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Wisconsin voters go to the polls despite coronavirus pandemic

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Wisconsin went ahead with in-person voting Tuesday. Mary Spicuzza, an investigative reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, joined CBSN to discuss the challenges faced by voters participating in the state’s primary election. Source

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Wisconsin primary sets stage for legal battles over upcoming elections

The Wisconsin primary went on as planned Tuesday after the state’s Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court both ruled against postponing the election due to the coronavirus outbreak. Experts say the stage is now set for legal battles in other states over how to conduct elections during the pandemic. Loyola Law School professor Jessican Levinson joined CBSN to break down the impact of the outbreak on voting rights. Source

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High coronavirus death toll overwhelms funeral homes

Families are finding it challenging to carry out proper burials for their loved ones who died from coronavirus. Funeral directors are now saying they are just as overwhelmed as the health care workers on the frontlines. CBS New York’s Tara Jakeway reports. Source

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From 1992: Father and son: Guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli

As a singer John Pizzarelli has been crooning classic standards by such legendary artists as Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra. As a guitar player he had an even closer inspiration: his father, jazz guitarist John “Bucky” Pizzarelli. The two talked with “Sunday Morning” correspondent Billy Taylor about their musical collaboration (which would evolve into several albums together) in a story originally broadcast on June 28, 1992. [Bucky Pizzarelli died on April 1, 2020 at age 94.] Source

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