Automobile shows
FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, the floor of the North American International Auto Show is shown in Detroit. The head of Detroit's big international auto show says it will return to the Motor City next year, but with smaller indoor displays, and more emphasis on experiencing vehicles and technology outside. The North American International Auto Show was canceled in 2020, due the coronavirus pandemic, and it will be replaced this year by an outdoor event at a racetrack. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Auto show back in Detroit next year with focus on outdoors

Jun. 17, 2021 03:18 PM EDT

In a photo from May 6, 2021, Timothy Tharp with patrons Cecelia Shelley, center, and Amber Nolan, at his Checker Bar in downtown Detroit. Tharp also owns Grand Trunk Pub and the Whisky Parlor. He estimates that his businesses have lost about $1 million after closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic. But now as vaccinations increase and government-ordered lockdowns and restrictions to protect the public are being lifted, Tharpe believes the coronavirus pandemic could be remembered as just another hurdle the Motor City has had to leap. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)
Detroit tourism seeks rebound after year lost to pandemic

By Corey Williams May. 15, 2021 10:05 AM EDT

Governor J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot give an update on Chicago's reopening efforts at McCormick Place in Chicago on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. An announcement of auto show's return to McCormick Place was also made. (Jose M. Osorio /Chicago Tribune via AP)
Chicago Auto Show to return in July after coronavirus hiatus

By Don Babwin May. 04, 2021 12:56 PM EDT

A worker prepares for press day at the Audi booth during Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai on Monday, April 19, 2021. Automakers are looking to China, their biggest market by sales volume and the first major economy to rebound from the pandemic, to revive sales and reverse multibillion-dollar losses. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
New SUV models star at China auto show under virus controls

Apr. 19, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

Detroit auto show to be replaced by outdoor event this year

Jan. 11, 2021 07:28 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's big auto show will not take place as scheduled in September, but will be replaced by an outdoor exhibit at a race track in nearby...

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2020, file photo, passengers walk through Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City. Business travel might never look the same in the wake of the coronavirus. Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. says it took international business travel five years to recover after the 2008 recession. But this time, the ease of videoconferencing could put a permanent dent in corporate trips. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Correction: Virus Outbreak-Business Travel story

By Dee-Ann Durbin And David Koenig Nov. 11, 2020 12:01 AM EST

Thieves take $1M worth of gloves meant for Florida hospitals

Oct. 26, 2020 06:40 PM EDT
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Thieves have stolen over 6 million gloves, worth $1 million, meant for first responders at Florida hospitals. ...

Security guards wearing masks and armed with restrainers stand guard at the entrance to the Auto China 2020 show in Beijing, China on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The auto show, the first major in-person sales event for any industry since the coronavirus pandemic began, opens Saturday in a sign the ruling Communist Party is confident China has contained the disease. Still, automakers face intensive anti-virus controls including quarantines for visitors from abroad and curbs on crowd sizes at an event that usually is packed shoulder-to-shoulder with spectators. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China opens auto show under anti-disease controls

By Joe Mcdonald Sep. 25, 2020 10:29 PM EDT

Visitors wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus look at Tesla vehicles on display at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Auto executives are flying in early to wait out a coronavirus quarantine ahead of the Beijing auto show, the year's biggest sales event for a global industry that is struggling with tumbling sales and layoffs. Organizers say they will impose intensive anti-disease controls on crowds and monitor visitors and employees for signs of infection. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China auto show forging ahead under anti-virus controls

By Joe Mcdonald Sep. 23, 2020 10:59 PM EDT

Detroit auto show changes dates, moves to September of 2021

Sep. 21, 2020 03:19 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit's big auto show is changing dates once again. The show will now is scheduled to take place from Sept. 28 through...

Labor organizers plan series of socially distanced rallies

Sep. 06, 2020 01:02 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Labor organizers are planning to hold a series of socially distanced rallies across Massachusetts on Monday to mark Labor Day in response to the...

Visitors take in an art exhibit from inside a car as they drive through a warehouse displaying paintings and photos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, July 24, 2020, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Galleries, cinemas, theaters and museums are closed due to the restrictive measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19, but a group of artists and a curator found a way to overcome the restrictions to share their art with the residents of Brazil’s largest city. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Galleries shut by COVID-19, Brazil has a drive-thru art show

By Tatiana Pollastri And Daniel Carvalho Jul. 24, 2020 07:29 PM EDT

The Citroen e-C4 all electric hatchback is display during a media presentation in Paris, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. PSA Group's Citroen Brand is showing off a new version of its C4 compact hatchback, a model that will be key to the company's sales prospects as it faces a highly competitive European car market that faces severe headwinds from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Citroen unveils new hatchback as virus pushes event online

By David Mchugh Jun. 30, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

People stand by tea lights after nursing home workers and advocates lit over 3,400 of them on the steps of the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, June 18, 2020, to represent the women and men who have died of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania nursing homes. The event was part of a National Nursing Home Day of Action. (Sean Simmers/The Patriot-News via AP)
Wolf loosens restrictions in last of counties except Lebanon

By Mark Scolforo And Michael Rubinkam Jun. 19, 2020 12:00 PM EDT

Utility regulators keep moratorium on service terminations

By Marc Levy And Mark Scolforo Jun. 18, 2020 01:45 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Public Utility Commission on Thursday rejected an attempt by one of its members to end its three-month-old moratorium...

Waitress Janice Wagner moves chairs in the outdoor seating area at Agolino's Restaurant in West Pittston, Pa., Tuesday, June 16, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP)
Court to weigh state's request to close Carlisle auto show

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 17, 2020 08:39 AM EDT

Group: Pandemic caused millions in Detroit convention losses

Jun. 14, 2020 04:54 PM EDT
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau says the Detroit area has lost out on more than $200 million through...

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2019, file photo, Jack Hollis, Jack Hollis, group vice president and general manager of the Toyota Division at Toyota Motor North America (TMNA), speaks at the AutoMobility LA auto show in Los Angeles. Toyota's new Sienna minivan and a revived Venza midsize SUV were supposed to be unveiled at the New York International Auto Show in April 2020, but the show was postponed until late August due to the novel coronavirus. That would have been too close to when Toyota's vehicles would reach showrooms, so the company decided to go on its own and showed them online. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Toyota vehicles debut online as virus postpones auto show

By Tom Krisher May. 18, 2020 06:43 PM EDT

In this May 10, 2011 photo an autoworker assembles a transmission at the General Motors Transmission Plant in Toledo, Ohio. Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of spreading the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)
Auto workers' tenuous return a ray of hope in jobs crisis

By Tom Krisher May. 15, 2020 12:02 AM EDT

Firm behind monster trucks, ice shows lays off workers

Apr. 24, 2020 08:45 AM EDT
PALMETTO, Fla. (AP) — The company that brings live shows ranging from “Disney on Ice" to monster trucks to local arenas has laid off nearly 1,500 workers...