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October 8, 2020

Wisconsin Restricts Indoor Gatherings Amid Record Spike in Coronavirus Cases
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Across the United States, coronavirus cases continue to climb, with more
than 52,000 new infections reported on Wednesday. The death toll is
approaching 212,000, and nearly half a million U.S. residents have been
hospitalized with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers has issued an emergency order limiting
indoor gatherings as a massive outbreak in eastern Wisconsin threatens
to overwhelm hospitals.

Boston officials have suspended the reopening of public schools after a
rise in new cases.

Here in New York, leaders of the Orthodox Jewish community clashed with
Governor Andrew Cuomo over newly issued coronavirus restrictions on
houses of worship. In Brooklyn, mostly unmasked groups of Orthodox men
took to the streets in protests that turned violent, lighting fires,
waving Donald Trump flags and attacking a Jewish journalist.


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