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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine passed an executive order Jan. 22 to reinstate funding after pandemic cuts.

Ohio governor: ‘have fun, but keep that distance’ at bars

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will begin cracking down on social distancing at bars after photos showed plenty of customers standing and drinking on crowded patios during the first weekend restaurants and...

Ohio prison system resumes accepting county jail inmates

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, AP May 17, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio prison system plans to resume accepting inmates from county jails to begin their prison sentences, a practice suspended during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic to reduce...

A closed playground in the West Village in New York on April 8. Figures provided to CNN from states across the country show considerable drops in child abuse reports as social distancing measures have kept people home and kids out of sight.

Child abuse reports are down during the pandemic. Experts say that’s a bad sign

Paul LeBlanc, CNN May 17, 2020

(CNN) -- A drop in child abuse would usually be welcome news -- but with schools closed and kids at home, experts believe that the recent decline in calls to child abuse and neglect hotlines might really...

Celebrities, activists and athletes are honoring millions of students who cannot attend their graduation ceremonies because of the coronavirus crisis.

A night for grads: LeBron James, Barack Obama and more celebrate the class of 2020

Nicole Chavez, CNN May 16, 2020

(CNN) -- It's your night, class of 2020.Celebrities, activists and athletes are honoring millions of students who cannot attend their graduation ceremonies because of the coronavirus crisis.Former President...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wears a mask to protect herself and others from COVID-19, known as coronavirus, as she arrives to hold her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 30, 2020.

House approves historic rules change to allow remote voting during COVID-19 pandemic

(CNN) -- House Democrats on Friday approved a rules change to allow lawmakers to vote while away from Washington during the coronavirus pandemic, a move that will allow the chamber to operate remotely...

U.S. President Donald Trump, flanked by tables holding testing supplies and machines, speaks during a press briefing about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Abbott’s fast Covid-19 test may miss too many cases, NYU study finds

(CNN) -- A new study suggests that the Covid-19 diagnostic test being used by the White House frequently misses cases of the virus.The Abbott ID NOW test, which has been touted by President Trump on...

A very active spring severe weather season will continue in Tornado Alley, a part of the central US known for severe storms

Severe storms with isolated tornadoes are likely across the Northeast today

(CNN) -- Severe storms are likely from Ohio to New Hampshire on Friday afternoon and evening.The worst of the storms is likely to an area northwest of New York City, across southern New York and western...

Information from the 2018/2019 Annual Impact Report for Student Accessibility Services

When the illness is invisible: Kent State students living with chronic illness turn to each other for support

Lyndsey Brennan Guest writer May 15, 2020

Last spring, when a flare-up of arthritis symptoms landed Katie Murphy in the hospital the week before finals, she did what she’s always done in that situation: opened her laptop and got to work on assignments...

Civil Rights Jackson State Killings

STF May 15, 2020

Students peer out of the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a women's dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police...

Students peer out of the bullet-riddled windows of Alexander Hall, a women's dormitory at Jackson State College in Jackson, Miss., after two African-American students were killed and 12 injured when police opened fire on the building, claiming they were fired upon by snipers, May 15, 1970. The shooting occurred after rioting broke out on the campus. (AP Photo)

Jackson State: The Untold Truth

May 14-15, 2020, was the 50th anniversary of the shooting of Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green at Jackson State College in Mississippi. Their deaths remain hidden behind the national attention...

marching JSU students

Photo Courtesy of University Archives and Special Collections, H.T. Sampson Library, Jackson State University May 14, 2020

African American high school students march throughout downtown Jackson, Mississippi to protest the May 14-15, 1970 shootings that took place at Jackson State University. City and state police officers...

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The Washington Post May 14, 2020

STOLLINGS, WV -SEP 01: An ominous sign painted on some rocks in Logan County, West Virginia speaks to the issue that drugs are a big problem in rural West Virginia. -The Mingo County town of Gilbert, West...

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