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People gather for a &quot;Celebration of Life Memorial&quot; for rapper DMX at Barclays Center, Saturday, April. 24, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. DMX, whose birth name is Earl Simmons, died April 9 after suffering a &quot;catastrophic cardiac arrest.&quot; (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

Loved ones remember DMX at homegoing celebration

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In this April 23, 2021, photo Sydney Kramer, a graduate student at the University of Colorado, poses for a photo on the campus in Boulder, Colo. Kramer is typical of many new Colorado arrivals. The 23-year-old moved to the university town of Boulder in January to begin graduate studies in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. She could have stayed in Miami, a natural location for someone of her interests and where she finished her undergraduate studies. But Kramer was depressed by Florida's anti-science turn under Republican state control. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Young adults’ relocations are reshaping political geography

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Nurses Nadia Boudra, left, and Yvana Faro, right, care for a patient inside an operating room now used for unconscious COVID-19 patients at Bichat Hospital, AP-HP, in Paris, Thursday, April 22, 2021. France still had nearly 6,000 critically ill patients in ICUs this week as the government embarked on the perilous process of gingerly easing the country out of its latest lockdown, too prematurely for those on pandemic frontlines in hospitals. President Emmanuel Macron's decision to reopen elementary schools on Monday and allow people to move about more freely again in May, even though ICU numbers have remained stubbornly higher than at any point since the pandemic's catastrophic first wave, marks another shift in multiple European capitals away from prioritizing hospitals. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

The Latest: Washington state resumes J&J inoculations

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Use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine resumes in New York

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People rest in the observation area, at right, after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations under the 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a blue whale, in the Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life, at the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, Friday, April 23, 2021. Appointments are no longer necessary at any of the coronavirus vaccination sites run by New York City. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday that anyone eligible for the vaccine could walk up to any of the city's mass vaccination sites and get a shot. The change comes as supplies of the vaccine have increased. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Whale of a time: NYC offers walk-up vaccinations for all

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Afghan Ambassador to the U.S. Roya Rahmani, accompanied by embassy staff, speaks as she gives the Associated Press a tour at the Afghanistan Embassy in Washington, Wednesday, April 21, 2021, of looted and stolen Afghan religious relics and antiquities recovered by U.S. government authorities as part of a wider investigation into global trafficking in rare and ancient artifacts. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Relics seized from smugglers are returning to Afghanistan

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 29, 2015, file photo, Pittsburgh Pirates' Neil Walker runs on the way to scoring against the Minnesota Twins during a baseball game in Minneapolis. Walker announced his retirement Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at age 35 after 12 major league seasons. Walker hit .231 with no homers and three RBIs in 18 games with Philadelphia this year. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn, File)

Going home: longtime 2B Neil Walker retires with no regrets

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

FILE — In this March 24, 2020 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks while practicing social distancing, during a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center, in New York. Cuomo has lately shied away from coming face to face with reporters as he faces sexual harassment allegations. The Democratic governor gained national attention last spring for televised news briefings at which he answered barrages of questions from journalists. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Cuomo retreats from open news briefings that made him a star

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Then-Democratic presidential candidate entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, Feb. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) ** FILE **

Andrew Yang’s response to ‘choke a b——’ inquiry angers elected liberal women in NYC mayoral bid

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Judge: Former mayor can run again despite federal conviction

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FILE - In this Thursday March 18, 2021, file photo, Ray McGuire, a New York City Democratic mayoral candidate, speaks at a press conference on anti-Asian hate crimes in New York. Hip-hop legends Jay-Z, Diddy and Nas endorsed banker McGuire for New York City mayor on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, throwing their star power behind a candidate who has yet to break through in a crowded Democratic primary field. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Hip-hop legends Jay-Z, Diddy, Nas back McGuire for NYC mayor

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Joe Gardner in the zone in "Soul," now available on 4K Ultra HD from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

‘Soul: Ultimate Collector’s Edition’ 4K Ultra HD movie review

By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times

6-year-old Amanda Duran gets a hug from her mother, Lizette, on the first day of school at Heliotrope Elementary School in Maywood, Calif., Tuesday, April 13, 2021. More than a year after the pandemic forced all of California's schools to close classroom doors, some of the state's largest school districts are slowly beginning to reopen this week for in-person instruction.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

‘Zoom in a Room’? California’s schools lag in reopening push

By JOCELYN GECKER and JANIE HAR and AMY TAXIN - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Harvey Weinstein appears from prison during his virtual extradition hearing in Erie County Court before Judge Kenneth Case, Monday, April 12, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. (New York Unified Court System via AP)

Weinstein fights extradition to face California indictment

By CAROLYN THOMPSON and ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

Lin-Manuel Miranda, mayor open new Times Square vaccine site

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Another 51,000 NYC students returning to in-school learning

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Coney Island attractions reopen after losing year to virus

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New York to offer COVID aid to immigrants excluded earlier

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

In this March 10, 2021, file photo, Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill in Washington. Zeldin has announced his candidacy for governor of New York. Zeldin launched his campaign Thursday, April 8, with an attack on incumbent Democrat Andrew Cuomo. (Ting Shen/Pool via AP, File)

Lee Zeldin announces run for New York governor against scandal-plagued Cuomo

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, file photo, author and filmmaker James McBride poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. McBride’s &quot;Deacon King Kong&quot; a fictional snapshot of a Brooklyn neighborhood in the late 1969, has won the inaugural Gotham Book Prize, given for outstanding writing about New York City. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ wins inaugural Gotham prize

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press