Europe

Sturgeon: Scotland independence vote matter of when, not if

LONDON — Scotland's leader told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Sunday that a second Scottish independence referendum is “a matter of when, not if," after her party won its fourth straight parliamentary election...

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball

The Latest: 1 Michigan St, 2 Michigan athletes test positive

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Auto Racing

The Latest: Iowa AD looking at different football scenarios

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England

Europe hopes to resume golf by funding 5 new events in UK

The European Tour plans to resume its season the last full weekend in July with six tournaments in England and Wales that will include COVID-19 testing and depend on the U.K. lifting its...

Baseball

The Latest: Drone league to stage series to raise PPE money

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General News

The Latest: West Wing visitors, staff need to wear masks

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...

Virus Outbreak

The Latest: Tennis courts, golf courses to reopen in England

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General News

Power of the needle: 4 women help UK docs needing scrubs

LONDON — They just wanted to help. But they created a movement.

International News

UK mourns ‘fallen’ front-line workers, expands virus testing

LONDON — The U.K. held a minute's silence Tuesday for all front-line workers who have died from the coronavirus, as the government extended its testing program and concerns mounted about the...

Shinzo Abe

The Latest: South Korea vice health minister urges alertness

The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can...

College Sports

The Latest: NCAA suspends infraction hearings, arguments

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Animals

Un-baaaaa-lievable: Goats invade locked-down Welsh town

LONDON — Un-baaaaa-lievable: This wild bunch is completely ignoring rules on social distancing.

Social media

British boxer has license suspended over video comments

CARDIFF, Wales — British boxer Billy Joe Saunders had his boxing license suspended Monday after publishing a social media video in which he appeared to condone domestic violence amid the...

Gillette

The Latest: The coronavirus sweeps curling world

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Baseball

The Latest: Raptors say all of travel party tested negative

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England

Storm-swollen rivers surge in UK, severe flood alerts issued

LONDON — Residents in central England and Wales piled up sandbags, readied water pumps and hoped for the best Tuesday as rivers peaked after a weekend storm brought up to 6 inches (150 mm) of...

England

UK grapples with severe floods, storm death toll rises to 3

LONDON — Britain issued severe flood warnings Monday, advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks' worth of rain in some places. A woman was found dead after being...

General News

Wales bears the brunt as Storm Dennis hammers Britain

LONDON — Storm Dennis hammered Britain Sunday, bringing a month's worth of rain in just 48 hours to parts of South Wales, which bore the brunt of the country's second severe storm inside a...

Forests

As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk

Fabric curtains stretch across the huge Warragamba Dam to trap ash and sediment expected to wash off wildfire-scorched slopes and into the reservoir that holds 80% of untreated drinking water for...

Race and ethnicity

UK police use of facial recognition tests public’s tolerance

LONDON — When British police used facial recognition cameras to monitor crowds arriving for a soccer match in Wales, some fans protested by covering their faces. In a sign of the technology’s...

Relationships

Heterosexual couples form 1st civil partnerships in England

LONDON — England and Wales have marked a new era in which heterosexual couples can choose to have a civil partnership instead of a marriage.

Brexit

Johnson’s win may deliver Brexit but could risk UK’s breakup

LONDON — Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.

England

The Latest: Truck with 39 dead came to England from Belgium

LONDON — The Latest on the death of 39 people in a truck container in southeastern England (all times local):