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Todd Starkey tests positive for coronavirus

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports Reporter January 6, 2021

Kent State’s women’s basketball team’s head coach Todd Starkey tested positive for COVID-19.Allen Moff of The Record Courier reported the news last night after the team’s game against Northern...

Senior forward Danny Pippen goes up for a block against the University of Toledo. Despite Pippen's career high 34 points, the Flashes would lose 84-84 at home. Jan. 5, 2020.

Flashes can’t hold onto lead, fall to Toledo

Dante Centofanti Sports Reporter January 6, 2021

Despite another strong first half performance the Kent State men’s basketball team once again failed to close out a tightly contested conference game. The University of Toledo defeated Kent State 84-82,...

Voters line up for the U.S. Senate run-off election, at a polling location in Marietta, Georgia, U.S., January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Most Georgia voters say Senate runoff elections conducted fairly, CNN exit poll shows

(CNN) -- Most Georgia voters in the runoff elections that will determine control of the US Senate say they are confident that the votes will be counted accurately, according to the early results of an...

Phoenix Suns legend Paul Westphal dies; what he meant to the game

Dante Centofanti Sports Reporter January 3, 2021

One of the most iconic NBA players of the 1970s, a man who made a serious impact in what some consider the greatest game in the history of basketball, has died. Paul Douglas Westphal died of brain cancer...

Balanced attack puts Flashes over EMU, extends winning streak to four

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor January 2, 2021

The Kent State women’s basketball team defeated Eastern Michigan University behind a balanced offensive attack.The Flashes saw six lead changes in a close matchup but won 67-61 to extend their winning...

Change your behavior by pairing a new habit with something you already enjoy.

The science of how to stick to New Year’s resolutions and truly change your habits

Ryan Prior, CNN January 1, 2021

(CNN) -- Next year will be a crucial year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her doctorate, publish academic papers and try to land a faculty job at a university.Not surprisingly, one of her New...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. 

DeWine extends curfew, urges hospitals to speed up vaccine

John Seewer, AP January 1, 2021

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is calling on hospitals to speed up administering the COVID-19 vaccines, saying Wednesday that he's not satisfied with the pace so far.He wants hospitals to...

Kalin Bennett hugs a Hiram player after Kent State defeated Hiram College 97-58 on November 6, 2019.

Kalin Bennett to leave Kent State, enter the transfer portal

Dante Centofanti Sports Reporter December 30, 2020

As the Kent State men’s basketball season continues to deal with a tumultuous season, one player is going in a new direction. Sophomore center Kalin Bennett has announced via Twitter today that he will...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining liability issues during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on May 12, 2020.

GOP senator to delay affirming Biden victory by forcing votes on Electoral College results

(CNN) -- Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said Wednesday he will object when Congress counts the Electoral College votes next week, which will force lawmakers in both the House and Senate to vote...

Kent State student Alan Canfora waves a flag at National Guardsmen on a practice field near Prentice Hall on the Kent State campus, May 4, 1970. Moments later, after the Guardsmen went back up Blanket Hill, they turned and fired on students and protesters, killing four students and wounding Canfora and eight others.

Activist Alan Canfora, wounded in May 4 shootings, dies at 71

Madison MacArthur December 30, 2020

Alan Canfora, 71, one of the nine students wounded during the May 4, 1970, protest at Kent State, died Dec. 20 following a brief illness unrelated to COVID-19. Chic Canfora, Alan’s sister, made the...

Americans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government's second round of stimulus payments is being sent out, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service said.

Stimulus payments to Americans are on the way, government says

Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN December 30, 2020

(CNN) -- Americans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government's second round of stimulus payments is being sent out, the Treasury Department and the...

Alan Canfora

Kent State student Alan Canfora waves a flag at National Guardsmen on a practice field near Prentice Hall on the Kent State campus, May 4, 1970. Moments later, after the Guardsmen went back up Blanket...

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