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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

Sounders get video review help in 1-1 draw with Columbus

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A man makes use of a hand-sanitizing station at CenturyLink Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Seattle Sounders and the Chicago Fire, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Seattle. Major North American professional sports leagues are talking to health officials and informing teams about the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Smaller crowd for Seattle’s 1st major event since outbreak

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Pat Herrick holds a photo of her mother, Elaine, a resident of Life Care Center who died earlier in the day, Thursday, March 5, 2020, in Kirkland, Wash. Family members of residents of the nursing home where multiple people have died from the coronavirus spoke to the media about their loved ones as Washington state authorities reported dozens more cases. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)

University goes online, nursing home gets help against virus

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows CDC’s laboratory test kit for the new coronavirus. (CDC via AP)

US labs await virus-testing kits promised by administration

By MATTHEW PERRONE and MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

A worker, who declined to be identified, cleans seats at CenturyLink Field in preparation for the NFL football NFC championship in Seattle, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. The Seattle Seahawks play the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Century Link Field worker tests positive for coronavirus

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A pair of workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport wear masks Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Six of the 18 Western Washington residents with the coronavirus have died as health officials rush to test more suspected cases and communities brace for spread of the disease. All confirmed cases of the virus in Washington are in Snohomish and King counties. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Families slam nursing home residents’ treatment

By MARTHA BELLISLE and RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

A pair of workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport wear masks Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in SeaTac, Wash. Six of the 18 Western Washington residents with the coronavirus have died as health officials rush to test more suspected cases and communities brace for spread of the disease. All confirmed cases of the virus in Washington are in Snohomish and King counties. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Feds investigate nursing home as U.S. death toll hits 11

By GENE JOHNSON and RACHEL LA CORTE and MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

UMKC, Chicago State men’s hoops not traveling due to virus

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UMKC, Chicago State teams won’t travel to Seattle due to coronavirus

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A worker wears a mask at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, walks near a UPS truck during a package delivery, Monday, March 2, 2020. Several of the people who have died in Washington state from the COVID-19 coronavirus were tied to the long-term care facility, where dozens of residents were sick. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington state sees 10 virus deaths, closures weighed

By MARTHA BELLISLE - Associated Press

A worker at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, wears a mask as she leaves the building, Monday, March 2, 2020. Several of the people who have died in Washington state from the COVID-19 coronavirus were tied to the long-term care facility, where dozens of residents were sick. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Tensions rise as US death toll from coronavirus reaches 9

By GENE JOHNSON and CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Acquaah scores late, Cal Baptist beats Seattle 88-87 in OT

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump on coronavirus in the press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Authorities announce 2nd coronavirus death in US

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and GILLIAN FLACCUS - Associated Press

Seattle Sounders defender Miguel Ibarra (11) leaps to head the ball against the Chicago Fire during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Morris scores twice, defending champion Sounders beat Fire

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Seattle Sounders coach Brian Schmetzer walks on the field before a CONCACAF Champions League soccer match against Olimpia, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Seattle. The match ended with a 2-2 tie for a 4-4 aggregate score in the two-game series; Olimpia won on penalty kicks to advance to the next round. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

MLS 2020: Sounders embrace challenge of trying to repeat

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

Bothell High School stands closed for the day, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, in Bothell, Wash. The suburban Seattle school was closed Thursday after a staffer's family member was placed in quarantine for showing symptoms of possibly contracting the new virus that started in China - an action health officials say is unnecessary. The school will be cleaned and disinfected on Thursday while students stay home. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

High school staffer’s family member tests negative for virus

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2015, file photo, two sailors stand with a gun as the USS John Stennis aircraft carrier leaves Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state. A federal judge in Seattle ruled Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, that President Donald Trump cannot divert $89 million intended for a construction project at the base to help build his wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Judge: Military funds for Washington state can’t go to wall

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

Seattle NHL team breaks ground on practice facility

By TIM BOOTH - Associated Press

This Jan. 28, 2020 photo shows the Tower theatre located in downtown Bend, Ore., where the population in the early 1990's was around 25,000 and leaned Republican. Demographic shifts are helping push the Republican Party into a nosedive along the West Coast. The last Republican presidential candidate that California went for was George H.W. Bush. For Oregon and Washington, it was Ronald Reagan. Now, Republicans in the three states are even struggling to hold seats in Congress, statehouses and city councils. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)

Shifting demographics drive GOP nosedive on US West Coast

By ANDREW SELSKY - Associated Press