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This undated photo, provided by NY Governor's Press Office on Saturday, March 27, 2021, shows the new "Excelsior Pass" app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP)

‘Excelsior Pass’ vaccine passport for Yankee Stadium entry pushes MLB into pandemic politics

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

NY lawmakers pass pot legalization, sending bill to governor

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

NY lawmakers, governor face looming deadline to pass budget

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Bonney Ginett sifts through paperwork for her application to a federally-funded program to help pay back rent Thursday, March 18, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. Ginett, whose massage therapy business dried up during the pandemic, applied for help in July and said she was denied in October because she failed to prove loss of income. The 65-year-old New York City resident now owes more than $26,000 in back rent on her one-bedroom apartment and fears eviction. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press

Monday Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A business that has closed permanently displays a sign near the entrance, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. The “For Rent” signs on storefronts and offices around the world provide a stark illustration of COVID's toll on small businesses. With government restrictions and fear keeping consumers out of restaurants, stores and other establishments, businesses that operate on narrow revenue streams have struggled the past year. Or, they’ve disappeared, leaving millions of workers unemployed. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

The New York and California exodus

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

This image released by Bravo shows Jen Shah, a cast member from the reality series &quot;The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.&quot; Authorities announced that Shah and Stuart Smith were arrested Tuesday in Utah on federal fraud charges. (Chad Kirkland/Bravo via AP)

2 members of Salt Lake City’s ‘Real Housewives’ arrested

By SOPHIA EPPOLITO and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

New York gets go-ahead on plan to charge congestion tolls

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

Washington Capitals' Alex Ovechkin (8) goes for the puck in front of New York Rangers' goalie Igor Shesterkin (31) during an NHL hockey game Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in New York. (Al Bello/Pool Photo via AP)

Artemi Panarin has goal, two assists as Rangers handle Capitals 5-2

Associated Press

FILE - People attend an outdoor screening for &quot;The Union&quot; at the opening night gala of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 20, 2011. The Tribeca Film Festival said Monday, March 29, 2021, it plans to hold its 20th edition in-person and with outdoor screenings in June. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

Tribeca plans in-person, outdoor film festival for June

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 9, 2021, file photo, people enjoy the warming weather and a view of lower Manhattan at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the list of U.S. states with the highest rates of infection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Virus fight stalls in early hot spots New York, New Jersey

By MARINA VILLENEUVE and MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

Washington Capitals right wing Tom Wilson (43) celebrates his second goal of the game with center Nicklas Backstrom (19) in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Capitals hold on to beat Rangers for 10th win in 11 games

By STEPHEN WHYNO - Associated Press

Washington Capitals defenseman Dmitry Orlov (9) battles for the puck against New York Rangers center Filip Chytil (72) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Capitals hang on to 5-4 win against Rangers, continue hot streak

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

Pittsburgh Penguins' Bryan Rust (17) is congratulated on his goal, as New York Islanders' Kieffer Bellows (20) skates by during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, March 27, 2021, in Pittsburgh. It was Rust's second goal of the period. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Rust’s hat trick leads Penguins past Islanders 6-3

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, nursing home residents make a line for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility, in Harlem neighborhood of New York. Vaccines have begun saving lives in New York's nursing homes, but they haven't yet cured another crisis caused by the pandemic: loneliness. Persistently high rates of COVID-19 have left the majority of the state's nursing homes off limits to visitors, despite relaxed guidance meant to help reopen them.(AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Vaccines haven’t cured loneliness in New York nursing homes

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German delivers during the first inning of the team's spring training baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Tampa, Fla., Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

García sent to minors by Yanks, leaving Germán to start

Associated Press

FILE — In this Aug. 5, 2020, file photo, Maryama Diaw, a contact tracer with New York City's Health + Hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic, sets up her remote calling system at her home before reaching out to potential patients, in New York. Coronavirus contact tracing programs across the U.S. scaled back their ambitions as cases surged in winter, but New York City has leaned into its $600 million tracing initiative. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

As contact tracing ebbs in parts of US, NYC stays committed

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Philadelphia Flyers' Nicolas Aube-Kubel (62) and New York Rangers' Kevin Rooney (17) collide during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Zibanejad has 3 goals, 3 assists in Rangers’ rout of Flyers

By AARON BRACY - Associated Press

People enjoy a sunny day in Times Square in New York, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. After the virus descended on New York, the only sounds in the streets were wailing ambulance sirens. A year after the pandemic began, the nation’s largest metropolis -- with a lifeblood based on round-the-clock hustle and bustle, push and pull -- is adapting and showing new life. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York City launches push to vaccinate theater workers

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire that burned down the Evergreen Court Home for Adults Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Spring Valley, N.Y. The fire swept through the suburban New York assisted living home and caused a partial collapse early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Volunteer firefighter killed in care home blaze was dad to 2

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