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Dutch caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaks with the media following exit polls in the general election in The Hague, Netherlands, March 17, 2021. Dutch voters pushed Rutte towards a fourth term in office in a general election Wednesday, bolstering his conservative party's position as the biggest in parliament and boosting a key ally into second place, an exit poll suggested. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool via AP)
Dutch coalition talks halted after COVID-19 case, notes slip

By Mike Corder Mar. 25, 2021 07:43 AM EDT

Populist Dutch anti-immigration lawmaker Geert Wilders casts his vote in a general election in The Hague, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Polling stations have opened opened across the Netherlands from Monday in a general election that has been spread over three days to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
Dutch PM Rutte's conservatives see 4th straight election win

By Mike Corder Mar. 18, 2021 04:45 AM EDT

Dutch caretaker Prime Minster Mark Rutte casts his vote in a general election in The Hague, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Polling stations have opened opened across the Netherlands from Monday in a general election that has been spread over three days to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)
Caretaker PM Rutte seen as winning most seats in Dutch vote

By Mike Corder And Raf Casert Mar. 17, 2021 03:11 AM EDT

A ballot box is brought to a polling station inside the Van Gogh museum during a demonstration for the media in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Polling stations opened across the Netherlands early Monday and Tuesday in a general election that has been spread over three days to allow people to vote safely during the coronavirus pandemic. The Van Gogh museum is closed because of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Dutch parties make last push for votes in general election

By Mike Corder Mar. 16, 2021 05:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday Feb. 28, 2012 file photo, demonstrators hold a Dutch flag with it's center cut out as another man, rear, holds a banner during a demonstration of several hundreds of people who protested against the coronavirus lockdown and curfew on Museum Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch vote next week in a general election. Many voters approve of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s handling of the crisis but his popularity has waned in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Coronavirus pandemic casts long shadow over Dutch elections

By Mike Corder Mar. 13, 2021 04:43 AM EST

Resident Eleanor Garrison, left, talks with director of nursing Cheri Place-Chafin in her room Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at Arbor Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center in Opelika, Ala. Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care centers over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that studies and health officials link to various factors, including the start of vaccinations, the easing of a post-holiday virus surge and better prevention. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Things to Know: Pentagon lends military aid to vaccine push

By The Associated Press Feb. 05, 2021 01:50 PM EST

Nurse practitioner Sigrid Stokes, 76, gives a health care worker a COVID-19 vaccine at the Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital in Salinas, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Stokes is following in her family's footsteps during the pandemic. In 1918, Stokes' mother Kristine Berg Mueller was a 14-year-old hospital volunteer in Norway during the Spanish Flu pandemic, putting her in regular contact with the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
2 nurses: Her mom battled 1918 pandemic, she fights this one

By Haven Daley And John Rogers Feb. 05, 2021 12:05 AM EST

In this image made from UNTV video, Teresa Amarelle Boue, Member of the Council of State of Cuba, speaks during a pre-recorded message which was played inside the United Nations General Assembly Hall, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at U.N. headquarters, in New York. (UNTV Via AP)
25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant

By Edith M. Lederer Oct. 01, 2020 12:03 AM EDT

Migrants flee from the Moria refugee camp during a second fire, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Fire struck again Wednesday night in Greece's notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, a day after a blaze swept through it and left thousands in need of emergency shelter. The fires caused no injuries, but they renewed criticism of Europe's migration policy. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
New fire breaks out in crowded refugee camp on Greek island

By Elena Becatoros And Nicholas Paphitis Sep. 08, 2020 11:07 PM EDT

This cover image released by Riverhead Books shows "Having and Being Had" by Eula Biss. (Riverhead Books via AP)
From Ferrante to Woodward: a full fall season in books

By Hillel Italie Aug. 19, 2020 11:25 AM EDT

A damage is seen after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
The Latest: Germany sends crews to find blast survivors

Aug. 05, 2020 08:20 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2018, file photo, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami signs his autograph on his novel "Killing Commendatore" during a press conference at Waseda University in Tokyo. The acclaimed Japanese novelist Murakami, hosting a special radio show from home, painted a brighter side of the world with his favorite music, and said Friday, May 22, 2020, the fight against the coronavirus is a challenge to human wisdom in figuring out ways to help and care each other. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Author Murakami DJs 'Stay Home' radio show to lift spirits

By Mari Yamaguchi May. 23, 2020 01:24 AM EDT