WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell to a 52-year low after another decline in jobless aid applications last week. Jobless claims fell by 17,000, from 249,000 to 232,000 for the week ending Feb. 19, the Labor Department reported this morning. ...
February is on pace to have the fewest COVID-19 cases of any month in Ohio since last July, when the delta variant first came to the state. The significant decline also comes right after Ohio set a record in January for most monthly cases with 504,310. The omicron variant peaked in January as well as the prior month with December having 325,878 cases — the second most for a month since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years ago. There have been 65,274 COVID-19 cases during the first 21 days of this month. At that pace, February will finish with 87,032 cases. That ...
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city's leader said today, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. The population will be tested three times in March, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie ...
LONDON (AP) — Scientists warned the British government today not to weaken the country's ability to monitor and track the coronavirus after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ends the requirement for people in England to self-isolate if they contract COVID-19. Johnson will announce details in ...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — International tourists and business travelers began arriving in Australia with few restrictions today, bringing together families in tearful reunions after separations of two years or longer forced by some of the most draconian pandemic measures of any democracy in ...
BOARDMAN — The Boardman Local School District is modifying its controversial mask policy to "optional, but strongly recommended." In letter to families and staff, Superintendent Tim Saxton wrote, "Based on the most recent COVID-19 trend data both locally and within our district buildings, as well as recent changes in quarantine and contact tracing guidelines by the Ohio Department of Health, Boardman Schools will modify its mandatory mask policy upon return from the Presidents Day break. "Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 22, masks will be strongly recommended but no longer mandatory inside ...
