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FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, Mona Hardin, center left at podium, mother of Ronald Greene, speaks at a news conference outside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Greene died following a police chase in Louisiana in 2019, and his death is now under federal investigation. Greene's family filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit in May alleging troopers "brutalized" Greene, used a stun gun on him three times and "left him beaten, bloodied and in cardiac arrest," before covering up his actual cause of death. (AP Photo/Dorthy Ray, File)
Pandemic, hurricanes top Louisiana news for 2020

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FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

FILE - This May 28, 2019 file photo shows Singer Harry Connick Jr. with his daughter Georgia at a special screening of "Pavarotti" in New York. CBS will air a two-hour special, "United We Sing: A Grammy Salute to the Unsung Heroes" to honor essential workers across America. The special will air June 21 and will follow host Connick Jr. and his filmmaker-daughter Georgia on road trip celebrating and thanking essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Harry Connick Jr. honors workers during pandemic road trip

By Kristin M. Hall Jun. 19, 2020 09:22 AM EDT

Anais St. John reacts after conducting a front porch concert at her home in New Orleans, Saturday, April 11, 2020. With New Orleans music venues shuttered for more than a month now because of the coronavirus outbreak, musicians and fans are finding new places to connect – porches, living rooms, studios and lawns – and reaching their largest audiences online, many streaming performances live on social media platforms. But for the city's club owners awaiting the green light to reopen there's concern about all the uncertainties, like how long it may take tourists to return, how soon the music scene will rebound and when it does, what it will look like. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music

By Stacey Plaisance Apr. 30, 2020 04:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2020, file photo, an MTA worker wears personal protective equipment at the Grand Army Plaza station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. As the coronavirus tightened its grip across the country, it is cutting a particularly devastating swath through an already vulnerable population, black Americans. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Outcry over racial data grows as virus slams black Americans

By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer And Aaron Morrison Apr. 08, 2020 03:54 PM EDT

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COUNTRY MUSIC ACADEMY AIRS SHOW IN LIEU OF AWARDS - BECAUSE OF COVID-19 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music’s biggest stars should have...