TORONTO (AP) — The Columbus Blue Jackets’ successful playoff series against Toronto was a microcosm of their tumultuous, up-and-down season. Plagued by injuries to key players in the regular sea…
Ohio accepts plan for $300 in federal unemployment aid
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio unemployment claimants would receive $300 in federal weekly unemployment assistance under an option provided by the White House that…
States strain to carry out Trump order on unemployment aid
By ALAN SUDERMAN, AAMER MADHANI and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) — Governors and state labor department officials were scrambling Monday to determine whether they could…
Native mascots still a sticking point in high school sports
By SOPHIA EPPOLITO and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOUNTIFUL, Utah (AP) — At a mostly white high school near Salt Lake City, the steps leading to the football field are covered in red handprints,…
For pandemic jobless, the only real certainty is uncertainty
By SHARON COHEN AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) — For three decades, Kelly Flint flourished as a corporate travel agent, sending everyone from business titans to oil riggers around the planet. Then ca…
Vote-by-mail worries: A ‘leaky pipeline’ in many states
By FRANK BAJAK and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Brace yourself for what’s expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. It could be messy. Amid t…
US tops 5 million confirmed virus cases, to Europe’s alarm
By NICOLE WINFIELD and LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press ROME (AP) — With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. hitting 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most po…
Schools face big virus test as students return to classroom
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Reopening schools is easy. Keeping them open will be the hard part. As educators prepare to welcome students back to class for the first time in months, schools’ a…
Trump end run around Congress raises questions on his claims
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s end run around Congress on coronavirus relief is raising questions about whether it would give Americans the econo…
Ohio governor’s conflicting COVID-19 tests raise backlash
By DAN SEWELL and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio governor’s positive, then negative, tests for COVID-19 have provided fuel for skeptics of government pandem…