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In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 photo, people snap pictures with familiar costumed characters, who solicit money to perform for the photos in Times Square in New York. Complaints about the sometimes aggressive behavior of the performers prompted the city in 2016 to passed a law relegating the Times Square characters to 8-by-50 foot “activity zones&quot; where they might annoy fewer people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Residents flee New York due to tax burdens, immigration policy and bail reform

By Richard Berman

In this March 6, 2020, photo, a classroom is seen vacant through a window at Saint Raphael Academy in Pawtucket, R.I., as the school remains closed following a confirmed case of the coronavirus. As a growing number of schools around the country close their doors because of the new coronavirus, they are confronted with the dilemma of whether to move classes online and run the risk of leaving behind the many students who don't have internet or computers at home, or parents with flexible work schedule. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Schools wrestle with fairness of closures during outbreak

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

CORRECTS SPELLING OF PURIM - Ultra Orthodox Jewish boy wears a doctor's costume during the first day of a Purim holiday as the Book of Esther is read in a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Virus outbreak disrupts joyous Purim fest but some improvise

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

‘A frustrated rebel’ Black teen arrested on bus 65 years ago

By MELISSA BROWN and Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press

Shoppers wait their turns to pick up toilet paper that had just arrived at a Costco store, Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash. Within minutes, several pallets of toilet paper and paper towels were sold out as people continue to stock up on necessities due to fear of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Coronavirus tempers feuds as governors, Donald Trump work together

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

RPI hockey says it will face Harvard without fans

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FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, a staff member blocks the view as a person is taken by a stretcher to a waiting ambulance from a nursing facility where people are sick and being tested for the COVID-19 virus in Kirkland, Wash. From Miami to Seattle, nursing homes and other facilities for the elderly are stockpiling masks and thermometers, preparing for staff shortages and screening visitors to protect a particularly vulnerable population from the deadly new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Anxiety grips companies across the world as virus spreads

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

Passengers board an Amtrak Acela train bound for New York at Union Station in Washington in 2008. (The Washington Times)

Amtrak suspends nonstop Acela trains between New York and D.C. due to coronavirus

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Carolina Hurricanes center Vincent Trocheck (16) celebrates with teammates center Sebastian Aho (20), right wing Andrei Svechnikov (37) and left wing Teuvo Teravainen (86), after scoring the game winning goal in overtime during an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders, Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Uniondale, NY. (AP Photo/Jim McIsaac)

Trocheck scores in OT, lifts Hurricanes over Islanders 3-2

By CHRISTIAN ARNOLD - Associated Press

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a news conference in the Red Room at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Gov. Cuomo declares state of emergency as number of coronavirus cases in New York swells to 76

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Oklahoma City Thunder center Nerlens Noel (9) dunks past New York Knicks guard Wayne Ellington (2) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 6, 2020, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Gallinari scores 22, Thunder beat Knicks 126-103

By DENIS P. GORMAN - Associated Press

Blueprints for the original World Trade Center are on sale

Associated Press

Los Angeles Angels' Anthony Rendon singles during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) **FILE**

Rendon, Betts, Cole among baseball’s big offseason movers

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2017, file photo, former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley is shown before an NBA basketball game between the Knicks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Cleveland. A federal judge has dismissed Charles Oakley's lawsuit against executive chairman James Dolan and Madison Square Garden, stemming from the former New York Knicks forward's ejection and arrest from a game three years ago. Judge Richard J. Sullivan ruled Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 in U.S. District Court in Manhattan that the case “had the feel of a public relations campaign” and Oakley hadn't alleged a plausible legal claim under federal pleading standards. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Oakley empathizes with Spike Lee over treatment at MSG

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks at the the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, Monday, March 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Bloomberg decides night before Super Tuesday to court Donald Trump’s 2016 Dems

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Man hospitalized with New York’s 2nd case of COVID-19 virus

By MICHAEL HILL and MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Third case of COVID-19 infection reported in Florida

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press

Houston Rockets guard James Harden, left, pressures New York Knicks guard Elfrid Payton (6) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in New York, Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Knicks hold on to end Rockets’ 6-game win streak, 125-123

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2020 Conference, Monday, March 2, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Bloomberg, at AIPAC, boasts of backing mosque near 9/11 Ground Zero

By James Varney - The Washington Times