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Florida in cruise-ship standoff, New York collects its dead

by Associated Press
| April 1, 2020 7:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida officials were locked in a standoff with two cruise ships steaming toward the coast Tuesday as more coronavirus hot spots flared around the country and embattled New York City used forklifts to load bodies onto refrigerated trucks in plain view outside overwhelmed hospitals.

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