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Virtual hiring interviews only until teams out of contention

The NFL is allowing only virtual interviews of candidates for a variety of football jobs, including coach and general manager, until both teams have been eliminated from playoff contention.Troy Vincent,...

States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows

States submit vaccine orders as coronavirus death toll grows

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths, while hospitals were pushed to the...

Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

NEW YORK (AP) — As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy.Such...

Kent State falls in OT to the University of Virginia

Nicholas Pedone Sports reporter December 4, 2020

Kent State men’s basketball team nearly upset No. 15 ranked University of Virginia on Friday at John Paul Jones Arena.The Cavaliers defeated the Flashes 71-64 in overtime after senior Danny Pippen’s...

Governor announces new police standard for mass protests

AP December 4, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Law enforcement agencies must develop policies for handling mass protests that protect public and officer safety while upholding constitutional rights of expression, assembly, and...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. 

DeWine: Ohioans caring for patients to receive vaccine 1st

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Emergency medical responders, along with health care workers and others caring for COVID-19 patients, will be first in line for Ohio's initial doses of the coronavirus vaccine,...

A marijuana plant is displayed during a 420 Day celebration on 'Hippie Hill' in Golden Gate Park on April 20, 2018 in San Francisco, California. 

House poised to pass bill decriminalizing marijuana at federal level

(CNN) -- The House of Representatives is poised to pass legislation that would decriminalize marijuana and seek to "address the devastating injustices caused by the War on Drugs."Friday's vote in the Democratic-led...

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 20: U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill on October 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. 

Stimulus talks end week on optimistic note

Lauren Fox, CNN December 4, 2020

CNN -- What a difference a week makes.On Monday, it looked like nothing was going to happen on stimulus. Now, it's possible a deal is brokered in a matter of days.It's crunch time. If a bipartisan group...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine

Ohio governor to unveil details of vaccine distribution

AP December 4, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — First responders such as nurses, doctors and people who deliver care at nursing homes are expected to be high on the list of initial recipients of a coronavirus vaccine in Ohio,...

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