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NJ governor reports 4,070 deaths, but signs of progress

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This Thursday, April 16, 2020 photo shows the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J. Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies Sunday and Monday at the nursing home in northwestern New Jersey, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Officials hopeful outbreak leveling off, but urge distance

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Time for Murphy to find new gig

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NJ schools closed until at least May 15, Murphy says

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Decision on NJ schools likely on Thursday, Murphy says

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy's removes his mask before giving his daily press briefing at the War Memorial in Trenton, N.J. on Saturday, April 11, 2020. Murphy says he is ordering state transit systems to reduce their capacity by half and will require all transit riders to wear face coverings. (Chris Pedota/The Record via AP, Pool)

New Jersey to work with other states to reopen post-pandemic

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, Murphy looks around after he toured the Edison Field Medical Station at the site of the N.J. Convention &amp; Exposition Center in Edison, N.J., Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The Exposition Center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle a possible overflow of patients due to the stress on healthcare facilities due to the spread of COVID-19. (Chris Pedota/The Record via AP, Pool)

Some convicts could get home confinement amid outbreak

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New Jersey delays primary to July because of virus outbreak

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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy looks around after touring the Edison Field Medical Station at the site of the N.J. Convention & Exposition Center in Edison, N.J., Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The Exposition Center was converted into a makeshift hospital to handle a possible overflow of patients due to the stress on healthcare facilities due to the spread of COVID-19. (Chris Pedota/The Record via AP, Pool)

Phil Murphy, New Jersey governor, postpones June 2 primary to July 7

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

NJ pushes primary to July 7 from June 2 because of COVID-19

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy tours the new Field Medical Station for the coronavirus outbreak at the Meadowlands Exposition Center Thursday, April 2, 2020. (Michael Mancuso/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy closing state parks, extending public health emergency by 30 days

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

A police officer talks to a motorist at an intersection on the border between Irvington and Newark, N.J., Friday, April 3, 2020. The police officers were reminding pedestrians and the occasional motorist to avoid unnecessary travel and practice social distancing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey death toll from coronavirus surpasses 1,000

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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy tours the new Field Medical Station for the coronavirus outbreak at the Meadowlands Exposition Center Thursday, April 2, 2020. (Michael Mancuso/NJ Advance Media via AP, Pool)

New Jersey governor orders flags at half-staff to honor COVID-19 dead

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A police officer talks to a motorist at an intersection on the border between Irvington and Newark, N.J., Friday, April 3, 2020. The police officers were reminding pedestrians and the occasional motorist to avoid unnecessary travel and practice social distancing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NJ lowering flags indefinitely to remember COVID-19 deaths

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The field medical station set up at the Meadowlands Exposition Center is nearly complete in Secaucus, N.J., Thursday, April 2, 2020. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy toured the medical station that is expected to open early next week. It is slated to field non-coronavirus cases. It's one of four such facilities that are supposed to open in New Jersey. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey’s COVID-19 death rate spikes, totaling 537

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COVID-19 reaches quarter of New Jersey’s nursing homes

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A home in Haddonfield, N.J., displays a &quot;positive&quot; yard sign Tuesday, March 31, 2020. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

New Jersey death toll from COVID-19 approaching 300

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

First military coronavirus death is New Jersey Army National Guard soldier

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A man walks past a sign recommending social distancing overlooking the Manhattan skyline in Weehawken, N.J., Monday, March 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

8 nursing home residents die of COVID-19, NJ mayor says

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