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FILE - In this March 23, 2020 file photo, a man walks across a nearly empty Adams Street near The Art Institute of Chicago, in Chicago, on the first work day since Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave a shelter in place order last week. As families across the country and the globe hunker down at home, there's another danger, also insidious if less immediately obvious, that worries advocates and officials: A potential spike in domestic violence. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

FILE - In this March 23, 2020 file photo, a man walks across a nearly empty Adams Street near The Art Institute of Chicago, in Chicago, on the first work day since Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave a shelter in place order last week. As families across the country and the globe hunker down at home, there's another danger, also insidious if less immediately obvious, that worries advocates and officials: A potential spike in domestic violence. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, Fi…

March 24, 2020

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With isolation, abuse activists fear an 'explosive cocktail'
March 24, 2020 3:51 p.m.

With isolation, abuse activists fear an 'explosive cocktail'

“Safer at Home.” It's a slogan of choice for the mandatory confinement measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But it's not true for everyone.