Lost frescoes to greet visitors when Italy's Uffizi reopens
Lost frescoes to greet visitors when Italy's Uffizi reopens
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MILAN (AP) - Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the museum reopens after months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Workers doing restoration discovered the frescoes dating from the 17th and 18
EXPLAINER: What does Japan's virus state of emergency mean
EXPLAINER: What does Japan's virus state of emergency mean
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TOKYO (AP) - Japan on Friday declared a state of emergency to curb a rapid coronavirus resurgence, the third since the pandemic began. The measures in parts of Japan, including Tokyo, have so far failed to curb infections caused by a more contagious new varia
Grant program would boost Maine tourism, hospitality
Grant program would boost Maine tourism, hospitality
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine might create a grant program designed to help the state's tourism and hospitality industries, which have suffered during the coronavirus pandemic. Democratic Sen. Joe Rafferty of Kennebunk has introduced a proposal that would allo
The Latest: China says 3 citizens in UAE falsified tests
The Latest: China says 3 citizens in UAE falsified tests
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BEIJING - China says three of its citizens working in the United Arab Emirates have tampered with the results of their coronavirus tests required to return home. A statement from the Chinese Embassy said the three, working in the main business center of Dubai
AP PHOTOS: California theme park reopens after virus closure
AP PHOTOS: California theme park reopens after virus closure
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was an all-hands-on-deck family affair when Adventure City finally reopened in California after being shuttered for 403 days because of the pandemic. Allan Ansdell Jr., owner of the small amusement park just a few miles from megavenues D
Montana Senate advances bill banning vaccine requirements
Montana Senate advances bill banning vaccine requirements
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) - The Montana Senate voted Thursday to advance a measure banning the use of vaccine passports and prohibiting workplaces from requiring vaccinations as a condition for employment. Dozens of supporters of the measure, mostly unmasked, packe
Philly developer has big plans for Atlantic City's Showboat
Philly developer has big plans for Atlantic City's Showboat
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - As it turns out, the $100 million indoor water park that Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein is pursuing at a former Atlantic City casino was just the start of his efforts to bring family entertainment to the Showboat hotel. Blats
N Carolina to help farmer costs for quarantined farmworkers
N Carolina to help farmer costs for quarantined farmworkers
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina has set aside money to reimburse farmers who bore the financial toll of quarantining their workers during the COVID-19 outbreak last year, a state agency said. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said
DeSantis, Army Corps reach deal on major Everglades project.
DeSantis, Army Corps reach deal on major Everglades project.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an agreement Thursday with the Army Corps of Engineers that will continue work on a key reservoir in Everglades restoration. Work on the long-stalled Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir in western Palm B
Say Hey, kid! Willie Mays wins lifetime achievement award
Say Hey, kid! Willie Mays wins lifetime achievement award
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NEW YORK (AP) - Willie Mays has won the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. The Hall of Fame center fielder was honored Thursday with a new accolade to be given annually recognizing a living individual who has made “significan
Indiana bill approved to ban government vaccine passports
Indiana bill approved to ban government vaccine passports
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - State or local governments in Indiana will be prohibited from issuing or requiring COVID-19 vaccine passports under a bill approved by state lawmakers. The Republican-dominated House and Senate voted Thursday by wide margins to approve a w
Noem asks athletic commission to rescind vaccine requirement
Noem asks athletic commission to rescind vaccine requirement
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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Gov. Kristi Noem is asking the South Dakota Athletic Commission to immediately rescind its requirement that sports participants provide proof they are vaccinated for COVID-19. In a letter to commission chairman Michael Kilmer, Noem wrote
Alabama committee backs ban on vaccine requirements
Alabama committee backs ban on vaccine requirements
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama lawmakers inched closer to approving a ban on so-called vaccine passports that would require proof of coronavirus vaccination to access services from a business or state agency. The House Health Committee voted Wednesday to sen
American Airlines posts $1.25 billion loss, delays new jets
American Airlines posts $1.25 billion loss, delays new jets
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - American Airlines said Thursday that it lost $1.25 billion in the first quarter and continued to slash costs, including delaying delivery of new jets as it waits for air travel to recover from the pandemic. Chairman and CEO Doug Parke
The Latest: Australia reducing flights from India
The Latest: Australia reducing flights from India
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CANBERRA, Australia - Australia will reduce the number of flights arriving from India due to the growing wave of COVID-19 cases in the world’s second-most populous country. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday he had agreed with state and
Pittsburgh man may leave Hawaii before manslaughter trial
Pittsburgh man may leave Hawaii before manslaughter trial
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HONOLULU (AP) - A Pittsburgh man charged with manslaughter in the death of a friend he was vacationing with in Hawaii will be allowed to return to the U.S. mainland before his trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Benjamin Fleming, released on $250,000 bond, must
Texas man dies in fall on snowy California mountain
Texas man dies in fall on snowy California mountain
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LONE PINE, Calif. (AP) - A Texas man has died after falling to his death while hiking California's Mount Whitney, authorities announced Wednesday. Saulo Sifuentes Escalante, 36, of Conroe was reported missing on Sunday when he failed to return from a Thursda
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
House votes to curb power of presidency on travel bans
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-led House passed legislation Wednesday designed to constrain a president’s power to limit entry to the U.S., a response to former President Donald Trump’s travel ban covering five Muslim-majority countries. President Joe B
Noem issues order banning vaccine passports in South Dakota
Noem issues order banning vaccine passports in South Dakota
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has joined a handful of governors who have issued executive orders banning the development or use of COVID-19 vaccine passports in their states. Vaccine passports are documents that could be used to verif
Grizzly victim knew risks of living with bears, friends say
Grizzly victim knew risks of living with bears, friends say
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Grizzly bears are part of life in the gateway communities around Yellowstone National Park, and backcountry snowmobile guide Charles “Carl” Mock knew well the risks that come with working, hiking and fishing among the fear-inspirin
France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India
France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India
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PARIS (AP) - France will impose new entry restrictions on travelers from India to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country, an official said Wednesday. The restrictions come in addition to those previously announced regarding four othe
Greece to reopen tourism services on May 15
Greece to reopen tourism services on May 15
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's prime minister says the country's tourism industry will open on May 15 when a ban on travel between different regions in the country will also be lifted. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement in a televised ad
Outer Banks Wright Brothers memorial gets autonomous shuttle
Outer Banks Wright Brothers memorial gets autonomous shuttle
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KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina site of the world’s first powered flight has launched a pilot project to test out the safety and efficacy of another transportation innovation. The popular Wright Brothers National Memorial on the Outer Bank
2020 Ocean City police stats show crime increasing
2020 Ocean City police stats show crime increasing
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OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - Crime in a popular Maryland tourist destination spiked in 2020 for the first time in five years, according to police statistics. An annual report from the Ocean City Police Department showed a 21% increase in Part 1 crime, which includ
Public art display in Nashville promotes social justice
Public art display in Nashville promotes social justice
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A large-scale public artwork composed of giant sheets of jute sacks will be on display at Fisk University through May 31 as part of an initiative to promote social justice. Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama’s display includes the sacks
Hawaii to begin vaccine passports for travel between islands
Hawaii to begin vaccine passports for travel between islands
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HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii officials are moving forward with a plan to allow state residents who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to skip pre-travel testing and quarantine requirements for flights between islands. Hawaii becomes the second stat
United Airlines stock plunges after another big loss
United Airlines stock plunges after another big loss
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Shares of United Airlines tumbled by 8.5% Tuesday after the airline reported a larger first-quarter loss than expected and suggested that key business and international travel won't recover significantly until next year. United reported a first-quarter loss o
Black Pumas, Machine Gun Kelly to perform at NFL draft
Black Pumas, Machine Gun Kelly to perform at NFL draft
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Grammy Award nominated rock & soul duo Black Pumas and Cleveland's own Machine Gun Kelly will perform at next week's NFL draft. The league announced its musical acts for the second and third days of the draft, which is back on the road after
Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry
Louisiana soccer team sues US after coach is denied entry
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A youth soccer club hoping to welcome its new coach from the United Kingdom to the U.S. has been caught up in a morass of bureaucracy deeper than any Louisiana bayou, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed by the team. The case involves a Louisiana soc
Wealthy Latin Americans flock to US in search of vaccines
Wealthy Latin Americans flock to US in search of vaccines
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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to the U.S., in some places taking a shuttle directly from the airport to COVID-19 vaccine sites. Their ranks include politicians, TV personalities, business executives and a
Prime minister hopes to make Albania a 'tourism champion'
Prime minister hopes to make Albania a 'tourism champion'
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania's prime minister hopes to win reelection this weekend so he can work on making one of Europe's poorest countries a “champion of tourism.” The negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Albania's economy is a key issue i
Greek Church to allow worshippers at Easter Week services
Greek Church to allow worshippers at Easter Week services
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The powerful Church of Greece said Tuesday it would allow the faithful to take part in Orthodox Easter services next week but limit attendance and hold the services earlier in the day to conform with a government-imposed curfew. The deci
Albania signs 104 million-euro deal to build new airport
Albania signs 104 million-euro deal to build new airport
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TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Albania on Tuesday signed a contract with a Swiss-based consortium to build a 104 million-euro ($125 million) new international airport. Lugano-based Mabco Constructions will make preparatory work, environmental, archaeological and othe
UK lifts post-Brexit permits for truckers as trade recovers
UK lifts post-Brexit permits for truckers as trade recovers
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LONDON (AP) - Britain has lifted travel restrictions on truckers that were imposed to avoid border chaos after the country’s economic split from the European Union at the end of last year. The government said Tuesday that it was scrapping the “access perm
Russia's feared prisons follow system from Soviet Gulag era
Russia's feared prisons follow system from Soviet Gulag era
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MOSCOW (AP) - Some Russian prisons might be mistaken for vacation destinations based on their nicknames, with animal appellations that include the Black Dolphin and the Polar Owl. But a hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cast a s
Kosovar biologist calls newly found insect after coronavirus
Kosovar biologist calls newly found insect after coronavirus
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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Kosovar biologist Halil Ibrahimi believes the pandemic restrictions haven't all been bad - as a result of them, he completed his research, raised public awareness of the pollution of river basins and named a newly discovered insect aft
Byron Bay locals protest planned Netflix reality series
Byron Bay locals protest planned Netflix reality series
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Angry Byron Bay locals are protesting the filming of a reality television series that some fear will damage the reputation of their trendy Australian tourist town. Around 100 surfers paddled to sea Tuesday to form a cancel symbol of
Arkansas man admits removing trees from national forest
Arkansas man admits removing trees from national forest
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - An Arkansas man pleaded guilty Monday to illegally damaging or removing trees from the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri. Jamie R. Edmondson, 46, pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield to depredation of government property
Mass fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs
Mass fossil site may prove tyrannosaurs lived in packs
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Ferocious tyrannosaur dinosaurs may not have been solitary predators as long envisioned, but more like social carnivores such as wolves, new research unveiled Monday found. Paleontologists developed the theory while studying a mass tyra
US warns against travel to 80% of world due to coronavirus
US warns against travel to 80% of world due to coronavirus
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department on Monday urged Americans reconsider any international travel they may have planned and said it would issue specific warnings not to visit roughly 80% of the world's countries due to risks from the coronavirus pandemic.
