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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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For Autocrats, and Others, Coronavirus Is a Chance to Grab Even More Power

By SELAM GEBREKIDAN

Leaders around the world have passed emergency decrees and legislation expanding their reach during the pandemic. Will they ever relinquish them?

Behind Trump's Reversal on Reopening the Country: 2 Sets of Numbers

By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN

An estimate of the number of possible deaths and polling that showed a cautious public changed, for now, the president's approach to the coronavirus pandemic.

They Can't Afford to Quarantine. So They Brave the Subway.

By CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM and LINDSEY ROGERS COOK

Subway use has plummeted in recent weeks, but in poorer areas of New York City, many people are still riding.

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Days After a Funeral in a Georgia Town, Coronavirus 'Hit Like a Bomb'

By ELLEN BARRY

A mourner came to Albany, Ga., to attend the funeral of a retired janitor. After a pause while the infections incubated, the virus swept through the community.