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The coronavirus continued its relentless spread throughout the country this week. Here's what you need to know about rises in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

Ohio on Monday reported an unprecedented 11,885 new coronavirus cases; Gov. Mike DeWine is warning of a large increase in the number of people hospitalized because of the coronavirus and raising the possibility that elective procedures could be postponed; there will be no jury trials in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court until at least Jan. 19; and more stories.

Gov. Mike DeWine plans to convene virtual meetings with individual counties to find out what they need to help them fight COVID-19; two conservative operatives under scrutiny for organizing tens of thousands of hoax robocalls falsely warning about consequences for voting by mail have been charged with telecommunications fraud and bribery; Kent State University reported 66 COVID-19 cases for the last week, and more stories.

Early voting numbers continue to shatter records, and experts predict long lines will become less of a problem over the coming weeks.

Missouri is the second state to expand the health care program via ballot measure during the pandemic. Nearly a quarter-million people could get health insurance thanks to the measure.

The jungle metropolis of Manaus had a terrible pandemic spring. A study estimates 76% of residents were exposed to the coronavirus. Researchers thought there couldn't be another surge. And yet...

Here are the morning headlines for Monday, Oct. 7: Voter registration ends today for November election; GM talks take a turn; DeWine to announce plans...

As usual, the more than two dozen winners in 2019 span a range of fields, from fiction and cartoons to neuroscience and theoretical geophysics. Now they've got one important accolade in common.

The FBI released its annual tally of hate crimes on Tuesday. Attacks on individuals surged to a 16-year high in 2018 and hate-crime-related homicides rose from 15 to 24.

The 2020 Tiny Desk Contest closed for entries on April 27. As our judges comb through entries to find a winner, we're sharing some of the best entries we saw in the Contest's final weeks.