Cities go to extremes with quarantine crackdowns: Checkpoints, power shutoffs, steep fines
August 06, 2020 at 09:40 AM EDT
With the daily number of coronavirus cases in the United States still hovering at about 50,000 and American deaths from the disease approaching 160,000, cities across the country are taking increasingly severe measures to force the curve of the outbreak downward -- including power shutoffs, fines and more.