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In this June 20, 2019, file photo, tourists visit Times Square in New York. After three months of a coronavirus crisis followed by protests and unrest, New York City is trying to turn a page when a limited range of industries reopen Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

‘All eyes’ on New York: Reopening tests city torn by crises

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

NY to allow outdoor graduations as virus restrictions ease

Associated Press

People watch as police arrest protesters for breaking a curfew during a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd, Friday, June 5, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Floyd, an African American man, died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Thousands march in NYC as curfew ends and peace prevails

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

In this Thursday, June 4, 2020, photo, Francisco Flores, left, poses for a portrait with his wife Livia Herrera in New York. When his brother Crescencio Flores died of coronavirus in New York, his parents back in Mexico asked for one thing: that their son be sent home for burial. So far, his efforts have been in vain. “I am trying to do this because my parents, 85 and 87 years old, live there,&quot; Francisco Flores said. “They are rooted in their customs. They want a Christian burial for the remains of their son.” (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Mexican families struggle to send virus victims back home

By CLAUDIA TORRENS and GISELA SALOMON and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

People raise their fists during a rally, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Las Vegas, against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Massive, peaceful protests across US demand police reform

By STEVEN SLOAN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD and TOM FOREMAN Jr. - Associated Press

NYC readies to reopen as virus hospitalizations, deaths dip

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS - 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)

NYC calmer as Buffalo police draw ire for protester injury

By Jake Seiner - Associated Press

This combination photo shows country singer Joe Diffie at the 12th annual ACM Honors in Nashville, Tenn. on Aug. 22, 2018, from left, and undated images of violinist Vincent Lionti, fashion designer Jenny Polanco and architect and urban theorist Aaron Sorkin posing for portraits. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of artists and artisans, writers and actors, musicians and media figures. (AP Photo, from left, Metropolitan Opera via AP, Yael Duval via AP and Jeff Barnett Winsby via AP)

Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus

By ANDREW DALTON - Associated Press

In this Aug. 8, 2012, photo provided by Meghan Boyd Carrier, her father, Cleon Boyd, left, and his twin brother Leon Boyd perform during her wedding in Readsboro, Vt. Cleon died from the coronavirus on April 3, 2020. Leon also died from the coronavirus less than a week later. (Courtesy of Meghan Boyd Carrier via AP)

Lives Lost: Twins were gentle giants in small Vermont town

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

New York Police Officers block Cadman Plaza West as protesters rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

‘Power to the people’: Floyd’s brother talks at NYC memorial

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Police lead women to patrol cars in the Harlem area of New York, on Aug. 2, 1943, during clashes with police following the shooting of a policeman and six civilians. The unrest was sparked by the shooting of a black soldier by a white policeman. (AP Photo)

NYC protests throughout the years, in photos

Associated Press

The brother of George Floyd, Terrence Floyd speaks to a crowd during a rally at Cadman Plaza Park, on Thursday, June 4, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Floyd, an African American man, died on May 25 after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Terrence Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, addresses New York crowd

By Jim Mustian - Associated Press

In this June 3, 2020, file photo, protesters confront New York Police officers as part of a solidarity rally calling for justice over the death of George Floyd in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Cuomo: Protesters have ‘civic duty’ to get virus tested

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE- This Jan. 8, 2017 file photo shows the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in the Brooklyn borough of New York. An inmate at the jail died after being pepper sprayed by officers in his cell, the federal Bureau of Prisons said, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Federal inmate dies after being pepper sprayed by guards

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

New York City is one of four cities where serious charges against hundreds of protesters arrested for rioting and looting have been dismissed. (Associated Press)

Prosecutors dismiss looting, rioting charges against hundreds of protesters across U.S.

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Georgia school district turns to second New Yorker as leader

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

A police officer shouts at Associated Press videojournalist Robert Bumsted, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York. New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the media during a week of unrest around the country. Portions of the incident were captured on video by Bumsted, who was working with photographer Wong Maye-E to document the protests in lower Manhattan over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Police shove, make AP journalists stop covering protest

By The Associated Press

President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House in Washington, June 1, 2020. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Trump ‘secured’ Washington from rioters while New York burned, White House says

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - This May 31, 2020 photo provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff shows former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was arrested Friday, May 29, in the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. Prosecutors are charging Chauvin, accused of pressing his knee against Floyds neck, with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File)

Derek Chauvin, George Floyd death police officer, got medals for bravery, drew 17 complaints

By Bernard Condon, Todd Richmond and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press