By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press When it filed for bankruptcy last year, Purdue Pharma agreed to an innovative plan: It would make $200 million available immediately to help those those harmed by i…
In Santa’s mailbag, a peek into children’s pandemic worries
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and marked “I (heart) u.” Alina, 5, asked in her Santa …
Schools struggle to stay open as quarantines sideline staff
By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The infection of a single cafeteria worker was all it took to close classrooms in the small Lowellville school district in northeastern Ohio, f…
Many turn to real Christmas trees as bright spot amid virus
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Ani Sirois, a respiratory nurse, has spent months caring for coronavirus patients at a Portland, Oregon, hospital, and she’s only gettin…
Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MATT SEDENSKY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Vivian Zayas can’t keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove t…
Picture of US economy is worrisome as virus inflicts damage
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Gripped by the accelerating viral outbreak, the U.S. economy is under pressure from persistent layoffs, diminished income a…
US women beat Netherlands 2-0 in World Cup rematch
BREDA, Netherlands (AP) — Rose Lavelle scored against the Netherlands again, Kristie Mewis scored in her first appearance for the United States in six years and the U.S. women won a rematch of last ye…
GOP clashes as deadline to repeal tainted bailout law nears
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Hopes of repealing an energy bailout law are in danger at the Ohio Statehouse as Republican lawmakers argue sharply differen…
Ohio elections chief certifies 2020 general election results
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s elections chief certified results on Friday of a 2020 election that he said was almost flawlessly executed despite the pandemic,…
Ohio’s oldest death-row inmate likely died from coronavirus
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The oldest inmate on Ohio’s death row has died, and a prison spokesperson said it was likely due to the coronavirus. James Frazier, 79, died Nov. 19 at the prison system’s Frankl…