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April 5, 2020 12:03 a.m.

AP News Digest 6:25 p.m.

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April 5, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Civil rights hero Lowery honored at private Atlanta funeral

ATLANTA (AP) — Family of the Rev. Joseph Lowery gathered Saturday for a small, private funeral for the civil rights veteran who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. and decades later delivered a prayer before 1.8 million at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

April 5, 2020 12:03 a.m.

David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.

April 4, 2020 6:27 p.m.

AP News in Brief at 9:04 p.m. EDT

New York gets Chinese ventilators; Trump wants more thanks

April 4, 2020 3:27 p.m.

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

New York gets ventilators in China; Trump wants more thanks

April 4, 2020 3:27 p.m.

AP News Digest 6:25 p.m.

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April 4, 2020 1:27 p.m.

The week that was: Stories from the coronavirus saga

This past week, New York got worse — far worse. In New York City, as morgue space ran out, people started wondering

April 4, 2020 11:03 a.m.

AP News Digest 2 p.m.

Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at

April 4, 2020 11:03 a.m.

Civil rights hero Lowery honored at private Atlanta funeral

ATLANTA (AP) — Family of the Rev. Joseph Lowery gathered Saturday for a small, private funeral for the civil rights veteran who worked closely with Martin Luther King Jr. and decades later delivered a prayer before 1.8 million at the inauguration of President Barack Obama.

April 4, 2020 6:27 a.m.

Where will the bodies go? Morgues plan as virus grows

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — There are the new dead. And then there are the bodies waiting in overcrowded mortuaries to be buried as cities struggle to meet demand and families wrestle with rules on social distancing that make the

April 4, 2020 5:03 a.m.

At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped coffin to pay their last respects. No symphony of sniffles is heard across the room as the minister gives a final prayer.

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

Cuomo orders shift in ventilators to overwhelmed hospitals

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would order the redistribution of critically needed ventilators. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a national enlistment program for doctors and nurses. And the coronavirus outbreak picked up speed with more deaths and more hospitalizations.

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge

NEW YORK (AP) — Pat Marmo walked among 20 or so deceased in the basement of his Brooklyn funeral home, his protective mask pulled down so his pleas could be heard.

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

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

New York gets Chinese ventilators; Trump wants more thanks

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

'We need help': Economic, health crises grow as cases top 1M

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out of work in just two weeks in the swiftest, most stunning collapse the U.S. job market has ever witnessed, and the public health crisis deepened in New York City, where a funeral home in a hard-hit neighborhood had 185 bodies stacked up Thursday — more than triple normal capacity.

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

As the number of infections from the new coronavirus has grown to more than 1.1 million worldwide, health care systems are straining under the surge of patients and lack of medical equipment like ventilators, protective masks and gloves. The New York governor said the Chinese government was

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

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

New York gets Chinese ventilators; Trump wants more thanks

April 4, 2020 12:03 a.m.

David Driskell, prominent authority on black art, dies at 88

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — David Driskell, one of the nation's most influential African American artists and a leading authority on black art, has died. He was 88.

April 3, 2020 4:03 p.m.

AP News Digest 6:25 p.m.

Here are the AP's latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP's coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.