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How Congress’ CARES Act disincentives workers and hinders America’s path to reopening

By Lewis K Uhler and Peter J. Ferrara

Workers wearing personal protective equipment bury bodies in a trench on Hart Island, Thursday, April 9, 2020, in the Bronx borough of New York. On Thursday, New York City’s medical examiner confirmed that the city has shortened the amount of time it will hold on to remains to 14 days from 30 days before they will be transferred for temporary internment at a City Cemetery. Earlier in the week, Mayor Bill DeBlasio said that officials have explored the possibility of temporary burials on Hart Island, a strip of land in Long Island Sound that has long served as the city’s potter’s field. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

From the files: Isle used for virus burials has long history

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

Archbishop Timothy Dolan, right, leads an Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, devoid of congregants, in New York, Sunday, April 12, 2020. Due to coronavirus concerns, no congregants were allowed to attend the Mass but it was broadcast live on a local TV station. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

After worst week in pandemic deaths, NY sees signs of hope

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In this April 9, 2020, photo, amid concerns of the spread of COVID-19, Dallas ISD police officers Mylon Taylor, left, and Gary Pierre push a car that ran out of gas while waiting in line for the weekly school meal pick up for students in Dallas. 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/LM Otero)

Crime drops around the world as COVID-19 keeps people inside

By STEFANIE DAZIO and FRANKLIN BRICENO and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, June 25, 1988 file photo, people watch as almost 1,500 quilt panels bearing the names of New York area residents who have died of AIDS are unfolded on the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park. The panels, which are expected to be incorporated into the national Names Project AIDS Quilt, include 75 bearing the names of metropolitan area infants. (AP Photo/Wilbur Funches, File)

COVID-19 and AIDS crisis: NYC gays see parallels, contrasts

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump attends a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters, Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Washington. From left, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf, White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx and Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health. There’s the standard process for getting urgently needed coronavirus equipment: send a request to FEMA. Then there’s the other way: have a buddy who can pick up the phone and call the Trump White House. Trump’s team has proudly recounted instances where a call to the White House has produced fast results for those who have an in with the president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Poolm, File)

Calling Trump: When connections help steer virus supplies

By JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

The Easter Bunny encourages people to wear a mask during an Easter parade in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, April 11, 2020. The parade, conducted with &quot;social distancing&quot; to prevent the spread of coronavirus. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

The week that was: Stories from the coronavirus saga

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, California attorney Michael Avenatti arrives at federal court to enter a plea to an indictment charging him with trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike in New York. A judge has allowed Avenatti to be temporarily freed from a federal jail in New York City and to ride out the coronavirus scare at a friend's house in Los Angeles. On Friday, April 10, 2020, U.S. District Judge James Selna said Avenatti may stay at the home of Jay Mannheimer, near Venice Beach, during the 90-day release period but he first must get tested for COVID-19 and be quarantined for 14 days at a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Judge releases Michael Avenatti from jail over virus threat

By Associated Press - Associated Press

Subway riders, wearing personal protective equipment due to COVID-19 concerns, step off a train, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

A conundrum for New Yorkers: Social distancing in the subway

By TOM HAYS and MARSHALL RITZEL - Associated Press

Priest Frank Heidkamp talks to believers in their cars prior a Good Friday church service at a drive-in cinema when all German churches are closed for worships due to the coronavirus outbreak in Duesseldorf, Germany, Friday, April 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2020 photo, a Samaritan's Purse crew erects privacy tents at a 68 bed emergency field hospital specially equipped with a respiratory unit in New York's Central Park, in New York. International charity groups which usually provide support to war-torn or impoverished countries are now sending humanitarian aid to some of the wealthiest places in the United States to help manage the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Groups used to serving desperately poor nations now help US

By MARTHA MENDOZA and JULIET LINDERMAN - Associated Press

Taxi driver Nicolae Hent, wearing a protective mask, poses for a photograph before before starting work in New York, Monday, April 6, 2020. A taxi driver's job was already tougher in recent years with the arrival of ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. The empty streets during the coronavirus pandemic have made things more difficult. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

A city under siege: 24 hours in the fight to save New York

By ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

Signage urging social distancing is seen in Prospect Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. While New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said New York could be reaching a &quot;plateau&quot; in hospitalizations, he warned that gains are dependent on people continuing to practice social distancing. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Even as toll grows, NY hospitals hope fever is breaking

By JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL R. SISAK and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

In this March 24, 2020, file photo, medical staff members check a ventilator in protective suits at the care unit for the new COVID-19 infected patients inside the Koranyi National Institute of Pulmonology in Budapest. As health officials around the world push to get more ventilators to treat coronavirus patients, some doctors are moving away from using the breathing machines when they can. (Zoltan Balogh/MTI via AP, File)

Some doctors moving away from ventilators for virus patients

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

In this April 7, 2020, photo, Erica Harris, right, and her daughter Jordan, wear their protective masks as they walk back home after getting a lunch and homework from the child’s school on Chicago’s Southside in Chicago. As the coronavirus tightened its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population, black Americans. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans

By KAT STAFFORD and MEGHAN HOYER and AARON MORRISON - Associated Press

Ambulance attendants wheel a patient to a waiting ambulance outside Elmhurst Hospital Center during the current coronavirus outbreak, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in New York. New York Gov Andrrew Cuomo said last week some patients could be moved from New York City hospitals to other medical facilities to alleviate overcrowding. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Andrew Cuomo reports 779 new deaths in New York, single-day high amid outbreak

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This Sept. 19, 2019, photo provided by Jonathan David Bass shows Dr. Doug Bass. As the coronavirus bore down on New York, Dr. Doug Bass' family begged him to work from home. He refused, pointing to his patients at Phoenix House, a drug and alcohol treatment center where he served as medical director. Doug Bass, 64, died suddenly in March 2020 after suffering symptoms commonly caused by coronavirus. (Bass Family Photo via AP)

Doctor’s death highlights limits of coronavirus death count

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2020 photo made available by World Central Kitchen, Chef Jose Andres, right, and Nate Mook discuss meal distribution to first responders in Washington, DC. Andres, whose 30-plus restaurants in the US include The Bazaar, Jaleo and the two Michelin-starred Somni, founded World Central Kitchen in 2010, serving over 15 million meals worldwide after hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters. Since the Coronavirus pandemic, his organization has served more than 750,000 meals. (Mike Jett/World Central Kitchen via AP)

Celeb chefs unite to feed hungry, help bleeding restaurants

By KELLI KENNEDY - Associated Press

People wearing face masks walk at a downtown street in Hong Kong Monday, April 6, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

The Latest: Bars, clubs in Seoul closed to halt virus spread

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Local residents watch as the USNS Comfort departs Hampton Roads en route to New York to help in the response to the coronavirus outbreak Saturday, March 28, 2020, in Hampton, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Navy crew member aboard USNS Comfort tests positive for COVID-19

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times