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Recent developments in the golf climate around New York state have me thinking back to my childhood.

Stock indexes are inching higher Tuesday, as some of Wall Street’s most downtrodden stocks flip into winners and some earlier stalwarts run out of momentum.

NEW YORK (AP) — COVID-19 hospital admissions dipped below 1,000 and military jets soared in tribute above New York City. Meanwhile, city schools are adopting a new grading system.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday meant to stave off a shortage of chicken, pork and other meat on American supermarket shelves because of the coronavirus.

Jordan Flowers never thought he would become a labor leader. Then the coronavirus forced him to risk his life every time he clocked in.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey has dispatched a planeload of personal protective equipment to support the United States as it grapples with the coronavirus outbreak.

Rohrwasser appeared emotional in a a video conference with WBZ-TV as he apologized to his family for having to defend him for bearing the insignia used by the "Three Percenters." The tattoo gained national attention and social-media criticism after Rohrwasser, a kicker for Marshall University, was drafted  in the fifth round by the Patriots on Saturday.

DUBÁI (AP) — En la zona industrial de Dubái, los obreros sueldan, perforan y hacen otras tareas para fabricar lo que un empresario local vislumbra puede ser un producto de uso generalizado en un futuro cercano: Módulos desinfectantes que ayuden a evitar la propagación del coronavirus.

Rian Carter, who joined the University at Albany basketball team last season as a walk-on, has decided to transfer, according to WHAM-TV (Ch. 13) in Rochester.

ROUNDUP, Mont. (AP) — Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whenever she’s down, Tiffany Haddish says she finds a good joke can bring her right back up.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of tribal nations in their bid to keep Alaska Native corporations from getting a share of $8 billion in coronavirus relief funding — at least for now.

SEATTLE (AP) — Workers who had been exposed to the coronavirus at Washington state’s largest psychiatric hospital were herded into a small building to be tested. Inside, few wore masks. They were given test kits by people without gloves and told to swirl a swab inside their noses.

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — Nearly two years after 17 people died when a tourist boat sank on a Missouri lake, federal transportation safety investigators on Tuesday will release the results of an investigation into the tragedy.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro’s insistence that it is just a "little flu” and that there is no need for the sharp restrictions that have slowed the infection’s spread in Europe and the U.S.

Few people can claim to have ever made the kind of impact as a coach as Ron Jones made with the Hoosick Falls varsity football team. The Panthers now must go forward without their mentor as Jones, 51, died Thursday afternoon of an apparent heart attack.

Miami

The NBA has pushed back the possible reopening date of some team practice facilities for at least a week until May 8 at the earliest, saying Monday the extra time was needed in part to make sure player training options would be safe and controlled in an effort to try to mitigate the threats caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

And when those facilities reopen, the rules will be strict.

The May 8 date is far from firm, the NBA said, warning teams that it "may push this... Читать дальше...

New York

Chris Evans' latest TV project had a nice lure built in — he was able to stay close to his Boston-area home.

"I got to sleep in my own bed and see my family on the weekends. And it felt really, for a little while, like I had a regular 9-to-5 job," the actor said. "That's tough to beat."

Evans stars in the eight-part Apple TV Plus drama series "Defending Jacob," which is set in the Boston suburbs. The "Captain America" star got to lean into his natural accent and visit spots he knew growing up. Читать дальше...

Ricky Gervais generally has reliable comic timing. He helped usher in a renaissance of documentary-style cringe comedy as a creator and star of the original British version of "The Office." And he has successfully positioned himself against the well-heeled Hollywood crowd that occasionally invites Gervais to mock them to their faces as host of the Golden Globes. (In his routine in January, Gervais roasted his celebrity peers for their displays of social consciousness while they worked for corporations like Amazon... Читать дальше...

The Jets will pick up All-Pro safety Jamal Adams' fifth-year option before next Monday's deadline, The Daily News reported. The value of the Adams' option will be $9.86 million, the transition tag for safeties this year. It will become fully guaranteed on the first day of the 2021 league year.

DEAR ABBY: I have a problem I can't fix. I have been married for 54 years. For the last 20 we have slept in different bedrooms. I get no affection from my wife, and everything has to be her way. We no longer have anything in common except our children and grandchildren who, for the most part, come to me only when they need something.