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Maeve Fahey Kennedy Townsend McKean, 41, and her son, 8-year-old Gideon, are presumed dead after going missing on the Chesapeake Bay Thursday.

Search to continue for Kennedy Townsend's daughter, grandson

A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 4, 2020 in New York. - New York state's coronavirus toll rose at a devastating pace to 3,565 deaths Saturday, the governor said, up from 2,935 the previous day, the largest 24-hour jump recorded there. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP) (Photo by BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus death toll in U.S. almost certainly higher than official count

Maura and Joe Lewinger

Widow, in emotional CNN interview, recalls heartbreaking final moments with her 42-year-old husband

U.S. surgeon general: 'The next week is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment' April 5, 2020 | 11:22 AM

This Friday, April 3, 2020, photo shows an exterior view of The Resort at Texas City, Texas. According to the Galveston County Health District, the number of employees and residents testing positive for COVID-19 at the nursing home rose Friday, the Daily News reports. (Jennifer Reynolds/The Galveston County Daily News via AP)

Coronavirus In Nursing Homes

He kissed his mother goodbye. Then he learned she had coronavirus. April 5, 2020 | 9:09 AM

Jabin Botsford

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE

The U.S. was beset by denial and dysfunction as the coronavirus raged April 4, 2020 | 11:43 AM

This undated image posted on Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean's Facebook account shows her with her family, including her son Gideon Joseph Kennedy McKean, bottom right. Authorities were searching for the daughter and a grandson of former Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend on Friday, April 3, 2020, after a canoe they were paddling in the Chesapeake Bay didn’t return to shore. (Twitter via AP)

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Search resumes for Kennedy Townsend's daughter, 8-year-old grandson April 3, 2020 | 3:34 PM

People walk past the New York Stock Exchange in February in New York City.

Americans are underestimating how long coronavirus disruptions will last, health experts say April 3, 2020 | 12:19 PM

The Navy hospital ship Comfort has been docked at Pier 90 in Manhattan since its arrival on Monday.

The 1,000-bed Comfort was supposed to aid New York. It has 20 patients. April 3, 2020 | 11:58 AM

Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, shows charts on death estimates related to the coronavirus pandemic. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Coronavirus deaths

How did the White House arrive at its 100,000 to 240,000 coronavirus deaths estimate? Here's what we know. April 3, 2020 | 11:45 AM

The Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as Seabrook Station, the nuclear power plant located in Seabrook, New Hampshire, sits approximately 40 miles north of Boston.

NUCLEAR PLANT STAFFING

'This is highly specialized work that needs a lot of attention and focus' April 3, 2020 | 8:56 AM

The U.S. Treasury building in Washington, D.C.

What you need to do to get your government stimulus check April 2, 2020 | 7:25 PM

Bill O'Leary

Stimulus checks

IRS to start sending stimulus checks April 9; some Americans won't receive them until September April 2, 2020 | 7:14 PM

The USNS Mercy was the subject of an engineer's conspiracy.

'I just went for it'

Coronavirus conspiracy theory leads engineer to crash train near hospital ship April 2, 2020 | 12:35 PM

The nation's largest home improvement chain said this week that it's hiring more than 80,000 workers nationwide for its busy spring season, the same level as in recent years. The retailer estimates that more than half of the temporary workers stay on for permanent employment.

Home Depot orders stores to stop selling N95 masks to save them for health care workers April 2, 2020 | 11:51 AM

unemployment benefits

A record 6.6 million seek unemployment benefits as layoffs mount April 2, 2020 | 10:29 AM

Tourists brought prosperity to an Idaho ski valley. They also brought COVID-19. April 1, 2020 | 1:05 PM

US President Donald Trump looks on during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on March 31, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Coronavirus deaths

White House projects 100,000-240,000 U.S. deaths from the coronavirus March 31, 2020 | 6:21 PM

An elderly woman has her temperature checked at a checkpoint as authorities begin implementing lockdown measures earlier this month in Marikina, Metro Manila, Philippines.
EZRA ACAYAN/GETTY IMAGES

What explains COVID-19’s lethality for the elderly? March 30, 2020 | 10:26 PM

Patients wait in line for a Covid-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York.

Two new road maps lay out possible paths to end coronavirus lockdowns March 30, 2020 | 10:18 PM

In an undated handout image, a screenshot from the livestream of the Rev. Rodney Howard-Browne, the pastor at the River at Tampa Bay Church, speaking to his congregation in Tampa Bay, Fla., March 29, 2020.

Rev. Rodney Howard-Browne

Florida sheriff charges megapastor who kept church open, said closings are for 'pansies' March 30, 2020 | 5:37 PM

A group of nurses protests for more personal protective equipment at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, March 28, 2020. Several Democratic governors said on Sunday that they feared hospitals in their states would soon be overwhelmed with patients sick with Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi put the blame for the nationÕs flawed response to the pandemic squarely on President Trump. (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times)

Nurses die, doctors fall sick, and panic rises on virus front lines March 30, 2020 | 10:56 AM

A medical worker screens people arriving at a special COVID-19 testing site in Boston, Saturday, March 28, 2020. The drive-thru testing site is only open to qualified first responders who meet the state criteria for testing.

How much should the public know about who has the coronavirus? March 29, 2020 | 10:28 AM

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens to President Donald Trump speak about the coronavirus during a task force news conference at the White House in Washington, March 27.

Coronavirus prediction

Dr. Fauci predicts 100K-200K U.S. deaths March 29, 2020 | 10:17 AM

Emergency medical technicians after transporting a possible coronavirus patient outside of New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times)

‘War zone’: Ambulances in New York City are now as busy as on Sept. 11 March 29, 2020 | 10:08 AM

Police officers outside of the 110th Street Central Park North stop in New York, Friday, March 27.

Subway operator killed, 17 others injured in NYC train fire believed to be arson March 27, 2020 | 9:36 PM

The Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)

FAQ on stimulus checks, unemployment, student loans, retirement accounts, and the coronavirus bill March 27, 2020 | 10:06 AM

1 killed, several injured in New York City subway fire March 27, 2020 | 9:40 AM

A New York City nurse dies from the coronavirus. Angry co-workers blame a lack of protective gear. March 26, 2020 | 10:58 PM

A doctor at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens said it had faced “the first wave of this tsunami.”

Elmhurst Hospital

13 deaths in a day: An ‘apocalyptic’ coronavirus surge at a New York City hospital March 25, 2020 | 10:16 PM

Sen. Joe Manchin D-W.Va.) speaks with reporters on the progress of the coronavirus stimulus package, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday.

PANDEMIC STIMULUS

Congress and White House strike deal for a $2 trillion stimulus package March 25, 2020 | 8:37 AM

Los Angeles County backtracks on teen's possible coronavirus death March 24, 2020 | 10:54 PM

People visiting the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the coronavirus pandemic.

Teenager dies from the coronavirus in California March 24, 2020 | 10:26 PM