue. No Olympics before — or since — have impacted a city the way the Olympics did Beijing. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
Bird's Nest and Water Cube: Beijing venues were stars, too

By Stephen Wade Aug. 16, 2020 03:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964 file photo, Japanese runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the nuclear weapon destroyed that city. He symbolized the rebirth of Japan after the Second World War as he opened the 1964 Tokyo Games. Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city. Just over 19 years later, he ran with the Olympic flame into the national stadium, left the cinder track, and jogged up a long flight of flower-lined stairs to reach the top. (AP Photo/File)
Man born in Hiroshima lights 1964 Tokyo Olympic cauldron

By Stephen Wade Aug. 05, 2020 03:15 PM 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 04:05 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 01:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 13, 2018, file photo the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier is anchored off Manila Bay west of Manila, Philippines. The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier facing a growing outbreak of the coronavirus is asking for permission to isolate the bulk of his roughly 5,000 crew members on shore, which would take the warship out of duty in an effort to save lives. The ship is docked in Guam (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)
Navy fires captain who sought help for virus-stricken ship

By Lolita C. Baldor And Robert Burns Apr. 02, 2020 05:49 PM EDT

Boeing offers voluntary layoff plan amidst virus shutdown

Apr. 02, 2020 03:25 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing is offering a voluntary layoff plan to prepare for an aircraft industry that the CEO says will take time to recover from the coronavirus...

Member of Hevra Kadisha, an organization which prepares bodies of deceased Jews for burial according to Jewish tradition, waits during a funeral of a Jewish man who died from coronavirus in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Iran parliament speaker, Israeli health minister have virus

By Amir Vahdat And Ilan Ben Zion Apr. 02, 2020 03:12 PM EDT

A man works to complete the infrastructure at the field medical station set up at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, N.J., Thursday, April 2, 2020. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy toured the medical station that is expected to open early next week. It is slated to field non-coronavirus cases. It's one of four such facilities that are supposed to open in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey's COVID-19 death rate spikes, totaling 537

Apr. 02, 2020 03:00 PM EDT