By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and GUILLERMO GARAT Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Carolina Vásquez lost track of days and nights, unable to see the sunlight while stuck for two weeks in a windowless cruise shi…
NBA teams start to reopen, as testing plan begins emerging
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The NBA took tiny steps toward a return to normalcy Friday, as a small number of practice facilities reopened for workouts and at least one team recei…
Browns re-sign WR Higgins after stunted 2019 season
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rashard Higgins is back on Cleveland’s roster. It remains to be seen if he’s back in the game plan. Higgins’ signing to a one-year, $…
Virus has killed 500 Ohio nursing home residents in 3 weeks
By JOHN SEEWER and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The number of people dying from the coronavirus in Ohio’s nursing homes has continued to increase at an alarming pace. Clos…
$41M settlement by Ohio State covers 162 of doc’s accusers
By KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University will pay about $41 million to settle a dozen lawsuits by 162 men alleging decades-old sexual abuse and mistreatment by a …
2 people, dog killed when fire roars through Ohio home
CANTON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving fire roared through a northeastern Ohio home early Friday, killing two people. The fire in Canton Township was reported around 3:45 a.m. by a passer-by, auth…
America’s business of prisons thrives even amid a pandemic
By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, prisoners in at least 40 states continue going to work. Someti…
Kicking off: Texans at Chiefs to open season Sept. 10
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer The Kansas City Chiefs will open defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on Sept. 10 in the NFL’s annual kickoff game — pending develop…
Experts worry CDC is sidelined in coronavirus response
By MIKE STOBBE, JASON DEAREN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has repeatedly found its suggestions for fighting the coronavirus outbreak …
Father, son charged with killing black man Ahmaud Arbery
By RUSS BYNUM and BEN NADLER Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia authorities arrested a white father and son Thursday and charged them with murder in the February shooting death of a black m…