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4 more states added to NY, NJ, CT virus quarantine list

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 10, 2020, file photo, Artist Jimmy Baptiste works on a mural in Ottawa. 2020 is barely halfway over. That hasn't stopped many people from declaring the year canceled and wishing it would end. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Wait ‘til next year: Giving up on 2020, looking toward 2021

By SOPHIA ROSENBAUM - Associated Press

Purple Heart veteran U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Travis Vendela, left, his wife, Tiffany, center, their three sons, Kaiden, Quentin and Trayden, and Andrew McClure, Tunnel to Towers national community engagement coordinator, tour the Vendelas' new home in Huntsville, Weber County, on Friday, July 3, 2020. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP)

Purple Heart veteran moves into donated home with family

By ART RAYMOND - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, medical personnel work in the emergency department at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan in New York. As coronavirus rages out of control in other parts of the U.S., New York is offering an example after taming the nation’s deadliest outbreak this spring — but also trying to prepare in case another surge comes. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

As virus rages in US, New York guards against another rise

By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 27, 2020, file photo, individual student photographs of Brooklyn's James Madison High School graduating class of 2020, who were unable to walk a graduation stage this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, line the fence around the school in New York. While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a hybrid reopen plan in the fall for the nation's largest district, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it is up to him to decide whether schools can open at all. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NY to discuss reopening school; virus cases ‘low and stable’

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Jay Wilson, a concert promoter with Red Mountain Entertainment in Birmingham, Ala., started baking and selling his Jay's Cheesecakes to raise money to help stagehands, crew members and other concert workers who have been out of work due to the coronavirus outbreak.(July 7, 2020; Homewood, Ala.) (Bob Carlton/ Alabama Media Group via AP)

Alabama concert promoter discovers a sweet, new purpose

By BOB CARLTON and AL.com - Associated Press

Mayor Bill de Blasio, center with orange mask, talks with Rev. Al Sharpton, second from left, while painting Black Lives Matter on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in New York. The mayor's wife, Chirlane McCray, is on the right. The others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Bill de Blasio cancels all large gatherings except Black Lives Matter protests

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Azia Toussaint, left, participates in the painting of Black Lives Matter on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Mayor helps paint ‘Black Lives Matter’ outside Trump Tower

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

NYC to reopen zoos and aquarium, cancels street gatherings

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President Donald Trump listens during a &quot;National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools,&quot; event in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to US schools: Reopen or you may lose federal funds

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Parishioners receive the sacrament from the Rev. Luis Gabriel Medina during Communion at Saint Bartholomew Roman Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York, Monday, July 7, 2020. This was the first in-person Mass at the church in almost four months. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Two COVID-ravaged N.Y. churches take different recovery paths

By David Crary and Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

FILE - This March 26, 2019 photo shows musician Sara Bareilles posing for a portrait in New York. Bareilles' latest project, &quot;Little Voice&quot; premieres Friday on the streaming service Apple TV+. The show follows a young singer played by Brittany O’Grady as she navigates life and love while attempting to pursue her musical dreams. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP)

Sara Bareilles leads ‘Little Voice’ to small screen

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON - Associated Press

In this July 5, 2020, file photo, an officer investigates the scene of a shooting in Chicago. Still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and street protests over the police killing of Floyd, exhausted cities around the nation are facing yet another challenge: A surge in recent shootings has left dozens dead, including young children. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP, File)

Exhausted cities face another challenge: a surge in violence

By TOM HAYS and COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 13, 2020, file photo, students at Stuyvesant High School leave after classes in New York. Most New York City students will return to their physical schools two or three days a week and learn online the rest of the time under a plan announced Wednesday, July 8, 2020, by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said schools can't accommodate all their students at any one time and maintain safe social distancing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

NYC mayor unveils plan to reopen schools in fall

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

A sign reads ‘New York, I love you,’ on the billboard outside Webster Hall in the East Village neighborhood of New York, June 20, 2020. The sign is one of many stamped across the city as it slowly rebuilds after the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Farnoush Amiri)

VIRUS DIARY: Goodbye to NYC, and to its unforgettable sounds

By FARNOUSH AMIRI - Associated Press

Long Island region of New York to enter new reopening stage

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this June 4, 2020, file photo, a pedestrian wearing a mask walks past a reader board advertising a job opening for a remodeling company, in Seattle. U.S. companies added nearly 2.4 million jobs in June, according to a private survey, a large gain that still leaves the job market far below its pre-pandemic levels. The payroll company ADP said that small businesses reported the largest gain, adding 937,000 jobs. Construction firms and restaurants and hotels also posted big increases in hiring. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

U.S. adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1%

By Christopher Rugaber - Associated Press

Groups worry new law will land more New Yorkers behind bars

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

New York state senator tests positive for COVID-19

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Donald Trump says the phrase ‘Black Lives Matter’ is a ‘symbol of hate’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times