Empty parking spaces surround the Kansas Statehouse In Topeka, Kan., Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The Statehouse is closed to visitors. Shawnee County issued a stay-at-home order beginning tomorrow. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
March 25, 2020
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March 25, 2020 9:21 p.m.
Fears for civil rights mount amid fight against coronavirus
CHICAGO (AP) — The orders seem prudent in the bid to thwart the spread of the novel coronavirus: Don't go out, don't gather with others and keep your stores closed. But growing segments of the U.S. population say state and federal governments are trampling on freedoms central to American life in the name of protecting public health.