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Members of the New York National Guard distribute food to families in New Rochelle, N.Y., Thursday, March 12, 2020. The area has endured a fast-growing COVID-19 cluster. On Tuesday, Gov. Mario Cuomo declared a 1-mile radius “containment area” in the New York suburb. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close

By MICHAEL HILL and JENNIFER PELTZ and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for sexual assaults

By Michael R. Sisak, Tom Hays and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 17, 2018 file photo, boats move through the water as the Chicago River is dyed green for St. Patrick's Day in Chicago. Chicago on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 joined the growing ranks of cities across the United States to cancel its Saturday St. Patrick's Day Parade amid concerns about the coronavirus. The city will not be dyeing the river green either. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP File)

St. Patrick’s Day parades nixed, from New York to Dublin

By JENNIFER PELTZ and DON BABWIN - Associated Press

This combination of photos show, from left, host Jimmy Fallon on the set of &quot;The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,&quot; on Feb. 3, 2020, from left, host Trevor Noah on the set of &quot;The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and host Stephen Colbert on the set of &quot;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Jan. 30, 2020. The late night talk shows announced that they will tape their shows without studio audiences due to the new coronavirus. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (Andrew Lipovsky/NBC, from left, Sean Gallagher/Comedy Central, Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via AP)

Virus prompts late shows to drop audiences, ‘Survivor’ delay

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Harvey Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

By Michael R. Sisak and Tom Hays - Associated Press

A patient is loaded into an ambulance, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle. The nursing home is at the center of the outbreak of the coronavirus in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Americans snap to attention on virus as big events canceled

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and MARTHA BELLISLE and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

A laboratory technician prepares COVID-19 patient samples for semi-automatic testing at Northwell Health Labs, Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Lake Success, N.Y. The US Food and Drug Administration has approved faster testing protocols as the viral outbreak continues to spread worldwide. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

CUNY, SUNY to reduce in-person classes amid virus concerns

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

In this satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, the Grand Princess cruise ship is seen as it was preparing to dock at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., Monday, March 9, 2020. The cruise ship forced to idle for days off the coast of California because of a cluster of novel coronavirus cases aboard arrived in port Monday as state and U.S. officials prepared to transfer its thousands of passengers to military bases for quarantine or return them to their home countries. (Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Coronavirus clusters swell on both sides of the US

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

A sign providing instructions on how to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading COVID-19 is hung on the front door of New Rochelle City Hall, Tuesday, March 10, 2020, in New Rochelle, N.Y. State officials are shuttering schools and houses of worship for two weeks in part of the New York City suburb New Rochelle and sending the National Guard there to help respond to what appears to be the nation's biggest cluster of coronavirus cases. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Andrew Cuomo sends National Guard to N.Y. town: ‘New Rochelle is a particular problem’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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Christopher Yoo falls just short — this time — on road to grandmaster chess title

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Creighton's Marcus Zegarowski (11) celebrates in the closing minutes of the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Seton Hall in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, March 7, 2020. Creighton won 77-60. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Creighton out to make better memory at Big East Tournament

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

CORRECTS SPELLING OF PURIM - Ultra Orthodox Jewish boy wears a doctor's costume during the first day of a Purim holiday as the Book of Esther is read in a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Virus outbreak disrupts joyous Purim fest but some improvise

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

In this March 6, 2020, photo, a classroom is seen vacant through a window at Saint Raphael Academy in Pawtucket, R.I., as the school remains closed following a confirmed case of the coronavirus. As a growing number of schools around the country close their doors because of the new coronavirus, they are confronted with the dilemma of whether to move classes online and run the risk of leaving behind the many students who don't have internet or computers at home, or parents with flexible work schedule. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Schools wrestle with fairness of closures during outbreak

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, introduces &quot;New York State Clean,&quot; a hand sanitizer manufactured by the state of New York in response to shortages of the alcohol- based substance, during a news conference update on the coronavirus, Monday, March 9, 2020, in Albany, N.Y. The state hopes to produce 100,000 gallons a week of the germ-killing gel which is 75 percent alcohol. (AP Photo/Marina Villeneuve)

NY coronavirus cases hit 142, including official, EMS worker

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 photo, people snap pictures with familiar costumed characters, who solicit money to perform for the photos in Times Square in New York. Complaints about the sometimes aggressive behavior of the performers prompted the city in 2016 to passed a law relegating the Times Square characters to 8-by-50 foot “activity zones&quot; where they might annoy fewer people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Residents flee New York due to tax burdens, immigration policy and bail reform

By Richard Berman

Shoppers wait their turns to pick up toilet paper that had just arrived at a Costco store, Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash. Within minutes, several pallets of toilet paper and paper towels were sold out as people continue to stock up on necessities due to fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Coronavirus tempers feuds as governors, Donald Trump work together

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, a staff member blocks the view as a person is taken by a stretcher to a waiting ambulance from a nursing facility where people are sick and being tested for the COVID-19 virus in Kirkland, Wash. From Miami to Seattle, nursing homes and other facilities for the elderly are stockpiling masks and thermometers, preparing for staff shortages and screening visitors to protect a particularly vulnerable population from the deadly new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Anxiety grips companies across the world as virus spreads

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a news conference in the Red Room at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Gov. Cuomo declares state of emergency as number of coronavirus cases in New York swells to 76

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Passengers board an Amtrak Acela train bound for New York at Union Station in Washington in 2008. (The Washington Times)

Amtrak suspends nonstop Acela trains between New York and D.C. due to coronavirus

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Commuters hold on to escalator handrails as they exit the World Trade Center transportation hub, Wednesday, March 4, 2020 in New York. &quot;It may be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads,&quot; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Cases of new virus double overnight in New York state to 22

By RYAN TARINELLI and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press