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Xander Schauffele reads the lie on the 18th green during the first round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Separated by pandemic, Molinari brothers unite at US Open

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 17, 2021 09:07 PM EDT

Rickie Fowler hits to the ninth green during the third round of the Memorial golf tournament, Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Dublin, Ohio. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Oosthuizen retirement plans start with a ranch in Florida

By Doug Ferguson Jun. 08, 2021 01:27 PM EDT

One of the famous Rome's cats passes by, as a concert for the reopening of ancient Colosseum is being presented Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in a partial lifting of restriction measures aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19. Italy has eased its coronavirus restrictions Monday for most of the country downgrading Lazio and other regions from medium-risk orange zones to lower-risk yellow zones. (Cecilia Fabiano /LaPresse via AP)
Small pleasures as Italy reopens after Christmas lockdowns

By Trisha Thomas And Elisa Colella Feb. 01, 2021 11:52 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2021, file photo, workers set up new modules to expand the capacity of the COVID-19 emergency ward at the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon. In its fight against COVID-19, Portugal lifted restrictions on gatherings and movements for four days over Christmas so that people could spend the festive season with family and friends. Soon after the holiday, the pandemic quickly got out of hand. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
COVID-19 variant brings new dimension to Europe's pandemic

By Barry Hatton Jan. 26, 2021 02:23 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Jan. 11, 2021 02:11 PM EST
Des Moines Register. Jan. 9, 2021. Editorial. Yes, vaccines are on the way. No, this is not the time to let your guard down. Governor, give...

Students raise enough money to help a family with a home

Jan. 10, 2021 10:27 AM EST
ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Students at a Grand Rapids-area high school have raised enough money to help a family acquire a home. Forest...

A cat walks through a closed street market in Ivano-Frankivsk, Western Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Ukraine imposed a wide-ranging lockdown beginning Friday, closing schools and entertainment venues and restaurant table service through Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine imposes virus lockdown that many say came too late

By Yuras Karmanau Jan. 08, 2021 09:26 AM EST

An ethnic Hutsul man, an ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine, plays a violin as others, all wearing traditional colorful clothes, sing a kolyada song during the Orthodox Christmas celebration near the Holy Trinity church in Iltsi village, Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine: Few masks for Christmas, despite virus pressure

Jan. 07, 2021 02:56 PM EST

Police issue fines to civilians violating health safety measures on the waterfront promenade as the county starts a new, three-week lockdown amid a record post-holiday surge of new coronavirus cases that has overwhelmed the national health sector in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Lebanon begins new lockdown amid surge in coronavirus cases

By Bassem Mroue Jan. 07, 2021 04:34 AM EST

Citizens of the mountain town of Kalofer, in central Bulgaria, clad in traditional dresses stand in the icy Tundzha River, some waving national flags to recover a crucifix cast by a priest in an old ritual marking the feast of Epiphany, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The legend goes that the person who retrieves the wooden cross will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy throughout the year. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
AP PHOTOS: Epiphany celebrations marked by pandemic

Jan. 06, 2021 12:16 PM EST

Citizens of the mountain town of Kalofer, in central Bulgaria, clad in traditional dresses stand in the icy Tundzha River, some waving national flags to recover a crucifix cast by a priest in an old ritual marking the feast of Epiphany, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The legend goes that the person who retrieves the wooden cross will be freed from evil spirits and will be healthy throughout the year. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Some Orthodox Christians ignore COVID warnings on Epiphany

Jan. 06, 2021 09:26 AM EST

People wearing masks for protection against COVID-19 pray prior to the start of the Christmas Eve Mass at St. Stephen Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. Countries across Europe celebrate Christmas Eve under the specter of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
AP PHOTOS: Prayers, candles and Santas for year-end holidays

Jan. 06, 2021 09:03 AM EST

Armenian Catholicos Karekin II wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, left, blesses a believer after the Christmas Mass in the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan, Armenia, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Armenia's prime minister, who is under harsh criticism from the country's dominant Orthodox Christian church in connection with the recent war with Azerbaijan, stayed away from Christmas services on Wednesday. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, in accordance with the Julian calendar. (Grigor Yepremyan/PAN Photo via AP)
Beleaguered Armenian PM stays away from church on Christmas

Jan. 06, 2021 08:46 AM EST

Sherina Jones restocks a community refrigerator, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020, in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami. Jones offers free food for the community from a stocked community refrigerator called the Village Freedge. When one of the refrigerators was stolen just before Thanksgiving, the community and friends came together to help to purchase a new one. Jones also provides hot food and distributes numerous food pantry items. She has applied for non-profit status and is transitioning to become a food bank. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
One Good Thing: Theft leads to community giving in Miami

By Kelli Kennedy Jan. 05, 2021 10:26 AM EST

Nurse Jesse Phelps, left, works on a COVID-19 patient as a family member looks on at East Alabama Medical Center in the intensive care unit Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. The medical center faces a new influx of COVID-19 patients as the pandemic intensifies. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Alabama hits new high for virus hospitalizations

By Kim Chandler Jan. 04, 2021 05:08 PM EST

The statue of past Church leader Archbishop Damaskinos stands in front of the Athens Orthodox Cathedral, in Athens, on Monday Jan. 4, 2021. Greece's powerful Orthodox Church is rebelling against a government order to briefly close places of worship under a weeklong drive to tighten virus restrictions ahead of the planned reopening of schools. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greek Church tells priests to ignore pandemic closure order

By Nicholas Paphitis Jan. 04, 2021 10:08 AM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020 file photo, Tottenham's Erik Lamela watches the ball during their English Premier League soccer match against Brighton & Hove Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London. Four Premier League players from Tottenham and West Ham have broken English lockdown laws by gathering inside a house together over Christmas just after the government had tightened coronavirus restrictions in response to a new transmissible variant. Tottenham and West Ham on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 condemned the inter-household mixing by their players, Tottenham trio Erik Lamela, Sergio Reguilon and Giovani Lo Celso and West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini and other people. (Mike Hewitt/Pool via AP, file)
EPL roiled by lockdown party breaches, another postponement

By Rob Harris Jan. 02, 2021 07:02 AM EST

In this Dec. 31, 2019 photo, fireworks explode over Bicentennial Mall during the Jack Daniel's Music City Midnight New Year's Eve celebration in Nashville, Tenn. The Christmas morning bombing of the downtown tourist district forced organizers of what was already slated to be a very muted New Year’s celebration to dial it back even further. Nashville had already canceled its outdoor public concert for a televised one. But organizers had hoped to blow up a 2020 number and have fireworks as a way to say good riddance to a terrible year. (Alan Poizner/The Tennessean via AP)
Muted Nashville New Year's celebration nixes exploding 2020

By Travis Loller Dec. 31, 2020 11:50 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips speaks at a press conference at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced late Dec. 29, 2020, that he ordered Phillips to end a Caribbean vacation, saying he is "extremely disappointed" the official went abroad as the government urged people to avoid nonessential travel because of the pandemic. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Ontario finance minister resigns after tropical vacation

By Rob Gillies Dec. 31, 2020 12:00 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 07:55 PM EST
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York’s newspapers: Don’t Let the Games Begin The New York...