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FILE – In this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. Villanueva says he will not enforce the county’s vaccine mandate in his agency. Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff’s department in the county with roughly 18,000 employees, said Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in a Facebook Live event that he does not plan to carry out the county’s mandate, under which Los Angeles County employees had to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File) LA501 LA501

October 15, 2021 at 12:22 pm

Cities, police unions clash as vaccine mandates take effect

Police departments that are requiring officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance across the U.S. Police unions and officers...

FILE – In this Oct. 5, 2021, file photo, a healthcare worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. The number of Americans getting COVID-19 vaccines has steadily increased to a three-month high as seniors and people with medical conditions seek boosters, and government and employer mandates push more workers to take their first doses. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) NYAG501 NYAG501

October 8, 2021 at 11:59 am

Boosters, employer mandates drive increase in US vaccines VIEW

The total number of vaccine doses being administered in the U.S. is climbing toward an average of 1 million per day, almost double the level...

FILE – In this July 26, 2021, file photo, a patient shows her COVID-19 vaccination card at the ClÃnica MonseÃ±or Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles. The clinic is a COVID-19 vaccine site. Los Angeles leaders on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 approved a city ordinance with one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates, a sweeping measure that would require the shots for everyone entering a bar, restaurant, nail salon, gym or even a Lakers game. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) LA351 LA351

October 6, 2021 at 10:10 am

While US summer surge is waning, more mandates in the works

As COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. falling, government leaders and employers not wanting to lose momentum are looking at strengthening and expanding vaccine requirements. Los...

September 30, 2021 at 4:50 pm

Taiwan’s Foxconn has deal to buy former GM plant in Ohio

Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck maker

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September 10, 2021 at 2:43 pm

Woman is 2nd to admit role in death of 8 members of a family

An Ohio woman has become the second person from her family to admit to a role in the killings of eight people from another family

September 8, 2021 at 1:51 pm

Grief comes home to US towns week after Afghanistan war ends VIEW

One week has gone by since the 20-year war in Afghanistan came to an end

September 2, 2021 at 6:58 am

Deal with OxyContin maker leaves families angry, conflicted VIEW

A landmark settlement in the nation’s opioid epidemic is forcing the owners of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to give up the company and pay out...

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August 23, 2021 at 1:42 pm

Cedar Point coaster dropped metal plate, injuring woman

Investigators in Ohio say a piece of metal that flew off the world’s second-tallest roller coaster and hit a woman in line came from the...

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August 20, 2021 at 7:46 am

Roller coaster closed after object flies off ride, injures 1

An amusement park in Ohio says the world’s second-tallest roller coaster won’t open again this year after a person standing in line was hit in...

FILE – In this Jan. 25, 2021, file photo, people wear masks as they work out outside the Hardcore Fitness gym, due to COVID-19 restrictions in downtown Los Angeles. The pandemic has changed how the fitness industry evaluates itself. Roughly 9,000 health clubs, 22% of the total nationwide, have closed since the beginning of the virus outbreak, according to the International Health Racquet & Sportsclub Association. The pandemic is reshaping America’s fitness industry and ushering in a new era of home workouts and virtual classes. High-end exercise equipment maker Peloton is breaking ground Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, on its first U.S. factory in Ohio. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File) PAKS303 PAKS303

August 9, 2021 at 7:40 am

Will gyms go the way of arcades and movie rental stores?

The pandemic is reshaping America’s fitness industry and ushering in a new era of home workouts and virtual classes

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