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Moore with Warren

Photo courtesy of the Moore family. February 23, 2021

Moore and former Kent State President Beverly Warren stand in front of a photo of a young Moore (right) and Jesse Jackson, who spoke at the May 4 memorial dedication ceremony in 1971.  

Moore, Ashley and Okantah

Photo courtesy of the Moore family. February 23, 2021

(Left to right) Moore, Silas Ashley and Mwatabu Okantah attended the BUS at 50 Reloaded photography exhibit in February 2018. The exhibit, which took place in Oscar Ritchie Hall’s Uumbaji Gallery,...

Moore Three Headshots

February 23, 2021

Left: Moore's senior photo in the 1973 Chestnut Burr yearbook. Middle: A headshot of Moore used in a 1994 edition of the Daily Kent Stater. At that point, he was 43 years old and the acting chairman...

Texas

Justin Sullivan February 23, 2021

The U.S. and Texas flags fly in front of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal,...

The U.S. and Texas flags fly in front of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal, natural gas and nuclear plants that were unprepared for the freezing temperatures brought on by the storm. 

Regulators examine Texas energy market after natural gas prices soared 10,000%

Matt Egan, CNN Business February 23, 2021

(CNN) -- Federal regulators are looking closely at the Texas energy market after natural gas prices rocketed during last week's deep freeze. And they're warning that extreme weather will continue to...

Virus Outbreak Chicago Schools

Shafkat Anowar February 23, 2021

A Welcome Back sign on a bulletin board Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, greets returning students at Chicago's William H. Brown Elementary School. In-person learning for students in pre-k and cluster programs...

A Welcome Back sign on a bulletin board Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, greets returning students at Chicago's William H. Brown Elementary School. In-person learning for students in pre-k and cluster programs began Thursday, since the district's agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union was reached. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, Pool)

Educators may be more central drivers of Covid-19 in schools than students, CDC study finds

By Christina Maxouris, CNN February 23, 2021

 (CNN) -- A study that found teachers -- not students -- were the probable source of several school-related Covid-19 outbreaks highlights the need to maintain mask and distancing guidelines and to prioritize...

KentRidge Senior Living in Kent, Ohio.

Long-term care facilities continue vaccinations, plan for reopening

Rachel Gross TV2 reporter February 23, 2021

As much of society is seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, Ohio’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities are dealing with the brutal aftermath of the pandemic.Even as cases are decreasing,...

Almost a third of people with 'mild' Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study find

Almost a third of people with ‘mild’ Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study finds

(CNN) -- It's been almost a year since Michael Reagan, 50, came down with Covid-19."I woke up first thing in the morning and I felt really hot and out of breath," he said, recalling the morning of March...

USG released tentative candidate list for 2021 election

Blake Westover Reporter February 22, 2021

Blastoff, Homecoming and Flashfest: most students have at least one great memory from these Kent State traditions. Whether it was DaBaby, Chloe x Halle or Do It For The Culture, USG planned and implemented...

Sonja Bennett

February 22, 2021

@Ktech50 You are such a man of integrity even tho @KentStMBB @KentStAthletics violated your disability rights and rights as a black man. By doing nothing to a professor who violated you in front of witnesses,...

Kalin Bennett shakes hands with assistant coach Matt Sligh after Kent State defeated Hiram College 97-58. November 6, 2019.

Mother alleges mistreatment of Kalin Bennett, former Kent State basketball player with autism

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor February 22, 2021

Sonja Bennett, mother of former Kent State men’s basketball player and current sophomore Kalin Bennett, said in a Twitter post last night her son was mistreated by the university and its basketball program.Bennett,...

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