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Flags line the beach in Belmar, N.J., on June 28, 2020. With large crowds expected at the Jersey Shore for the July Fourth weekend, some are worried that a failure to heed mask-wearing and social distancing protocols could accelerate the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry) RPWP104 RPWP104

July 3, 2020 at 7:05 am

`Huge bummer’: July Fourth will test Americans’ discipline VIEW

The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, beaches and bars closed, and health authorities warning that...

Nation & World

June 27, 2020 at 5:41 am

Virus visitor bans renew interest in nursing home cameras

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Visitation bans at nursing homes have renewed interest in legislation that would allow families to put remote cameras inside the facilities...

June 25, 2020 at 10:07 pm

Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn’t hide his past VIEW

ATLANTA (AP) — Rayshard Brooks didn’t hide his history. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy’s parking lot —...

May 29, 2020 at 10:18 pm

US cities fear protests may fuel new wave of virus outbreaks VIEW

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The massive protests sweeping across U.S. cities following the police killing of a black man in Minnesota have sent shudders through...

Business

May 21, 2020 at 10:05 am

2 accused of false Alzheimer’s diagnoses charged with fraud

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A former director of an Ohio memory-loss clinic accused by dozens of patients of falsely diagnosing them with Alzheimer’s disease has...

April 16, 2020 at 11:32 am

Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport’s 1st black Olympic judge

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and ’50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first...

March 17, 2020 at 11:37 am

Ohio governor, an early lone wolf on virus, wins wide praise VIEW

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A week before Ohio recorded any coronavirus cases, Gov. Mike DeWine delivered his first warning, banning spectators from an international fitness...

March 17, 2020 at 6:53 am

Ohio governor, an early lone wolf on virus, wins wide praise VIEW

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A week before Ohio recorded any coronavirus cases, Gov. Mike DeWine delivered his first warning, banning spectators from an international fitness...

March 15, 2020 at 6:34 am

Not exactly gloating, stockpiling ‘preppers’ have a moment VIEW

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Curt La Haise has put up with plenty of razzing from friends over the years who have called him paranoid for...

Nation & World

March 15, 2020 at 6:34 am

Not exactly gloating, stockpiling ‘preppers’ have a moment VIEW

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Curt La Haise has put up with plenty of razzing from friends over the years who have called him paranoid for...