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In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a nurse administers the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination site at the God's Battalion of Prayer Church, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. States including New York are wrestling with the decision of whether to allow medically vulnerable residents below the age of 65 to receive the coronavirus vaccine. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

State to NYC: Can’t tap 2nd doses to give more 1st shots

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Then-Vice President-elect, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., left, stands with his son Hunter during a re-enactment of the Senate oath ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Hunter Biden’s memoir ‘Beautiful Things’ out in April

By Hillel Italie - Associated Press

New York Knicks' Julius Randle (30) looks to pass between Chicago Bulls' Thaddeus Young, left, and Lauri Markkanen during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Randle scores 27 as Knicks hold off Bulls 107-103

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 10, 2019, file photo, Jonna Curtis, left, a forward on Team Stecklein, battles for the puck with Michelle Picard, right, a defender on Team Szabados, during the NWHL All-Star Hockey Game in Nashville, Tenn. The women's hockey league thinks it can make it work with the same kind of COVID-19 testing the NBA used in its Disney World bubble. Players, coaches and staff will essentially be limited to hotel and Herb Brooks Arena, the site of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” that serves as a historic setting for a unique season. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

NWHL cancels rest of season after additional virus positives

By STEPHEN WHYNO - Associated Press

Event signage appears above the red carpet at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Nominations for the 78th annual Golden Globes will be announced on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

‘Mank’ leads Golden Globe nominees with 6; Netflix dominates

By Jake Coyle - Associated Press

A woman walks past a closed COVID-19 vaccination site in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. The site was closed today due to the inclement weather. Coronavirus vaccination sites across the Northeastern U.S. are getting back up and running after a two-day snowstorm that also shut down public transport, closed schools and canceled flights. Some vaccination sites in New York City remained closed, but others, including those run by the public hospital system, were open Tuesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NY counties can vaccinate restaurant workers, drivers

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Sales tax revenue drops 10% in NY, more than 2009 recession

By MARINA VILLENEUVE - Associated Press

Andrew Yang announces his run for New York Mayor during a press conference in Morningside Park on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen). **FILE**

NYC mayoral hopeful Andrew Yang tests positive for COVID-19

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2021, file photo, New York Rangers' Tony DeAngelo gets off a pass during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. General manager Jeff Gorton says DeAngelo has played his final game for the Rangers despite going unclaimed on waivers. Gorton said the 25-year-old defenseman will not be around the team after an undisclosed “incident.&quot; (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

DeAngelo ‘has played his last game’ for NY Rangers, GM says

By STEPHEN WHYNO - Associated Press

This image released by NBC shows Lauren Holt in a scene from the &quot;Sam Adams&quot; sketch that aired Oct. 10, 2020 on &quot;Saturday Night Live.&quot; The 29-year-old Charlotte, N.C. native is a featured player on the late-night sketch-comedy series. (Rosalind O'Connor/NBC via AP)

How a Charlotte native landed a job on ‘Saturday Night Live’

By THÉODEN JANES and The Charlotte Observer - Associated Press

Pittsburgh Penguins' Pierre-Olivier Joseph celebrates the game winning goal by Sidney Crosby against New York Rangers' Alexandar Georgiev (40) in an NHL hockey game Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in New York. (Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo via AP)

Crosby scores in overtime, Penguins beat Rangers 5-4

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In this July 11, 2020, file photo, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, at New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral, blesses a photo held by a loved one during the blessing of cremated remains of Mexicans who died from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

NY’s Cardinal Dolan quarantining; a contact tested positive

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Cleveland Cavaliers' Taurean Prince heads for the basket as New York Knicks' Mitchell Robinson (23) defends during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in New York. (Elsa/Pool Photo via AP)

Knicks snap 3-game losing streak with 102-81 rout of Cavs

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FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, Texas Rangers pitcher Corey Kluber throws during an intrasquad game in Arlington, Texas. The New York Yankees reached a deal with Kluber worth $11 million for one year, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 15, because the agreement is subject to a successful physical. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Yankees view Kluber and Taillon as high risk, high reward

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Feds: Woman charged in ex-con’s plot against college women

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 6, 2020, file photo, New York State Attorney General Letitia James adjusts her glasses as she announces that the state is suing the National Rifle Association during a press conference, in New York. New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths of nursing home residents by as much as 50%, the state’s attorney general said in a report released Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. James has, for months, been examining discrepancies between the number of deaths being reported by the state’s Department of Health, and the number of deaths reported by the homes themselves. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

N.Y. nursing home virus deaths were undercounted, AG says

By Marina Villeneuve - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2014 file photo, photographer Corky Lee shouts to the Chinese community posing near the Golden Spike re-enactment ceremony, in Promontory, Utah, as he makes a photo of them to honor Chinese immigrants who built the railroad from the west. Lee, a photojournalist who spent five decades spotlighting the often ignored Asian and Pacific Islander American communities, died Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Queens, New York of complications due to COVID-19. He was 73. (Scott Sommerdorf/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Corky Lee, known for photographing Asian America, dies at 73

By TERRY TANG - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 9, 2020, file photo, Texas Rangers pitcher Corey Kluber throws during an intrasquad game in Arlington, Texas. The New York Yankees reached a deal with Kluber worth $11 million for one year, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Friday, Jan. 15, because the agreement is subject to a successful physical. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

Kluber excited to join Yanks; LeMahieu relieved to remain

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Sandro Botticelli's 15th-century painting called &quot;Young Man Holding a Roundel&quot; is displayed at Sotheby's on Sept. 23, 2020, in New York. The painting will go on auction next year and art watchers will be seeing if it fetches more than its eye-watering $80 million estimate, despite the pandemic. Botticelli’s 15th-century portrait of a nobleman in “Young Man Holding a Roundel” is the highlight of Sotheby’s Masters Week sale series in New York in January. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Botticelli painting sells for $92 million at auction in NYC

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In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address virtually from The War Room at the state Capitol, in Albany, N.Y. New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents by thousands, the state attorney general charged in a report Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, that dealt a blow to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's oft-repeated claims that his state is doing better than others in protecting its most vulnerable. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, Pool, File)

Letitia James, state AG: N.Y. undercounted COVID-19 nursing home deaths by up to 50%

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times