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Virus rules not enforced. Grieving Texas family asks: Why?

by Paul J. Weber
| December 22, 2020 12:09 AM

ABILENE, Texas (AP) — In the weeks that Mark Riggs went from feeling worn down before Thanksgiving to dying of COVID-19 last Monday, only six calls about people not wearing face coverings rolled into the Abilene Police Department.

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