But out-of-state residents won’t be taking part due to self-quarantine requirements.
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Cuomo criticized over highest nursing home death toll
The New York governor says providing masks and gowns is ‘not our job’ because the homes are privately owned.
Arkansas venue plans concert despite state’s virus limits
Singer Travis McCready is scheduled to play at TempleLive in Fort Smith on May 15.
Andre Harrell, music executive who discovered Diddy, dies at 59
The Uptown Records founder shaped the sound of hip-hop and R&B in the late ’80s and ’90s.
U.S. adds cameras at Mexico border despite drop in crossings
The Pentagon sent 60 mobile surveillance cameras and 540 more troops to the border this month.
Canada, U.S. extend border restrictions for another 30 days
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the nations have agreed to keep their border closed to nonessential travel.
Deadly toll on black Americans grows starker as more data emerges
Health conditions at higher rates – obesity, diabetes and asthma – make African Americans more susceptible to the virus.
Governors feeling heat to reopen from protesters, president
They’re easing restrictions even as new hot spots emerge and experts warn that moving too fast could prove disastrous.
Lacking federal coordination, states team up on when to reopen
President Trump gives contradicting messages on lifting stay-at-home orders once the coronavirus threat subsides.
10 years after BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster: Oil rigs drill deeper; rules relaxed
Some scientists, former government officials and environmentalists say safety practices appear to be eroding.