As the number of infections 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. All of which has heightened concerns about the exposure of hospital personnel.

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Statement: Search for daughter, grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend now a "recovery" mission.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal appeals court refuses to block extension of absentee voting in Wisconsin election.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans say election should be held as planned Tuesday despite governor's request to delay.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks close lower on Wall Street after latest grim reading on job losses due to coronavirus outbreak spooks investors.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Daughter and grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend missing after canoe found in Chesapeake Bay.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Judge rules Wisconsin clerks can't release results from Tuesday's election before April 13 absentee deadline.

HOPEWELL, N.J., April 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Now more than ever, primary care providers should be the first point of contact for anyone who is not feeling well. To safely and conveniently provide patients with the most appropriate care, Capital Health Medical Group offers video visits with …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family says ‘Lean on Me’ singer-songwriter Bill Withers has died at 81.

A record-long streak of U.S. job growth ended suddenly in March after nearly a decade as employers cut 701,000 jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic that’s all but shut down the U.S. economy. The unemployment rate jumped to 4.4% from a 50-year low of 3.5%.

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CHICAGO (AP) — AP source: Chicago mayor to name former Dallas police Chief David Brown to lead the Chicago Police Department.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Federal judge refuses to postpone Wisconsin's presidential primary but extends absentee voting window.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Passengers of 2 cruise ships with coronavirus cases given green light to disembark at Florida port, commissioner says.

NEW YORK (AP) — Confirmed cases of coronavirus top 1 million worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University tally.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks open slightly higher even after applications for unemployment benefits surge as millions of jobs are lost.

More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last wee k, far exceeding a record high set just last week, a sign that layoffs are accelerating in the midst of the coronavirus.

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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. Economists warn unemployment could reach levels not seen since the Great Depression. The dire news comes as the public health crisis deepens in New York City, where a funeral home in a hard-hit neighborhood has 185 bodies stacked up — over triple normal capacity. Competition for ventilators, masks and other protective gear seems to have grown more desperate as deaths mount in Italy, Spain and New York City, the U.S.' most lethal hot spot with nearly 2,400 lives lost.

Nursing homes across the country have been in lockdown for weeks under federal orders to protect their frail, elderly residents from coronavirus. But a wave of deadly outbreaks nearly every day since suggests the measures including a ban on visits and daily screenings of staffers either came too late or were not rigorous enough. Recent outbreaks in Tennessee, New Jersey, Ohio and Maryland have pushed nursing home deaths to at least 450 and highlight the biggest gap: Screenings of workers don’t involve testing but the taking of temperatures or asking health questions that still allow asymptomatic people to slip through.

One of the sons of New Orleans jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr. says the patriarch of the New Orleans clan that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford has died after battling pneumonia brought on by COVID-19. The jazz patriarch was 85.  Ellis Marsalis III said Wednesday his father had been hospitalized while battling the new coronavirus. The elder Marsalis opted to stay in New Orleans most of his career, gaining wider national prominence once his sons became famous. Four of his six sons are musicians: Wynton, the trumpeter, is America's most prominent jazz spokesman as artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans mayor says jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis Jr. dead at 85; pianist, father of musician sons Wynton, Branford.

Los Angeles (AP) — Los Angeles mayor recommends everyone in the nation's second-largest city wear a mask to combat the coronavirus.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Port of Los Angeles train engineer is charged with stealing locomotive, crashing it near the hospital ship Mercy.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fall sharply as number of coronavirus cases rises and the economic toll of the outbreak worsens; Dow drops 4.4%.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, under pressure, abandons partial measures and issues statewide stay-at-home order.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia governor reschedules state's May 12 primary election for June 9 over fears about the coronavirus.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fall more than 3% at open on Wall Street, following declines in Asia, Europe, as Trump warns of 'dark days' ahead.

Distressing images of morgue trucks in New York City, taking away the rising number of dead from the coronavirus, have underscored the latest grim projections for the entire country.

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NFL teams are having to adjust to a new normal as they prepare for the NFL draft in three weeks without being able to visit prospects for in-person evaluations and interviews. The league is responding to the global coronavirus pandemic by forbidding teams from hosting prospects or traveling to interview them as they normally do. The pandemic also scuttled many college pro timing days that prospects were hoping to use to make impressions on NFL scouts. The Broncos say teams will have to rely on game film more than ever. But some believe that's a detriment. 

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. Geological Survey reports magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck north of Boise, Idaho.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fall and the S&P 500 ends with a first-quarter drop of 20%, its worst quarterly performance since 2008.

NEW YORK (AP) — US death toll from coronavirus eclipses China's official count; CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is infected.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks open slightly lower; market is on track for its biggest quarterly decline since the fourth quarter of 2008.

EXTON, Pa., March 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SCTE•ISBE today announced the launch of its ambitious new Explorer initiative that brings together leaders with diverse backgrounds to usher in a new era of connectivity, better preparing us for future challenges and crises. Participants will levera…

The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak in the United States has it poised to overtake China's tally of 3,300 deaths, with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying up to 1 million more health care workers are needed in the city.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rise again on Wall Street, bringing its gain over the past week to 17%, as hopes build for coronavirus response.

A Florida sheriff is seeking an arrest warrant for the pastor of a megachurch after officials say he held two Sunday services with hundreds of people and violated a safer-at-home order in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a news conference Monday that he's negotiating with the attorney of Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne to turn himself in to authorities. Chronister says he told church leaders of the danger they are putting themselves and their congregation in by not maintaining appropriate social distancing. The county and governor’s orders require gatherings be fewer than 10 people to limit the spread of COVID-19. A live stream of Sunday's three-and-a-half-hour church service showed scores of congregants.

NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's, stores dark, will furlough 130,000 people.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks open about 1% higher on Wall Street in more volatile trading amid uncertainty over economic pain of coronavirus.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York passes grim milestone: Over 1,000 killed by virus, more than two-thirds of the deaths in NYC.

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (AP) — Serial killer known as 'Grim Sleeper' dies in California prison; Lonnie Franklin, 67, was on death row for 10 murders.

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York governor delays state's presidential primary from April to June.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Relative says former US Sen. Tom Coburn, conservative political maverick and Oklahoma physician, has died.

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