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May 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On Saturday afternoons, pianist Harry Mayronne wheels a piano onto the front porch of the home of jazz singer Anais St. John for their weekly performance. The duo – spaced 6-feet apart – serenades a handful of friends and neighbors assembled on chairs on the sidewalk and a larger audience online.

May 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns

May 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Before the virus: Looking back on some last 'normal' moments

The coronavirus scare has done something to time.

May 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDT

With quirks and restrictions, many states lift lockdowns

May 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Hall of Famer Dawson deals with coronavirus as a mortician

MIAMI (AP) — The man consoling mourners and directing his staff at Paradise Memorial Funeral Home might look familiar if he wasn't wearing a mask.

May 1, 2020 12:03 a.m.

NYPD cracks down on another big funeral, stoking tensions

NEW YORK (AP) — Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community flared again Thursday as officers interrupted a crowded funeral procession to crack down on social distancing violators.

April 30, 2020 7:03 p.m.

NYPD cracks down on another big funeral, stoking tensions

NEW YORK (AP) — Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community flared again Thursday as officers interrupted a crowded funeral procession to crack down on social distancing violators.

April 30, 2020 2:27 p.m.

Coronavirus and other causes driving surge in US deaths

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. has seen at least 66,000 more deaths than usual so far this year, according to government data, and the new coronavirus accounts for much — but not all — of the increase.

April 30, 2020 2:03 p.m.

Pass the plate? Not yet, as churches rethink their routines

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — It's almost unheard of to go into a Southern Baptist church and not have a plate passed for donations.

April 30, 2020 2:03 p.m.

NV--Nevada News Digest

Good afternoon. Here’s a new, updated look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up in Nevada.

April 30, 2020 1:03 p.m.

Hall of Famer Dawson deals with coronavirus as a mortician

MIAMI (AP) — The man consoling mourners and directing his staff at Paradise Memorial Funeral Home might look familiar if he wasn't wearing a mask.

April 30, 2020 1:03 p.m.

New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — On Saturday afternoons, pianist Harry Mayronne wheels a piano onto the front porch of the home of jazz singer Anais St. John for their weekly performance. The duo – spaced 6-feet apart – serenades a handful of friends and neighbors assembled on chairs on the sidewalk and a larger audience online.

April 30, 2020 1:03 p.m.

'Unconscionable' body overflow at funeral home prompts probe

NEW YORK (AP) — It started with reports of a strange stench in Brooklyn. Police who investigated found another example of how the cornavirus has overwhelmed the city: A funeral home had resorted to storing

April 30, 2020 11:27 a.m.

Cruz urges DOJ to watch for religious discrimination in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz is urging the Justice Department “to closely monitor New York City” for potential religious discrimination amid the pandemic after its mayor singled out “the Jewish community” following the breakup of a large gathering of Orthodox Jews.

April 30, 2020 8:27 a.m.

5-year-old coronavirus victim mourned at Detroit funeral

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — A handful of loved ones in a chapel on Detroit’s west side and hundreds of mourners participating online said goodbye Thursday to the daughter of a police officer and firefighter who is Michigan’s youngest victim in the coronavirus pandemic so far.

April 30, 2020 8:03 a.m.

Bullets, virus: Fears multiply for Colombia's ex-rebels

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — On the day that Colombia announced its first case of the new coronavirus, Astrid Conde’s body lay in a morgue with four gunshot wounds to the chest, the latest casualty in a scourge of violence against former rebel soldiers.

April 30, 2020 7:27 a.m.

About 50 bodies found in trucks outside NY funeral home

NEW YORK (AP) — Police were called to a Brooklyn neighborhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials said.

April 30, 2020 6:27 a.m.

Virus Outbreak, ADVISORY

The world’s economic pain was on full display as Europe and the United States released more figures showing just how devastating the impact has been from coronavirus lockdown measures. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits soared past 30 million, worsening a crisis unmatched since the 1930s and heightening pressure on political leaders to lift restrictions that are hamstringing the economy. The European economy shrank a record 3.8% in the first quarter as hotels, restaurants, construction sites and manufacturing were frozen by coronavirus shutdowns. It was the biggest drop in the eurozone since statistics began in 1995. France’s economy also shrank an eye-popping 5.8%, the biggest quarterly drop since 1949.

April 30, 2020 4:27 a.m.

AP News Digest 7 a.m.

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April 30, 2020 3:27 a.m.

AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

As economies stagger, pressures grow to ease virus lockdowns