By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer As baseball nears the two-week countdown to the start of its delayed season, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to keep more players, including Boston Red Sox projected o…
Ohio High School Athletic Association changes leadership
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced that its executive director has been replaced by an interim leader while the organization searches for a permanent replacement…
Governor requires masks for residents of 7 hard-hit counties
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JULIE CARR SMYTH Report for America/Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Residents of seven Ohio counties will be mandated to wear a mask when out in public, Gov. Mike DeWine a…
‘Senseless crime’: The victims of July Fourth shootings
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press A 6-year-old computer whiz. A young mother working for a better home for her kids. An 8-year-old who loved to make dance videos. From San Francisco to South Carol…
Hospitals approaching capacity as Miami closes restaurants
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hospitals rapidly approached capacity across the Sunbelt, and the Miami area closed restaurants and gyms again because of the s…
Army identifies buried remains as missing Texas soldier
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/ Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Army commander confirmed Monday that dismembered remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belonged to a 20-year-old…
Kanye West? The Girl Scouts? Hedge funds? All got PPP loans
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s small business lending program has benefited millions of companies, with the goal of minimizing the number of layoff…
As schools ponder cutting sports, tennis proves vulnerable
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer The promise of college tennis lured Abhimanyu Vannemreddy from his home in India to the United States, where he settled in at Winthrop in South Carolina. Now he’s po…
Governors’ companies among recipients of virus relief loans
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Governors who ordered shutdowns as their states responded to the coronavirus pandemic were among millions of beneficiaries of the loan progra…
‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ hymn ignites hope across nation
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Black national anthem was born more than a century ago, but the popular hymn within the African American community called “Lift E…