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Cars head along FDR Drive next to the Manhattan skyline Thursday, March 26, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak in New York. The New York City immortalized in song and scene has been swapped out for the last few months with the virus version. In all the unknowing of what the future holds, there's faith in that other quintessential facet of New York City: that the city will adapt. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

As NYC awakens, navigating a strange new normal

By DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

General’s namesake town clamors for controversial statue

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A strobe light bursts along with invisible ultraviolet light intended to kill the new coronavirus on a subway car at a maintenance facility in Corona section of Queens borough of New York on Friday, June 12, 2020. The MTA is expanding the use of the devices to disinfect subway cars. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Deaths, hospitalizations down as more of NY primes to reopen

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People stand around the fallen Christopher Columbus statue at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. (Evan Frost/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Historical figures reassessed around globe after Floyd death

By Sarah Rankin and David Crary - Associated Press

In this photo made from video provided by the office of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Cuomo, signs into law, Friday, June 12, 2020, in New York, a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd's killing. The laws signed by Cuomo, a Democrat, will ban police chokeholds, make it easier to sue people who call police on others without good reason, and set up a special prosecutor's office to investigate the deaths of people during and following encounters with police officers. (Office of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)

New York governor signs police accountability legislation

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

NY governor says he supports Christopher Columbus statue

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

In this March 8, 2020, file photo Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY., speaks at a campaign rally for then-Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Tables turned, Ocasio-Cortez plays defense in primary fight

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

The statues on the Confederate monument are covered in graffiti and beheaded after a protest in Portsmouth, Va., Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Protesters beheaded and then pulled down four statues that were part of a Confederate monument. The crowd was frustrated by the Portsmouth City Council’s decision to put off moving the monument. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Historical figures reassessed after George Floyd’s death

By SARAH RANKIN and DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, Britain's Prince Andrew delivers a speech during the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Attorneys representing Britain’s Prince Andrew have lambasted U.S. justice authorities, Monday June 8, 2020, for what they described as a violation of commitments to confidentiality in their discussions with him about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, FILE)

Prince Andrew holds the cards as the US pursues sex probe

By JIM MUSTIAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

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

Andrew Cuomo defends Christopher Columbus statue in Manhattan

By Marina Villenueve and Tom Hays - Associated Press

In this Monday, May 18, 2020 photo, Belvin Jefferson White poses with a portrait of her father Saymon Jefferson at Saymon's home in Baton Rouge, La. Belvin recently lost both her father and her uncle, Willie Lee Jefferson, to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

‘Grief overload’: Families absorb multiple virus deaths

By MATT SEDENSKY and REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

In this March 18, 2010, photo, people line up outside the Metropolitan Courthouse in Los Angeles. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly are defending federal agents who make immigration arrests at courthouses after California's top judge asked them to stop. The officials sent a letter this week to Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye saying state and local policies that bar police from turning over suspects for deportation have compelled federal agents to make arrests at courthouses and other public places. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

Federal judge declares ICE courthouse arrests illegal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Cuomo unveils new terminal, part of LaGuardia makeover

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Billy Romm, left, owner of Billy's Beach Cafe, surveys the scene at his restaurant which served customers, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Long Beach, New York as Long Island progressed to phase two of the state's reopening plan during the current coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NY relaxes testing requirement for nursing home staffers

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

In this image from video provided by WBFO, a Buffalo police officer appears to shove a man who walked up to police Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. Video from WBFO shows the man appearing to hit his head on the pavement, with blood leaking out as officers walk past to clear Niagara Square. Buffalo police initially said in a statement that a person “was injured when he tripped &amp; fell,” WIVB-TV reported, but Capt. Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station that an internal affairs investigation was opened. Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood suspended two officers late Thursday, the mayor’s statement said. (Mike Desmond/WBFO via AP)

Video evidence increasingly disproves police narratives

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot to Juan Martin del Potro, of Argentina, during the men's final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Djokovic is fretting about “harsh” restrictions on players’ entourages and other “extreme” changes proposed for the U.S. Open, if it is played starting in August. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) ** FILE **

Djokovic thinking of skipping US Open for French Open prep

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A customer waits in line at Golden Krust Caribbean restaurant, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Mount Vernon, N.Y. while the memorial service for George Floyd is carried on a television screen. Floyd died May 25 while in Minneapolis police custody. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

New York nursing homes ask state to ease virus test mandate

By MARY ESCH - 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

FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, founder of Alibaba group Jack Ma arrives for the Tech for Good summit in Paris. As the coronavirus spread, the world’s richest communist dug into his deep pockets. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped to pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma's foundation also is giving ventilators, masks and other supplies in Africa, Latin America and Asia. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

China’s companies emerge as global donors in virus pandemic

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2019, file photo, Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred speaks during the first round of the baseball draft in Secaucus, N.J. Baseball’s amateur draft this week will look much different because of the coronavirus pandemic, and more permanent changes could be coming soon. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) **FILE**

A look back at big hits, bad calls as MLB eyes new draft era

By Mike Fitzpatrick - Associated Press