World War I
This combination of photos shows a general view of Times Square near 42nd Street in New York in the 1920s, left, and a general view of Times Square in New York on March 10, 2021. As hopes rise that the pandemic is ebbing in the United States and Europe, visions of a second “Roaring Twenties” to match last century’s post-pandemic decade have proliferated.. (AP Photo, File)
In visions of post-pandemic life, Roaring '20s beckon again

By Jake Coyle May. 28, 2021 09:51 AM EDT

Johan Vandewalle sits near a photo of Australian brothers and World War I soldiers John "Jack" and Jim Hunter at the Brothers in Arms Memorial in Zonnebeke, Belgium, Thursday, April 22, 2021. Johan Vandewalle is leading a team of volunteers that has almost finished a 40 meter long memorial to Australian John "Jack" Hunter in Flanders Fields in Belgium, where Anzac forces also fought, some 2,750 kilometers (1,700 miles) west from Gallipoli along the immense frontline. On another Anzac Day turned lonesome by the global pandemic, solitary actions show all the more how the sacrifices of Australia and New Zealand during World War I are far from forgotten. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
On another lonely Anzac Day, solitary memorials stand out

By Raf Casert Apr. 24, 2021 08:21 PM EDT

A view of Anzac Cove cemetery, on the site of the World War I landing of the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) in Canakkale, Turkey, Saturday, April 24, 2021, a day ahead of the 106th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign. The Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 by Allied forces aimed to take control of the peninsula to weaken the Ottoman Empire. The campaign failed and Allied forces withdrew after eight months of fighting on the ground and some 250,000 casualties on both sides. The memorials were kept small due to the COVID-19 pandemic.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Memorials held on Turkey's Gallipoli to remember WWI deaths

Apr. 24, 2021 08:26 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Nov. 11, 2020 02:51 PM EST
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Nov. 11 The Times and Democrat on honoring...

Last Post bugler Tonny Desodt stands on social distancing markers at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing prior to an Armistice Day ceremony in Ypres, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. In a town usually crowded with visitors, coronavirus restrictions prevented the general public from attending a ceremony under the Menin Gate, with even dignitary attendance reduced to a minimum. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Virus makes for one of Europe's loneliest WWI remembrances

By Raf Casert And Virginia Mayo Nov. 11, 2020 10:06 AM EST

FILE-This 1918 file photo shows President Warren G. Harding delivering an address in St. Louis, Mo. The centennial of President Warren G. Harding's election was marked Monday in his home county in Ohio with a modest radio tribute rather than the grand museum and homestead re-opening envisioned before the pandemic. Harding, a Republican, was elected Nov. 2, 1920, his 55th birthday, succeeding Democrat Woodrow Wilson. He beat a fellow Ohio newspaper publisher, James Cox, on a platform of restoring normalcy after World War I and the 1918 influenza pandemic. (AP Photo, File)
Centennial of Harding's election quieter due to pandemic

By Julie Carr Smyth Nov. 02, 2020 05:25 PM EST

FILE - In this 1920 file photo, Charles (Charley) Paddock, second from right, of the USA wins the 100 meters final with his famous "flying finish" at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. Morris Kirksey, far right, of the USA was second, and Jackson Scholz of USA, left, was fourth. Third place Harry Edward not shown. (AP Photo/File)
Planning for Olympics in a pandemic has echoes of 1920 Games

By James Ellingworth Jul. 27, 2020 04:18 PM EDT

Elderly residents wearing masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus wait at a bus stop with a map of Beijing near a neighborhood under lockdown in Beijing Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Chinese authorities locked down a third neighborhood in Beijing on Tuesday as they rushed to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 100 people in a country that appeared to have largely contained the virus. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
The Latest: New Zealand PM assigns military leader to border

By The Associated Press Jun. 16, 2020 02:26 AM EDT

Neighbors gather at dawn to commemorate Anzac Day in a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, April 25, 2020. Many New Zealanders participated in the "Stand At Dawn" initiative to commemorate Anzac Day after the traditional services were canceled due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
On Anzac Day, services in lockdown replaced by home vigils

Apr. 24, 2020 10:25 PM EDT

In this April 12, 2020 photo, Brenda Flowers, left, and 96-year-old Lorraine Tyree, water their plants in Crystal River, Fla. Backyard gardeners are coming together, mostly virtually, to learn and share stories on how to grow vegetables, fruits and flowers as the novel coronavirus raises fears about disruptions in food supplies and the cost of food in a down economy. (Ed Flowers via AP)
A century later, victory gardens connect Americans again

By Kristin M. Hall Apr. 21, 2020 11:06 AM EDT