Vincent Pontare

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, Ana Paula de Santos poses for a photo inside a room that she occupies with her husband in a building that used to house a factory, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. De Santos, who worked as a maid, has been unable to work because of COVID-19 and says that she can't afford the cost of living after the Brazilian government cut off financial aid to poor families affected by the pandemic. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil scrambles to help the poor, while they barely hang on

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa Jun. 24, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts at the end of a Copa America soccer match against Chile at the Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 14, 2021. The match ended 1-1. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Messi's Argentina draws 1-1 with Chile at Copa America

By Marcelo Sousa Jun. 14, 2021 07:37 PM EDT

A voter arrives to a polling station guarded by police in Tacabamba, Peru, Sunday, June 6, 2021. Peruvians vote Sunday in a presidential run-off election to choose between Pedro Castillo, a political novice who until recently was a rural schoolteacher, and Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed ex-President Alberto Fujimori. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

2 polarizing populists vie in Peru's presidential runoff

By Regina Garcia Cano And Franklin Briceno Jun. 06, 2021 12:03 AM EDT

FILE - This May 15, 2021 file photo shows an aerial view of the Penha Brasil favela where families have started relocating during the coronavirus pandemic in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pandemic shantytown sprang up virtually overnight when people began using scavenged wooden boards to build shacks on a plot of empty land in Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest city. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Withdrawal of pandemic welfare fuels poverty in Brazil

By David Biller And Mauricio Savarese May. 25, 2021 10:29 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. May 20, 2021. Editorial: Return of Standing Bear’s tomahawk can have important symbolic meaning ...

In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, airport workers unload a container of Chinese-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines from The New England Patriots team plane at the airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, late Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (El Salvador's presidential press office via AP)

New England Pats give flight to China's vaccine diplomacy

By Joshua Goodman May. 21, 2021 12:08 PM EDT

Brazil's former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello testifies before the Senate for an investigation of the government's management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Ex-minister says Brazil leader didn't interfere on pandemic

By Marcelo Silva De Sousa And Mauricio Savarese May. 19, 2021 04:37 PM EDT

Nebraska rejects mandated virus protections for meat workers

By Grant Schulte May. 18, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers rejected state-mandated coronavirus protections for meatpacking workers on Tuesday, with opponents arguing that...

Nebraska advances virus protections for meatpacking workers

By Grant Schulte May. 06, 2021 02:22 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers on Thursday gave initial approval to watered-down coronavirus protections for meatpacking workers, but the measure faced...

The remains of Venezuelan Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez popularly known as the "doctor of the poor", sit in an urn backdropped by his portrait, inside the Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria Catholic church, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 23, 2021. Hernandez is set to be beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood, on April 30th in the Venezuelan capital. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela's beloved 'doctor of the poor' to be beatified

By Jorge Rueda Apr. 29, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

In this image from video provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau Ron Jarmin speaks as a graphic showing the U.S. population as of April 1, 2020, is displayed during a virtual news conference Monday, April 26, 2021. The Census Bureau is releasing the first data from its 2020 headcount. (U.S. Census Bureau via AP)

What's behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data

By Nicholas Riccardi And Mike Schneider Apr. 27, 2021 12:13 AM EDT

State Rep. Hilda Santiago, D-Meriden, left, talks with Rep. Larry Butler, D-Waterbury, right, during session at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., on Monday, April 19, 2021. In July 2020 after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Black and Latino members of the Connecticut General Assembly worked to enact sweeping changes to policing in the state, and since, have continue to flex their collective muscles. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Minority legislators sense moment to pass 'bold' legislation

By Susan Haigh Apr. 25, 2021 09:27 AM EDT

The penal colony with a hospital for convicts, located in Vladimir, a city 180 kilometers (110 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 19, 2021. The Russian state penitentiary service said opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be admitted to the hospital in another prison after the politician's doctor said he could be near death. Navalny is in the third week of a hunger strike. The prison service also said Monday that Navalny had agreed to take vitamin therapy. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)

Putin foe Navalny sent to prison hospital amid hunger strike

By Daria Litvinova Apr. 19, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

Free Peru party presidential candidate Pedro Castillo cooks breakfast for his family in his home in Chugur, Peru, Friday, April 16, 2021. Castillo, a rural teacher, who has proposed rewriting Peru's constitution and deporting all immigrants living in the country illegally who commit crimes, will face rival candidate Keiko Fujimori in the June 6 presidential run-off election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Students' struggles pushed Peru teacher to run for president

By Franklin Briceño And Regina Garcia Cano Apr. 18, 2021 09:47 AM EDT

Chicago Cubs manager David Ross stands in the dugout during the team's baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Cubs' Hendricks feeling ill, scratched amid team COVID scare

By Steve Megargee Apr. 13, 2021 06:13 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

By The Associated Press Apr. 05, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Des Moines Register. April 1, 2021. Editorial: How can Iowa become a telework destination? Make it a place people want to live ...

Actress Kelly Regina da Silva lies on a cushion watching TV in the building where she lives in one of the city center’s squats, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. The Brazilian government’s emergency pandemic aid program provided a lifeline to nearly 70 million poor and unemployed Brazilians which ended in December for da Silva. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

In Brazil, moms are bearing the brunt of pandemic's blow

By Diane Jeantet Mar. 28, 2021 11:10 AM EDT

Tape on benches and dots on the floor mark the spacing for proper social distancing in a foyer at the IFC Center, Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York. After growing cobwebs for nearly a year, movie theaters in New York City reopen Friday, returning film titles to Manhattan marquees that had for the last 12 months read messages like "Wear a mask" and "We'll be back soon." Cinemas in the city are currently operating at only 25% capacity, with a maximum of 50 per each auditorium. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York cinemas reopen, brightening outlook for theaters

By Jake Coyle Mar. 05, 2021 04:53 PM EST

Some Arizona school districts planning to return to class

By Terry Tang Feb. 24, 2021 11:18 AM EST
PHOENIX (AP) — With COVID-19 cases dipping and teachers getting vaccinated, some Arizona school districts are looking to return to in-person learning as early...