<p>CHRISTIANSBURG, MD – MARCH 16: About 200 school buses are parked at the Montgomery County Schools Clarksburg Bus Depot, idled by the closing of schools across Maryland in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak March 16, 2020 in Clarksburg, Maryland. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan orders schools closed until March 27 so to reduce exposure and the spread of the COVID-19 in the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)</p>
<p>FILE – This Dec. 4, 2019 file photo shows Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 14th annual L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth Gala in New York. Oz says he misspoke during a Fox News Channel appearance this week where he said reopening schools was a “very appetizing opportunity” despite the coronavirus epidemic. In a Twitter post late Thursday, April 16, the heart surgeon and television talk show host said he recognized his comments had confused and upset people, and that was never his intention.</p>
<p>Kevin Costner looks down at a photo of himself from the film “Bull Durham” as he signs autographs in Los Angeles. </p>
<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, R – Ky., angrily warned Democrats to quit stalling on “political games” and strike a deal. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., fired back at McConnell over the bill’s failure to put restraints on a proposed $500 billion “slush fund” for corporations.</p>
<p>A worker disinfects the front doors of the School Without Walls High School on March 9, 2020. The school was closed early in the coronavirus crisis after a member of the staff reported close contact with a person who tested positive. </p>
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<p>A health worker directs vehicles at a drive-through COVID-19 testing location set up by the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, on March 19, 2020. The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 11,000 as of 4:40 p.m. local time on Thursday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Ting Shen via Getty Images)</p>
<p>A near empty food Pentagon City Mall is seen in Arlington, Virginia on March 17, 2020. – The coronavirus outbreak has transformed the US virtually overnight from a place of boundless consumerism to one suddenly constrained by nesting and social distancing.The crisis tests all retailers, leading to temporary store closures at companies like Apple and Nike, manic buying of food staples at supermarkets and big-box stores like Walmart even as many stores remain open for business — albeit in a weirdly anemic consumer environment. Читать дальше...
<p>In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, Nick Cordero attends opening night of Rock Of Ages Hollywood at The Bourbon Room in Hollywood, Calif.</p>
<p>A colorful mural by artist Max Ehrman covers the boarded up Chez Maman restaurant at Hayes and Gough in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley.</p>
<p>In this file photo, Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle visit Reprezent 107.3FM on January 9, 2018 in London, England.</p>
<p>In this May 30, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, right, leaves Federal Court, in New York.</p>
<p>Erik Gutshall is resigning from the Arlington County Board after serving since 2017.</p>
<p>File Photo of Maryland State Flag.</p>
<p>BLACKSBURG, VA – APRIL 15: A memorial of 32 granite blocks representing each of the people killed by Cho Seung-Hui at Virginia Tech is seen April 15, 2008 in Blacksburg, Virginia. The man said he knew two of the students and one of the teachers killed in the massacre. The one-year anniversary of the worst school shooting in US history is tomorrow. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)</p>