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Tuscaloosa closes bars after rise in university virus cases

by Associated Press
| August 25, 2020 6:03 AM

The mayor of Tuscaloosa announced Monday that the city is closing bars for the next two weeks after University of Alabama officials described an “unacceptable" rise in COVID-19 cases that could derail plans to continue the semester on campus.

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