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Stephanie Owens looks over the garden with her son, Cole, as they tend to it at their home Wednesday March 25 , 2020, in Glen Allen, Va. Owens is a pharmacist who has had to continue to go to work, but has been able to spend more time with her kids because they are home from school . One of the activities that they have done is planting the garden. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

A walk through town: Families, coronavirus and togetherness

03/28/2020 05:41 AM

GLEN ALLEN, Va. (AP) - In a quiet suburb just north of Richmond, Virginia, a mother and her three children spend a weekday afternoon planting a small garden of spinach, red cabbage and lettuce. Across town, a dad teaches his kids how to play volleyball on an empty court. In a sprawling park, a father shows his son and daughter the perfect flick of the wrist to skip rocks in a stream.

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta announcing state lawmakers from around the county have formed an alliance they say will combat restrictive voting laws, Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98

ATLANTA (AP) - The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country's first black president and echoed the call for "justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream" in America.

Civil rights leader, MLK aide Joseph Lowery dies at 98

California lawmakers plead: fight virus, don't pack beaches

Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, who served with King and gave Obama's inaugural benediction, has died at 98

Virus delays review of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

California has surge of virus cases that threatens hospitals

The USNS Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. The The 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship is expected to help take the load off Los Angeles area hospitals as they treat coronavirus patients. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Sheriff: Girl, 4, found in woods; had been missing 2 days

In a photo provided by Clay Carson, rescuers carry 4-year-old Vadie Sides out of the woods in Lee County, Ala., Friday, March 27, 2020. Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones said the girl was found with a dog at her side after two days in the woods. Authorities said the girl wandered away from a sitter while in a backyard. (Clay Carson via AP)

Ski vacation hot spot becomes virus ground zero in Idaho

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2016, file photo, a contestant competes in the Snowball Special fat bike race at Sun Valley Resort in Blaine County, Idaho. Three Idaho residents have become the first reported deaths in the state because of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, state health officials announced Thursday. Two of the cases were in Blaine County, the epicenter of Idaho's outbreak. (Chadd Cripe/Idaho Statesman via AP)

AP Sources: Alleged Maduro co-conspirator is in DEA custody

This image provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a reward poster for Cliver Alcala-Cordones that was released on Thursday, March 26, 2020. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Venezuela's socialist leader Nicol�s Maduro and several key aides on charges of narcoterrorism. (Department of Justice via AP)

'The day the music died': Coronavirus tests New Orleans

Jackson Square, normally bustling with tourists, is seen deserted in the French Quarter of New Orleans, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, Friday, March 27, 2020. While rich in history and culture, New Orleans is economically poor, and the people here are not necessarily well-positioned to weather this latest storm. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Shop sells 'hundreds' of doughnuts starring Dr. Fauci's face

In this Wednesday, March 25, 2020 photo, donuts bearing the likeness of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, rest on a plate at Donuts Delite in Rochester, N.Y. Donuts Delite began making donuts featuring Fauci's face earlier in the week. (Shawn Dowd/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)

States impose new restrictions on travelers from New York

In this Thursday, March 26, 2020 photo, an electronic sign in downtown Westerly, R.I., informs motorists coming of a quarantine policy announced by Gov. Raimondo. Travelers from New York will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days upon arriving in the state. (Harold Hanka/The Sun via AP)

What you need to know today about the virus outbreak

Media stand in front of the Eiffel Tower where the word

NYC subway driver killed in fire being investigated as crime

In this Friday, March 27, 2020, photo provided by the Fire Department of the City of New York, authorities examine the remains of a subway car after it was destroyed by fire. Officials said a fire in a shopping cart on the subway train led to the death of the train's operator and injuries to several other people early Friday. The incident is being investigated as a crime. (FDNY via AP)

Outside hard-hit nursing home, staffers find nervous public

Carl Shrader, medical director for the Sundale nursing home in Morgantown, said 16 residents and four staffers have tested have tested positive for the coronavirus in Morgantown, W.Va., Wednesday March 25, 2020. The nursing home with at least 20 coronavirus cases has become

As virus toll mounts in NY, more hospitals sought

Bicyclists and a pedestrian pass through a quiet Manhattan street, Thursday, March 26, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic in New York. Because of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's

Handling mail amid coronavirus: Low risk but wash your hands

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020 file photo, a postal worker wears a protective mask and gloves while operating a route in the Queens borough of New York. Health experts say the risks are very low that coronavirus will remain on envelopes or packages and infect anyone that comes in contact with it. But those on the frontlines of all those deliveries are taking steps to try to protect themselves. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Cruise stocks sink after missing out on economic-relief bill

The Norwegian Encore cruise ship is docked at the Port of Miami on Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Miami, Fla. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald via AP)

Judge mulls request to release migrant children over virus

Experiencing the virus abroad

Staying afloat: $2.2 trillion bill offers economic lifeline

A man balances boxes of food that he picked up from Masbia Soup Kitchen, Thursday, March 26, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

PG&E to use wildfire victims fund to pay for past crimes

In this photo taken Feb. 18, 2020, people walk behind a Pacific Gas and Electric truck parked in San Francisco. The stock market turmoil triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is raising worries that Pacific Gas & Electric's $13.5 billion settlement with victims of catastrophic wildfires may be worth far less by the time the beleaguered company emerges from bankruptcy. A lawyer who represents more than 81,000 wildfire victims flagged the escalating concerns during a Wednesday, March 25, 2020, court hearing held by conference call. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Health

An Italian flag hangs outside the San Giuseppe church as an Army soldier walks past trucks waiting to load coffins to be taken to crematoriums in Venice and Udine, from Seriate, near Bergamo, northern Italy, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Technology

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, the Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, D.C. An internet firm is ending the automated registration of website names that include words or phrases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, in an attempt to combat coronavirus-related fraud. Los Angeles-based Namecheap Inc. made the pledge after a federal judge in Texas on Sunday, March 22, 2020, ordered the takedown of a website the U.S. Department of Justice accused of stealing credit card information while offering fake coronavirus vaccine kits. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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