Family travel
United States' Taylor Sander spikes the ball during the men's volleyball preliminary round pool B match between United States and Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Dad's club leads to bonding for US men's volleyball team

By Josh Dubow Jul. 26, 2021 01:19 AM EDT

FILE - Canada guard Kim Gaucher pulls down a rebound during the first half of a women's basketball game against the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, file photo. Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says nursing mothers will now be allowed to bring their babies to Tokyo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo

Jun. 30, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020 file photo, Netherlands' Princess Amalia poses in the garden of royal palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, Netherlands. The heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Amalia, has decided not to accept the allowance -- worth some 1.6 million euros ($1.9 million) per year -- that she is due to receive annually once she turns 18 in December. The princess sent a hand-written letter to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte informing him of her decision on Friday, June 11, 2021. (Piroschka van de Wouw, Pool via AP, File)
Dutch princess won't accept payment when she turns 18

Jun. 11, 2021 11:28 AM EDT

Young boy dies with COVID-19 after family travels to Hawaii

By Caleb Jones Apr. 27, 2021 08:36 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — A child who traveled to Hawaii with his vaccinated parents has died after contracting COVID-19. The Hawaii Department of...

Mary Kay Hoffman, left, and Cindy Durham, right, wait for the arrival of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, at the international arrivals terminal at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Houston. Sen. Cruz has acknowledged that he traveled to Mexico for a family vacation this week as his home state was paralyzed by a deadly winter storm. In a statement Thursday, Cruz said he was returning to Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
'Obviously a mistake': Cruz returns from Cancun after uproar

By Steve Peoples And Jake Bleiberg Feb. 18, 2021 04:32 PM EST

Lama Ngawang Yonten and other Buddhist members of the United Sherpa Association prepare for the Dakini Day practice, a group meditation that includes song and food and is celebrated on the 25th day of each lunar month, at their community temple in the Queens borough of New York on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Buddhist temple food pantry a lifeline for Nepalese students

By Luis Andres Henao And Jessie Wardarski Feb. 14, 2021 09:06 AM EST

A man wearing a face mask walks through the Sensoji temple in the snow in Tokyo on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Asia Today: China's big holiday travel season light so far

Jan. 27, 2021 11:36 PM EST

Isner says he'll skip Australian Open because of COVID-19

Jan. 11, 2021 09:05 PM EST
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — John Isner says he'll skip the Australian Open because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Isner disclosed his decision...

Registered nurse Merri Lynn Anderson talks to her patient with a curtain drawn between them to give the patient privacy in a COVID-19 unit at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. California health authorities reported Thursday a record two-day total of 1,042 coronavirus deaths as many hospitals strain under unprecedented caseloads. The state's hospitals are trying to prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care for lack of staff and beds — and hoping they don't have to make that choice. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
U.S. tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for 1st time

By Eugene Garcia, Lisa Marie Pane And Thalia Beaty Jan. 08, 2021 11:23 AM EST

Dr. Lynn Ridgeway, a pulmonologist, pulls up his sleeve as he receives one of the first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines given to front line workers at Helen Keller Hospital on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, in Sheffield, Ala. [Dan Busey /The TimesDaily via AP)
Alabama death toll from COVID-10 climbs above 4,670

Dec. 24, 2020 01:26 PM EST

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo, Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus, she had a sterling reputation as a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover. Less than 10 months later, her reputation is frayed and her future in President-elect Joe Biden's administration uncertain. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Birx travels, family visits highlight pandemic safety perils

By Aamer Madhani And Brian Slodysko Dec. 20, 2020 12:30 PM EST

Bob Schwartz, the director of marketing of the Trapp Family Lodge poses outside the lodge on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Stowe, Vt. Quarantine rules imposed in an attempt to stop the spread of novel coronavirus are affecting business during the normally busy holiday season. He says the rules are frustrating but be understands the need for them. He's looking forward to a time when the pandemic is over. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread

By David Koenig And Dee-Ann Durbin Dec. 18, 2020 06:00 AM EST

Corritta Lewis, center, and her wife Mea pose with their son Caleb, 2, in Oceanside, Calif., on Dec. 4, 2020. For some planning to stay home for Christmas, giving up the hassle and family drama of holiday travel isn't such a bad deal in the end. Corritta Lewis, who has a huge extended family in Ohio, says she is looking forward to staying home with her family and avoiding the overall mania that the holiday brings. (Corritta Lewis via AP)
No drama corona-Christmas has some secretly jumping for joy

By Leanne Italie Dec. 10, 2020 09:02 AM EST

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, Austin Mayor Steve Adler speaks during a press conference in Austin, Texas. Adler took a vacation to Mexico with family in November at a time when he was urging people to "stay home if you can." The trip revealed by the Austin-American Statesman on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, comes after California Gov. Gavin Newsom, another public official who has also pleaded with his residents to resist the temptation to socialize, acknowledged last month that he attended a birthday party at a posh restaurant with friends. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP, File)
Austin mayor went to Mexico while urging people to stay home

Dec. 02, 2020 04:27 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020, file photo, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks in Springfield, Ill. Coronavirus cases shot up again Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 to 12,542, the highest in 11 days, and there were 125 deaths, Illinois public health officials reported.(Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP File)
Statewide COVID-19 cases jump again, 125 deaths reported

By John O'connor Dec. 01, 2020 02:34 PM EST

People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus take a morning walk past a high-rise residential complex in Kochi, Kerala state, India, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. India's total number of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began crossed 9 million on Friday. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)
Asia Today: Australia's Victoria hits 3 weeks without virus

Nov. 19, 2020 08:48 PM EST

A demonstrator holds a sign demanding a mask mandate from the city council outside Carnegie Town Hall in Sioux Falls, S.D., Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. An increasing number of governors and mayors are imposing restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving for fear that holiday travel and family gatherings will only worsen the record-breaking, coast-to-coast resurgence of the coronavirus. (Erin Bormett/The Argus Leader via AP)
Governors ratchet up restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving

By David Eggert And Rachel La Corte Nov. 16, 2020 02:58 PM EST

FILE- In this Sept. 18, 2015 file photo, a University of Connecticut student pushes a button at a crosswalk outside one of the student dormitories, in Storrs, Conn. On Friday, Nov. 13, 2020, the University of Connecticut announced that it has placed all dormitories at its main campus under quarantine because of rising coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education

By Lindsey Tanner Nov. 13, 2020 09:54 AM EST

A member of medical staff wheels a patient on a bed as he arrives at the CHR CItadelle hospital in Liege, Belgium, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Belgium has announced restrictive measures across the country in an effort to curb the fast-rising tide of COVID-19, coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)
Partial lockdown imposed in Belgium, EU's worst-hit country

By Raf Casert Oct. 30, 2020 07:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, file photo, Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima wave from the balcony of royal palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, after a ceremony marking the opening of the parliamentary year with a speech by King Willem-Alexander outlining the government's budget plans for the year ahead. The Dutch king issued a video message Wednesday saying "with sorrow in the heart" that he regrets flying to Greece for a family vacation last week, a trip that was quickly broken off amid public uproar back home where people are being urged to stay home as much as possible to battle the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Dutch king expresses regret at Greek family vacation

By Mike Corder Oct. 21, 2020 07:55 AM EDT