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Heat wave returns before electricity for some after storm

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

St. Francis Xavier School students and their families walk together in Newark, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, after discussing the Catholic school's permanent closure announced the previous week by the Archdiocese of Newark. Nationwide, more than 140 Catholic schools will not reopen in the fall. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Amid pandemic, future of many Catholic schools is in doubt

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

New York Islanders center Mathew Barzal (13) gets stick tripped by Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad (5) during the first period NHL Stanley Cup Playoff qualifying round hockey game in Toronto, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Islanders, sparked by Barzal, top Panthers 5-1 to advance

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

New York Mets' J.D. Davis (28) celebrates with teammate Pete Alonso (20) after hitting a three-run home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mets hit 3 HRs, end makeshift Marlins’ 6-game win streak 8-4

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Jonah Z Helms, Julie Trolle and Cedar Attanasio hold hands at their marriage ceremony on July 23, 2020, in Santa Fe, N.M. (Jonah Z Helms via AP)

VIRUS DIARY: We eloped, just not the way we’d planned

By CEDAR ATTANASIO - Associated Press

In this May 27, 2020, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Cuomo clears New York schools statewide to open, carefully

By Marina Villeneuve - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for personal benefit. The lawsuit filed Thursday, Aug. 6, by Attorney General Letitia James followed an 18-month investigation into the NRA, which is a nonprofit group originally chartered in New York.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER and LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2018, file photo, New York Jets linebacker Avery Williamson plays against the Tennessee Titans in the first half of an NFL football game in Nashville, Tenn. Williamson is on the Jets' physically unable to perform list but is close to being cleared to practice in camp. He could end up being a key contributor this year (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

Jets’ Williamson overcame ‘dark places’ on road to comeback

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

This 1982 photo, provided in New York, Tuesday Aug. 4, 2020, shows Girl Scout Alice Weiss-Russell, age 11. As a Girl Scout growing up in upstate New York, Alice Weiss-Russell says she lived with a dark secret: The husband of her troop leader was sexually abusing her in the bathroom of a church basement where scout meetings were held in the 1980s. She has detailed her alleged ordeal in a new lawsuit filed against Girl Scouts of the USA, part of a flurry of child sex-abuse cases in New York using a &quot;look back window&quot; for making civil claims against abusers.(Courtesy Alice Weiss-Russell via AP )

Girl Scouts sex-abuse claim included in NY civil case flurry

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres bats in a run-scoring double play off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Zack Wheeler during the first inning of the first baseball game in doubleheader, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Tauchman’s RBI double helps Yanks earn DH split vs Phils

By ROB MAADDI - Associated Press

Policemen walk past an image of Hindu god Ram on the eve of a groundbreaking ceremony of a temple dedicated to Ram in Ayodhya, India, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. Wednesday's groundbreaking ceremony follows a ruling by India's Supreme Court last November favoring the building of a Hindu temple on the disputed site in Uttar Pradesh state. Hindus believe their god Ram was born at the site and claim that the Muslim Emperor Babur built a mosque on top of a temple there. The 16th century Babri Masjid mosque was destroyed by Hindu hard-liners in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence that left some 2,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindu temple ad runs in Times Square despite opposition

By THALIA BEATY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2007 file photo, Pete Hamill responds during an interview at the Skylight Diner in New York. The longtime New York City newspaper columnist and author has died. His brother Denis Hamill said Pete died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020 in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Pete Hamill, legendary New York columnist and novelist, dies

By THALIA BEATY - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, file photo, Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, is shown with Dr. Oxiris Barbot, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in New York. New York City abruptly replaced Barbot, its top public health official, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, at a key point in its fight to keep the coronavirus from surging again. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NYC public health chief resigns after friction over COVID-19

By JENNIFER PELTZ and KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, census worker Ken Leonard wears a mask as he mans a U.S. Census walk-up counting site set up for Hunt County in Greenville, Texas, Friday, July 31, 2020. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Worries about 2020 census’ accuracy grow with cut schedule

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

A jogger passes water-filled rubber barricades protecting the South Street Seaport from flooding, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in New York. Heavy rains are falling as Tropical Storm Isaias roars north on the Atlantic Coast, leaving behind power outages and reports of tornadoes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Isaias in New York City halts trains, downs trees, kills 1

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People walk on the flooded Sea Mountain Highway in North Myrtle Beach, S.C., as Isaias neared the Carolinas on Monday night, Aug. 3, 2020. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)

Tropic storm Isaias whips up eastern US, killing at least 6

By BRYAN ANDERSON and SARAH BLAKE MORGAN - Associated Press

Cuomo official grilled on virus nursing home deaths, secrecy

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

NY rolls back legal immunity for hospitals, nursing homes

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Cole wins 19th in row, beats Phils 6-3 in pinstripes debut

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Cuomo: Parents need assurance before schools reopen

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