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FILE - Haruyuki Takahashi, then executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games arrives at Tokyo 2020 Executive Board Meeting in Tokyo, Japan on March 30, 2020. Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Takahashi on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. (Issei Kato/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Jul. 26, 2022 01:45 AM EDT

Denise Herrmann of Germany collapses at the finish line during the women's 15-kilometer individual race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Olympics Live: US figure skater Zhou out after COVID test

Feb. 06, 2022 09:07 PM EST

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping tours the National Speed Skating Oval, a competition venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Competition for the Winter Olympics is scheduled to begin on Feb. 4. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via AP)

China spends billions on Olympics with longer-term goal

By Graham Dunbar Jan. 27, 2022 04:14 AM EST

Inbee Park, of South Korea, refreshes with an ice pack on the 14th hole during the second round of the women's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Olympics latest reminder of down year for South Koreans

By Doug Ferguson Aug. 10, 2021 11:28 AM EDT

A closed chairlift in Cortina D'Ampezzo , Italy, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The granite peaks that majestically encircle the northern Italian winter resort of Cortina glimmer with one of the most prolific snowfalls in years, a cruel joke of nature as Italy’s ski areas have been laid silent by the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Mountain heartbreak: Italy has deep snow, closed ski resorts

By Colleen Barry Feb. 03, 2021 03:47 AM EST

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Apr. 03, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
TEKASHI 6IX9INE GETS RELEASED OVER COVID-19 FEARS NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was ordered immediately freed from a Manhattan...

In this April 1, 2020, photo, President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. At a time of social distancing,Trump is leaning into his plea to Congress to restore full tax benefits prized by business for fine dining and schmoozing. Trump is seizing on the pandemic crisis to target an item on his wish list: full tax deductions for business meals in restaurants and for other entertainment expenses. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Boost the schmooze? Trump wants tax dining deduction back

By Marcy Gordon Apr. 03, 2020 12:41 AM EDT

FILE - This Wednesday, April 1, 2020 file photo shows the marquee for the Iowa Theater, closed in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, on John Wayne Drive in Winterset, Iowa. The $349 billion program approved by Congress to help small businesses devastated by the coronavirus outbreak is expected to be spent quickly after it opens on Friday, April 3, 2020, in part because large franchisees and multi-property companies are poised to claim a disproportionate share as soon as the money starts flowing. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Bank expect deluge of desperate businesses seeking loans

By Ken Sweet And Ryan J. Foley Apr. 03, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 photo, Ryan Eble, left, and his father, Chris, talk in their milk house while fresh milk gushes down a drain at the Eble family's Golden E Dairy near West Bend, Wis. Many dairy processing plants across Wisconsin have more product than they can handle and that's forced farmers to begin dumping their milk down the drain. The Eble's are forced to dump 25,000 gallons of milk a day from their 2400 milling cows. The coronavirus has dried up the marketplace for dairy products as restaurants, schools and business in food service have been closed. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

Dairy farmers begin to flush away milk due to coronavirus

Apr. 02, 2020 06:24 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, a man walks past the closed Cafe Du Monde restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It's normally bustling with tourists, but now nearly deserted due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. While rich in history and culture, New Orleans is economically poor, and many here are not necessarily well-positioned to weather this latest storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Stimulus aid for 'small business' will go to some big chains

By Ryan J. Foley Apr. 02, 2020 04:08 PM EDT

Medical staffers at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C., screen a patient at a drive-thru COVID-19 screening site outside the emergency department. (Scott Sharpe/The News & Observer via AP)

Legislative cafeteria worker tests positive for COVID-19

By Gary D. Robertson And Jonathan Drew Apr. 02, 2020 03:04 PM EDT

Colorado's virus-related jobless claims continue their surge

By James Anderson Apr. 02, 2020 02:30 PM EDT
Colorado unemployment claims triggered by coronavirus-related job losses continue their surge, with last week’s initial claims roughly eight times the highest...