Friendships
FILE - Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States perform during the gala exhibition at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy competition in Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. When they take the ice in Nashville in January 2022 for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, they will be heavy favorites to qualify for the Olympics — and will carry solid medals credentials to the Beijing Games. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
Top US ice dancers share highly competitive friendship

By Barry Wilner Dec. 28, 2021 03:04 AM EST

A nameplate stands at the entrance of the house of Dr. Jibraeil, assistant professor of history at Aligarh Muslim University, who died of COVID-19, in Aligarh, India, Saturday, June 12, 2021. Within just one month, the official Facebook page of Aligarh Muslim University, one of the topmost in India, published about two dozen obituaries of its teachers, all lost to the pandemic. Across the country, the deaths of educators during the devastating surge in April and May have left students and staff members grief-stricken and close-knit university communities shaken. (AP Photo/Manoj Aligadi)
Virus surge claims brightest minds at Indian universities

By Aijaz Hussain And Sheikh Saaliq Jun. 19, 2021 01:25 AM EDT

With family photos seen in the foreground, Dianne Green works on an art project in her home in Chicago on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Green, a retiree and cancer survivor, said she struggled with loneliness after several family members died in 2019 and early 2020. Then the pandemic hit. Even before the lockdowns, a survey found that 61 percent of American adults said they were lonely. A year of added isolation highlighted a problem that health officials say is as harmful as obesity and smoking. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Loneliness is rampant. A simple call, or hug, may be a cure

By Lindsey Tanner And Martha Irvine Apr. 14, 2021 10:56 AM EDT

A new AP-NORC poll finds a majority of Americans still fear contracting COVID-19, but that worry has dropped over the past few months. Democrats are more worried than Republicans.
AP-NORC poll: 1 in 5 in US lost someone close in pandemic

By Lauran Neergaard, Hannah Fingerhut And Marion Renault Mar. 11, 2021 11:56 AM EST

FILE- In this Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, Aria Siccone, 14, a student survivor from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, cries as she recounts her story from that day, while state Rep. Barrinton Russell, D-Dist. 95, comforts her, as they talk to legislators at the state Capitol regarding gun control legislation, in Tallahassee, Fla. Even before the COVID pandemic upended the lives of millions of high school students, forever altering treasured milestones, homecomings, proms and graduation ceremonies, the Douglas high seniors were inextricably linked by tragedy. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
For Parkland seniors, high school years bookended by tragedy

By Kelli Kennedy Feb. 13, 2021 08:47 AM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2018, file photo former President George W. Bush, center, leans in to talk to former Vice President Dick Cheney, as he walks out with from left, former first lady Laura Bush, former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, after attending the memorial service for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., at Washington National Cathedral in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Trump shuns 'ex-presidents club' — and the feeling is mutual

By Will Weissert And Deb Riechmann Jan. 23, 2021 12:38 AM EST

FILE - In this April 18, 2011, file photo, runners gather at the athletes village prior to the 115th running of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. Organizers of the marathon, postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic, have launched a virtual Athletes' Village in 2020 to reproduce at least some of the camaraderie of the real thing. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)
Long road to normalcy: Virtual village connects marathoners

By William J. Kole Jan. 16, 2021 09:07 AM EST

Mississippi quarterback Matt Corral throws a pass against Mississippi State during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, in Oxford, Miss. Mississippi won 31-24. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Ole Miss-LSU makes friends Kiffin, Orgeron first-time foes

By Brett Martel Dec. 17, 2020 05:55 PM EST

This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Kyle Marvin, left, and Michael Angelo Covino in a scene from "The Climb." (Zach Kuperstein/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)
A festival hit waylaid by the virus, ‘The Climb’ peddles on

By Jake Coyle Nov. 11, 2020 09:18 AM EST

FILE - Harry Styles, right, presents a trophy to Stevie Nicks at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York on March 29, 2019. Nicks has become close friends when the former One Direction member since he invited her to perform at one of his concerts in 2017. Since then, they’re performed several times together and Styles even previewed his latest album, “Fine Line,” for her and some of her friends before it was released in December. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Outtakes: Stevie Nicks on Petty, Prince, Beyoncé and Harry

By Mesfin Fekadu Oct. 08, 2020 10:41 AM EDT

This combination photo shows "Bunheads" a children's book by Misty Copeland, left, and Copeland during a portrait session in New York on Nov. 19, 2019. Copeland's new picture book comes out Tuesday, Sept 29. (G. P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers via AP, left, and AP)
Q&A: Copeland looks to her youth in new kids book 'Bunheads'

By Jocelyn Noveck Sep. 28, 2020 10:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Georgia

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2020 12:58 PM EDT
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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, nominated by President Bill Clinton, sits with fellow Supreme Court justices for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Family, work and opera filled Ginsburg's final summer

By Jessica Gresko Sep. 20, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, left, greets Philadelphia 76ers forward Glenn Robinson III, right, after an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
NBA lays out plan for player guests to enter Disney bubble

By Tim Reynolds Aug. 12, 2020 11:01 AM EDT

Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Hisham al-Hashimi during his funeral, in the Zeyouneh area of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July, 7, 2020. Al-Hashimi, an Iraqi analyst who was a leading expert on the Islamic State and other armed groups, was shot dead in Baghdad on Monday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Outspoken Iraqis fear rogue groups after analyst killed

By Samya Kullab Jul. 07, 2020 03:46 PM EDT

This Nov. 16, 2019 photo shows an altar made by mortician and death cafe host Angela Craig-Fournes in honor of Death Cafe founder Jon Underwood, who died in 2017. (Angela Craig-Fournes via AP)
Death Cafes help ease grief, loss in the time of coronavirus

By Leanne Italie And Emily Leshner Jul. 01, 2020 11:24 AM EDT

In this 2007 photo provided by the Mann family, nine-year-olds Katelyn Mann, front left and Bryana Cielo pose for a photo at Boonton Lanes Bowling in Boonton, N.J. In March, Mann, who wants to become a nurse, received the Hartford HealthCare Courage award, given each month to one male and one female state athlete who have overcome personal adversity. This month, the award went to Cielo. (Mann Family Photo via AP)
College swimmers who are lifelong friends win courage awards

By Pat Eaton-Robb Apr. 30, 2020 01:06 PM EDT

This image shows released by Tracy Wakeford shows Wakeford and her daughter Emilia, 2, at their home in Rockport, Maine. As the world has changed in overwhelming ways since the coronavirus era took hold, the complicated ripple effects have been well documented in terms of family life but less so with friendships. Wakeford finds it frustrating to see single friends or friends without kids posting online about entertainment options being limited. She is without daycare and admits to “snoozing” friends on Facebook whose posts sound like they're on a mini-vacation. (Randall Wakeford via AP)
'U ok?' Virus-era friendships can be both crucial & fraught

By Jocelyn Noveck Apr. 29, 2020 09:56 AM EDT