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Norway's ambassador to the United Nations, Mona Juul, casts a vote during U.N. elections, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at U.N. headquarters in New York. Norway and Ireland won contested seats on the powerful U.N. Security Council Wednesday in a series of U.N. elections held under dramatically different voting procedures because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo via AP)

Norway, Ireland win UN council seats in vote amid pandemic

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

House minority leader, Robert Trammell, D - Luthersville, speaks against HB 792, the supplemental budget for the rest of the fiscal year, which the house went on to pass, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia protesters seek change as some in GOP back police

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan adjourns the Senate Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Atlanta. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) ** FILE **

Georgia lawmakers have few days to decide on weighty issues

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

South Carolina state Rep. Nancy Mace, the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, smiles after being recognized by Vice President Mike Pence during a speech at the The Citadel, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard

Republican Mace wins SC primary in flipped 1st District

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

Sparse traffic due to coronavirus, moves past the United Nations headquarters Friday, May 15, 2020, New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

World leaders won’t gather at UN for first time in 75 years

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

In this March 26, 2020, Patrick Goodman cuts Keith Donaldson's hair at Creative Image barber shop in Columbia, SC. South Carolina's governor has not given a stay at home order closing non-essential businesses, but Columbia did pass an order, which will close Goodman's shop. (AP Photo /Jeffrey Collins).

Virus means no fall break as shaggy in SC return to barbers

By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press

North Carolina governor signs $1.6 billion COVID-19 bills

By TOM FOREMAN Jr. - Associated Press

North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore talks with House Minority Leader Darren Jackson, right, while finalizing versions of a bill allocating $3.5 billion in new federal money for COVID-19 relief, on Saturday, May 2, 2020, in the North Carolina General Assembly building in Raleigh, N.C. (Casey Toth/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

N. Carolina COVID-19 package gets final General Assembly OK

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

UN rejects 2 COVID-19 resolutions from Russia, Saudi Arabia

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A woman listens to music at a park on Roosevelt Island, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in New York, with a United Nations building in the background. New York State entered a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as New York City closed its public schools, and officials said schools statewide would close by Wednesday. New York joined with Connecticut and New Jersey to close bars, restaurants and movie theaters along with setting limits on social gatherings. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UN calls for scaling up all efforts to confront pandemic

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A cyclist passes the United Nations headquarters Thursday, April 16, 2020, in New York. New York planned for a long fight against the coronavirus outbreak amid hopeful hospitalization trends. Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended stay-at-home restrictions Thursday through mid-May and New York City is getting ready to use 11,000 empty hotel rooms for coronavirus quarantines. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Russia tries again to win UN approval for virus resolution

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

This March 12, 2020 file photo shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, front, gesturing during a news conference as House speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, right, and Secretary of Public safety Brian Moran, left, look on at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Northam plans to delay some long-sought Democratic priorities until more is known about how the pandemic will affect the economy, pushing back decisions on whether to give teachers and state workers raises, freeze in-state college tuition, and implement other new spending in the budget lawmakers passed only last month. Clark Mercer, the governor's chief of staff, said Tuesday, April 7, 2020 that too little is known about the impact on state revenues to move ahead now with billions of dollars in new spending, much of which would carry over into future years. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia governor reschedules primary elections

By Sophie Kaplan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 7, 2020 file photo, House Speaker Del. Eileen Filler-Corn wipes a tear as she is honored by fellow delegates during the House session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. Despite some early procedural hiccups, Filler-Corn used her role to push an aggressive agenda of change.(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Virginia House Speaker breaks ranks with her predecessors

By GREGORY S. SCHNEIDER and The Washington Post - Associated Press

Vietnam veteran John Durfee salutes the American Flag from his balcony as it raised in the courtyard on Thursday, April 2, 2020 at The Cardinal at North Hills in Raleigh, N.C. Durfee's wife Patricia joins him as do other neighboring residents for their morning ritual, staying in their homes now to practice social distancing. (Robert Willett/The News &amp; Observer via AP)

Legislative economist predicts billion-dollar hit to revenue

By GARY D. ROBERTSON - Associated Press

Nearly 60 homeless people suspected, confirmed with virus

Associated Press

A woman listens to music at a park on Roosevelt Island, Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in New York, with a United Nations building in the background. New York State entered a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as New York City closed its public schools, and officials said schools statewide would close by Wednesday. New York joined with Connecticut and New Jersey to close bars, restaurants and movie theaters along with setting limits on social gatherings. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UN General Assembly to decide on rival COVID-19 resolutions

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

Legislature OKs mental health training for Virginia teachers

By JOSEPH WHITNEY SMITH of Capital News Service - Associated Press

Gov. Northam-backed gun control bills pass in Virginia

Associated Press

Parents and vaccine skeptics chant &quot;kill the bill&quot; at the Connecticut Legislative Office Building in Hartford on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, as members of the General Assembly's Public Health Committee considered whether to eliminate the state's religious exemption for certain childhood vaccines. Hundreds turned out for the key vote, the latest effort by lawmakers who are concerned about a trend they've seen in recent years of more people seeking the exemption for their school age children. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Religious exemption vaccine bill clears Connecticut panel

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

GOP lawmaker expands suit over General Assembly committee

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