Hospital admissions for COVID-19 dipped below 1,000 and military jets soared in tribute above New York City. Meanwhile, city schools are adopting a new grading system.

The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the treasures at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Alarming clusters of the coronavirus swelled on both coasts of the U.S. on Tuesday, with more than 70 cases now tied to a biotech conference in Boston and infections turning up at 10 nursing homes in the hard-hit Seattle area.

The next World Golf Championship starts in two weeks in Austin, Texas, and PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan "fully expects" the Dell Match Play to go on as scheduled.