YOUNGSTOWN — Even though the number of COVID-19 cases continues to surge in the Mahoning Valley, life on the Youngstown State University campus appears to resemble a sense of normalcy, as reflected in several students’ actions and thoughts regarding the ongoing pandemic. “It’s ...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a wave of public and political outrage today over allegations that he and his staff flouted coronavirus lockdown rules by holding a garden party in 2020 while Britons were barred by law from mingling outside the home. Opposition ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into a critical midterm election year, the top political concerns of Americans are shifting in ways that suggest Democrats face considerable challenges to maintaining their control of Congress. A poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs ...
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Plans are moving ahead to hold Mardi Gras parties and parades on the Mississippi coast despite a surge in COVID-19 cases linked to the highly contagious omicron variant. Large gatherings are the surest way to transmit the illness, health officials say, so the area's upcoming slate of parades, balls and Mardi Gras celebrations are likely to spread the virus, the Sun-Herald reported. But the executive director of the Gulf Coast Carnival Association, Jennifer Schmidt, said "we're moving forward with everything" with caution and daily monitoring, at least for ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis suggested today that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a "moral obligation" and denounced how people had been swayed by "baseless information" to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives during the pandemic. Francis used some of his ...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's schools reopened to students today, ending the world's longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of the capital, Kampala, and students can be seen carrying their mattresses in the streets, a ...
