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Medical workers cheer and acknowledge pedestrians and FDNY firefighters who gathered to applaud them at 7pm outside Brooklyn Hospital Center, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

U.S. coronavirus projections miss mark as country ducks doomsday

By Stephen Dinan, Alex Swoyer and David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Pedestrians cross second avenue Thursday, April 16, 2020, in New York. New York planned for a long fight against the coronavirus outbreak amid hopeful hospitalization trends. Gov. Andrew Cuomo extended stay-at-home restrictions Thursday through mid-May and New York City is getting ready to use 11,000 empty hotel rooms for coronavirus quarantines. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Amid talk of restarting economy, virus keeps killing in NYC

By DAVID B. CARUSO and MICHAEL HILL and MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu (20) plays against Utah in an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 women's tournament in Las Vegas. The Associated Press had a panel of WNBA coaches and general managers hold a mock draft. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Ionescu, Sabally, Cox headline WNBA mock draft

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 14, 2019, file photo, New York Liberty's Tina Charles smiles on the bench during the second half of a preseason WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. The New York Liberty have traded All-Star Tina Charles to the Washington Mystics as part of a three-team deal, according to a person familiar with the trade. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade hadn’t been announced yet.(AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Liberty trade Tina Charles to Mystics in 3-team deal

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Actor Joaquin Phoenix attends the &quot;Joker&quot; premiere at Alice Tully Hall during the 57th New York Film Festival on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Brent N. Clarke/Invision/AP)

Joaquin Phoenix urges COVID-19 clemency for New York prisoners: ‘No one deserves to die’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Christina Cuomo and Chris Cuomo attend the premiere of "Safe" hosted by Lionsgate, The Cinema Society and TW Steel at Chelsea Cinemas on Monday, April 16, 2012 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

Cristina Cuomo, Chris Cuomo’s wife, has coronavirus, too

By The Associated Press

In this file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at the Jacob Javits Center on , Monday, March 23, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

New York coronavirus death toll soars after ‘probable’ fatalities added

Associated Press

A man enters the subway on a rainy day in New York, Monday, April 13, 2020. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York's death toll from coronavirus has topped 10,000, with hospitals still seeing 2,000 new patients a day. The death tally hit the milestone only about a month after the state recorded its first death. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Death toll soars after NYC counts ‘probable’ fatalities

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

FILE-This Wednesday April 8, 2020 file photo shows a sign stating the 'Heroes Work Here' has been placed in the grounds of the Canterbury Rehabilitation &amp; Healthcare Center in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber,File)

Deaths hit 45 at Virginia care home called ‘virus’s dream’

By SARAH RANKIN and BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

A woman on a bicycle passes a coronavirus graffiti by street artist 'Uzey' showing a nurse as Superwoman, the lettering reads &quot;for the real heroes&quot; on a wall in Hamm, Germany, on Easter Monday, April 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Pedestrians enjoy the warm weather on the boardwalk at Coney Island in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Amid some signs of hope that the coronavirus infection rate is plateauing, New York is still wrapping up its worst week in deaths so far since the outbreak began. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

A month after New York’s 1st virus death, toll hits 10,000

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

Prosecutors defend seizures in Giuliani associates’ case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

A worker wearing a protective face mask to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus sprays disinfectant as a vehicle prepares to enter to an office building carpark in Beijing, Monday, April 13, 2020. China on Monday reported over 100 new cases of coronavirus infection, dozens of them imported. Of the new domestic cases, several were recorded in the province of Heilongjiang bordering Russia and southern business hub of Guangzhou. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Virus cases about 2M worldwide; few new hot spots

By ERIC TUCKER and ARITZ PARRA and JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio discuss the state and city's preparedness for the spread of coronavirus at a news conference in New York. A dustup over which of the two Democrats gets to say when New York City students can return to school was just the latest example of Cuomo tussling with de Blasio over who is in charge of the nation's most populous city. By Monday, April 13, 2020 the two leaders were still sending conflicting messages even as New York City sent out messages to students, families and teachers that distance learning will continue through June. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Cuomo vs. de Blasio: Even pandemic doesn’t bridge their rift

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

A man crosses a street against the backdrop of One World Trade Center at dusk in New York, on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the city, a place of familiar landmarks and well-trodden streets, has been thrown off kilter by an invisible adversary that is taking some of its people away and terrifying the rest. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

AP PHOTOS: Ghostly virus-era NYC, captured from a motorbike

By TED ANTHONY - Associated Press

Connecticut begins planning for post-pandemic reopening

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

In this Aug. 2, 2016, photo provided by Christopher Pasatieri, New York Post photographer Anthony J. Causi is shown before a New York Mets baseball game in New York. Causi, a highly skilled and exceedingly popular sports photographer for The New York Post who covered the city’s teams for 25 years, died Sunday, April 12, 2020, from the new coronavirus. He was 48. (Christopher Pasatieri via AP)

Popular NYC sports photographer dead at 48 from COVID-19

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

In this April 1, 2020 photo, Betsy and David Sheen are joined by their dogs as they walk up their driveway after getting the mail at their home in Bowdoinham, Maine. The driveway walks help them to get exercise while dealing with the isolation brought on by the coronavirus. Rural states with older populations like Maine are facing special problems in dealing with the emotional and physical toll of isolation. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Older states grapple with fear, isolation and medical care

By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press

People gather at the Mount Davidson cross in San Francisco, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Mount Davidson's annual Easter Sunrise Service was canceled for San Francisco's shelter in place orders over coronavirus concers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In divergent Easter celebrations, prayers for virus victims

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

In this April 10, 2020, photo, Detroit Police Capt. Jevon Johnson, right, talks with Lt. Pride Henry outside the TCF Center, in Detroit. The coronavirus pandemic that has crippled big-box retailers and mom and pop shops worldwide may be making a dent in illicit business, too. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Crime drops worldwide amid coronavirus crisis

By Stefanie Dazio, Franklin Briceno and Michael Tarm - Associated Press