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A jogger crosses a deserted 4th Street as stay-at-home orders continue in California due to the coronavirus, Friday, April 10, 2020, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Californians mostly staying home for Easter amid virus

By DAISY NGUYEN and DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

New Mexico governor adds church services to gatherings ban

By PAUL DAVENPORT - Associated Press

Arizona deaths from coronavirus double in week to over 100

By PAUL DAVENPORT - Associated Press

In this Sunday, April 5, 2020, photo, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks about the novel coronavirus during a media conference at the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky. (Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader via AP)

Judge: Kentucky church can conduct Easter drive-in service

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Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica empty of the faithful following Italy’s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope: Easter gives hope in our ‘darkest hour,’ despite fear

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, chocolate rabbits with face masks are lined up at the Cocoatree chocolate shop in Lonzee, Belgium. As all non-essential shops in Belgium have been closed due to the outbreak of COVID-19, many chocolatiers have had to resort to online sales, home delivery or pick up on site. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Bunnies to the rescue as virus hits Belgian chocolatiers

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

Church heads to parishioners after virus halts services

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Juan Altamirano climbs to the roof of The Church of the Annunciation while painting the exterior Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Houston. Many churches across the country will be live-streaming Easter Sunday services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Church-state showdowns loom on Easter Sunday

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Surfers watch as body surfers ride a wave the &quot;Wedge&quot; area of Newport Beach, Calif., Friday, April 10, 2020. The Wedge is closed to all surfboards and flotation devices from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1 through October 31 each year. The City's directive advances the seasonal blackball order by about three weeks in light of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Taking it to the streets: Oakland closes roads to curb virus

By JOCELYN GECKER and BEN MARGOT - Associated Press

Parishioners pray from their car as Fr. Steve Buno, Pastor of St. Rita of Cascia Catholic Church in Harahan, La., performs drive-thru Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, as a form of social distancing due to the new coronavirus, during Holy Week, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Some churches confront virus restrictions on Easter services

By CURT ANDERSON - Associated Press

Deputy head of the intensive care unit Flavio Tangian talks with a Coronavirus patient under treatment in the intensive care unit ICU at 'Ospedale di Circolo' hospital, in Varese, Italy, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

US job losses surge as world leaders urge Easter distancing

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Supermarket employees distribute protective masks to customers in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. In Austria protective masks should be worn in shops from Wednesday on. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Austrian, Czech officials plan to ease some virus measures

By GEIR MOULSON and KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Local pastors using alternate means to observe Holy Week

By JOHN SURRATT and The Vicksburg Post - Associated Press

Flower deliveries bring smiles to West Virginia seniors

By HANNA PENNINGTON and The Herald-Dispatch - Associated Press

In this Sunday, March 29, 2020 photo, Rev. Steven Paulikas decorates an altar with palm fronds for Palm Sunday, which will be commemorated virtually this year, at All Saints' Episcopal Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The global coronavirus pandemic is upending the season's major religious holidays, forcing leaders and practitioners across faiths to improvise. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)

Virus alters Holy Week celebration worldwide, not the spirit

By DAVID CRARY and LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

How dire projections, grim images dashed Trump’s Easter plan

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

The Latest: No plans for Legislature to come back soon

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President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s Easter goal in war on virus a nod to faith, business

By JILL COLVIN and ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press

Sedgwick County deputy allegedly shoved and slapped inmate

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Marine Maj. William Easter received the Navy and Marine Corp Medal — the service's highest noncombat heroism award — on February 14 for saving the life of a drowning pregnant woman in Okinawa, Japan. (Image: U.S Marine Corps, Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall via Marine Corps Times)

Marine dives into angry sea, saves pregnant woman from drowning in 10-foot swells

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times