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FILE - Athletes arrive for the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Olympics survived the COVID-19 postponement, soaring expenses and some public opposition. A year later, the costs and benefits are as difficult to untangle as the Games were to pull off. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
Tokyo Olympic aftermath still being untangled a year later

By Stephen Wade Jul. 21, 2022 01:16 AM EDT

FILE - A volunteer walks past the Olympic rings ahead of the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo on July 22, 2021. Japan's northern city of Sapporo on Monday, June 6, 2022, rejected holding a referendum to give voters a choice over bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics. The city's assembly, controlled by Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, which is also in charge of the national government, turned down having a public vote. Its meeting was streamed online. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Sapporo rejects holding referendum over bidding for Olympics

By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade Jun. 06, 2022 03:09 AM EDT

FILE - The Olympic rings during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. Officials in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo say there is public support for holding the 2030 Winter Olympics. However, Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto says the city has no plans to hold a binding public referendum for the final word. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Sapporo shows strong support for 2030 Winter Olympics

By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade Mar. 16, 2022 08:59 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2021, file photo, anti-Olympic protesters demonstrate near the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan where the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics is taking place. A lot of Japanese were reluctant or opposed to holding the Olympics during a worsening pandemic. A series of resignations of Olympic-linked officials over sexism, past bullying and Holocaust jokes also hurt the Games' image ahead of the July 23 opening. There were protests on Tokyo streets and on social media. (AP Photo/Kantaro Komiya, File)
Tokyo's Olympic fears give way to acceptance, to a point

By Mari Yamaguchi Aug. 11, 2021 09:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, vapor trails from Japanese Self-Defense Force jets from the Olympic emblem of five rings above the National Stadium in Tokyo for the official opening of the XVIII Olympiad, first even held in Asia. The famous 1964 Tokyo Olympics highlighted Japan’s resiliency. It was a prospering country that was showing off bullet trains, transistor radios, and a restored reputation just 19 years after devastating defeat in World War II. Now Japan and Tokyo are on display again, attempting to stage the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the midst of a once-in-a century pandemic. (AP Photo, File)
Looking at Tokyo Olympics through the lens of the 1964 Games

By Stephen Wade Jul. 22, 2021 09:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: WA tenants get modified eviction reprieve

By Rachel La Corte Jun. 25, 2021 03:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: How NC is distributing $1.3B in rental aid

By Bryan Anderson Jun. 25, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

Washington governor extends eviction moratorium to Sept. 30

By Rachel La Corte Jun. 24, 2021 01:44 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday he was extending the state's eviction moratorium to Sept. 30, with some modifications, to...

Priest Eloi Gillet leaves the voting booth as he votes for the regional elections in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, June 20, 2021. The elections for leadership councils of France's 13 regions, from Brittany to Burgundy to the French Riviera, are primarily about local issues like transportation, schools and infrastructure. But leading politicians are using them as a platform to test ideas and win followers ahead of the April presidential election. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)
Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote

By Alex Turnbull And Angela Charlton Jun. 20, 2021 02:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2020 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is the latest sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone the nation’s health care problems into a winning political issue. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
GOP needs new health care target; 'Obamacare' survives again

By Alan Fram Jun. 18, 2021 12:35 AM EDT

President Joe Biden walks on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, upon arrival from a trip to Europe, late Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Back home: Biden has daunting to-do list after European tour

By Zeke Miller And Lisa Mascaro Jun. 18, 2021 12:29 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to mark the passage of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Back home: Biden has daunting to-do list after European tour

By Zeke Miller And Lisa Mascaro Jun. 17, 2021 06:32 PM EDT

In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021, photo, a man walks in front of the Grand Central residential building complex where one of the HK$10.8 million (US$1.4 million) 449 square feet single-room flats will be offered as a prize in a lucky draw. Coronavirus vaccine incentives offered by Hong Kong companies, including a lucky draw for an apartment, a Tesla car and even gold bars, are helping boost the city’s sluggish inoculation rate. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Get a jab, win a condo: Hong Kong tries vaccine incentives

By Zen Soo Jun. 17, 2021 01:50 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2020 photo, Baltimore Police Academy cadets listen to an instructor during an on the field class session learning to direct traffic, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in Baltimore. As rising murder rates gain attention in U.S. cities, Republicans have ramped up misleading attacks by casting Democrats as anti-police. It's a message they believe helped them stave off greater Democratic gains and one with renewed potency particularly in cities that cut police department budgets amid calls to overhaul policing last year. It's not clear whether the GOP strategy, with roots back to President Nixon's law-and-order message, will be a success for a party that has little support in American cities. But Republicans hope to stem their decline in suburbs with by attacking Democrats' on domestic safety. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
GOP ramps up misleading attack on Democrats' policing policy

By Thomas Beaumont Jun. 13, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

In this May 13, 2021 photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats are committed to passing legislation this year to curb prescription drug prices. In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing legislation that imposes a steep tax on drugmakers refusing to deal with Medicare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
To curb drug prices, Democrats still seeking a balance

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 12, 2021 08:11 AM EDT

An Impact Genome/AP-NORC poll finds 18% of Americans say they have only one person or no one they can rely on for personal support. Black and Hispanic Americans are especially likely to say so.
Poll: Millions in US struggle through life with few to trust

By Alexandra Olson Jun. 10, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

Workers paste the overlay on the wall of the National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are scheduled for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Tokyo. Roads are being closed off around Tokyo Olympic venues including the new $1.4 billion National Stadium where the opening ceremony is set for July 23(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Coe urges persuading Japan that Tokyo Olympics will be safe

Jun. 08, 2021 07:04 AM EDT

The annual "Rally to Protect Your Right to Keep and Bear Arms" is held at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, June 7, 2021. (Dan Gleiter/The Patriot-News via AP)
NRA's gun rights message not slowed by legal, money troubles

By Colleen Long Jun. 08, 2021 06:02 AM EDT

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele delivers his annual address to the nation before Congress, in San Salvador, El Salvador, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador president wants Bitcoin as legal tender

Jun. 06, 2021 01:18 AM EDT

Shamans hold a photo of presidential candidate Pedro Castillo of the Free Peru party, as they perform a good luck ritual ahead of the presidential runoff election, at the Cerro San Cristobal in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. The June 6 runoff pits Castillo against Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Peruvians to pick new president amid relentless pandemic

By Regina Garcia Cano And Franklin Briceno Jun. 03, 2021 09:25 AM EDT