By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus wi…
US communities face tough choices on opening public pools
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Public pools will look very different this summer if they open at all with the coronavirus threat still looming, as teenage lifeguards wi…
Keselowski gets win but Hendrick Motorsports takes 2 losses
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski has won the Southern 500, the Bristol night race, the Brickyard 400 and has now crossed the Coca-Cola 600 off his checklist of…
States give few details on billions spent on virus supplies
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States are spending billions of dollars stocking up on medical supplies such as masks and breathing machines during the coronavirus pandemi…
For trade students, online classes can’t replicate hands-on
By ASTRID GALVAN and REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Like students across the U.S., Christa Schall was working toward graduation when the coronavirus closed her school. But unlike …
Ohio virus death toll nears 2000, university students warned
COLUMBUS (AP) — The number of confirmed and probable deaths associated with the coronavirus in Ohio is nearing 2,000 total. The Ohio Department of Health said Monday afternoon there have been 1,987 co…
Ohio governor: Wearing masks shouldn’t be political issue
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says wearing masks while in public during the coronavirus pandemic should not be a political issue but is about people acting to protect others. DeWine was …
A prison system tops in virus deaths starts reopening anyway
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has lost more inmates to COVID-19 than any other state, but its prisons nonetheless must begin reopening to accommodate a slow retur…
Monument to black Civil War soldiers placed in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — A monument to black soldiers who fought in the Union Army during the Civil War was in place at a western Ohio cemetery for Memorial Day. The United States Colored Troops monum…
NASA’s newest test pilots are veteran astronauts, friends
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two astronauts who will test drive SpaceX’s brand new rocketship are classmates and friends, veteran spacefliers married to veteran s…