Inaugurations
Ecuador's new President Guillermo Lasso wears the presidential sash after his inauguration ceremony outside the National Assembly in Quito, Ecuador, Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
Former banker Guillermo Lasso becomes president in Ecuador

May. 24, 2021 02:36 PM EDT

Members of the National Guard leave the Capitol perimeter the they had been guarding, Friday, April 2, 2021, after a car crashed into a barrier on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Repeated Guard missions in DC trigger frustration, denials

By Lolita C. Baldor Apr. 19, 2021 08:15 PM EDT

Islanders close to selling out inaugural season at UBS Arena

Apr. 15, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — Nearly six months before the opening of their new arena, the New York Islanders are reporting they have nearly sold out of season...

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2021, file photo, Tanzania's then Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks during a tour of the Tanga region of Tanzania. Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in Friday, March 19, 2021, as Tanzania's president, making history as the country's first woman in the position following the death of her predecessor John Magufuli. (AP Photo, File)
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania's first woman president

By Khaled Abubakar And Tom Odula Mar. 19, 2021 04:23 AM EDT

Joan Laporta celebrates his victory after elections at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Joan Laporta has been elected Barcelona's president on Sunday, inheriting a club mired in debt and facing daunting problems that include the possible departure of Messi when his contract ends at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)
With Messi watching, new Barcelona president takes office

Mar. 17, 2021 06:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2021, file photo former President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush look up to the crowd as they arrive for the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol for President-elect Joe Biden in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots

By Zeke Miller Mar. 11, 2021 01:54 PM EST

Rhode Island Democratic Gov. Dan McKee, left, is ceremonially sworn in by R.I. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, right, as his wife Susan McKee, center, holds the family Bible during an inauguration ceremony, Sunday, March 7, 2021, in front of the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Rhode Island Gov. McKee vows to maintain fight against virus

Mar. 07, 2021 01:21 PM EST

President Joe Biden reads the number of American that died from COVID-19 during a speech at the White House, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden mourns 500,000 dead, balancing nation's grief and hope

By Jonathan Lemire And Josh Boak Feb. 22, 2021 04:21 PM EST

FILE - In this April 24, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump puts the cap on a pen after signing a coronavirus aid package to direct funds to small businesses, hospitals, and testing, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Biden's 1st month was about erasing the mark of 'former guy'

By Jonathan Lemire And Calvin Woodward Feb. 20, 2021 08:03 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2021 06:42 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 10 The Tampa Bay Times on the potential of...

Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan perform the national anthem before the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Amanda Gorman, in a first, brings poetry to Super Bowl

By Jake Coyle Feb. 07, 2021 06:55 PM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 file photo, Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. On Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Biden swore on a “Masonic/Illuminati” Bible during his inauguration. It is a Douay-Rheims Bible, an English translation of a Latin Bible, which has been in the Biden family since the 1890s. Robert Miller, professor of biblical studies at The Catholic University of America, says, “Nothing even vaguely Masonic would have been anywhere near these Bibles. … Same thing for the ‘Illuminati,’ to the extent that such a thing existed: repeatedly condemned by the Popes and certainly coming nowhere into contact with Catholic Bibles.” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

The Associated Press Jan. 29, 2021 03:45 PM EST

7 Hawaii National Guard members contract COVID-19 after DC

Jan. 28, 2021 10:05 PM EST
HONOLULU (AP) — The Hawaii National Guard said Thursday seven members who traveled to Washington to help provide security on Inauguration Day have tested...

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 01:52 PM EST
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers: ___ Jan. 27 The Brunswick News on new measures aiming to...

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
NFL picks 3 honorary captains, Amanda Gorman for coin toss

Jan. 27, 2021 12:33 PM EST

National Guard troops walk outside the Capitol as the security perimeter continues to shrink and many Guard units head home, two days after the inauguration of President Joe Biden on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 in Washington.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Foundations focus their attentions on saving democracy

By Glenn Gamboa Jan. 27, 2021 10:06 AM EST

Editorial Roundup: Missouri

By The Associated Press Jan. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Kansas City Star. January 22, 2021. Editorial: Inaugural speech proved Missouri’s Roy Blunt loves his country. Josh Hawley should listen ...

First lady Jill Biden's necklace says "Mama," as she takes a tour of Whitman-Walker Health, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)
Jill Biden signals she'll be more active as first lady

By Darlene Superville Jan. 25, 2021 06:29 PM EST

In this frame grab made from video, Democrat Jim Carpenter, left, and Republican Natalie Abbas watch the inauguration of President Joe Biden in Carpenter's apartment in Frederick, Md., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. The two are local ambassadors for a program designed to bridge the nation's extraordinary political divide. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
One county, worlds apart: Bridging the political divide

By Claire Galofaro And Juliet Linderman Jan. 24, 2021 08:53 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1978, file photo, President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joseph R. Biden, D-Del., as they wait to speak at fund raising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
At 78 and the oldest president, Biden sees a world changed

By Bill Barrow Jan. 23, 2021 07:55 AM EST