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Thu. 8:28 a.m.: Djokovic in limbo as he fights deportation from Australia

Novak Djokovic spent a day confined in an immigration detention hotel waiting for a court ruling and dealing with the prospect of deportation from Australia because of an issue with his visa application relating to COVID-19 vaccination regulations. The 20-time major champion from Serbia will ...

Ohio tops 20,000 cases for third time in week

Ohio exceeded 20,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the third time in the past seven days and hit a record high number of those hospitalized with the virus. Tuesday, 20,411 COVID-19 cases were reported. It’s the second most for a single day during the pandemic. The only day with a higher ...

WARREN — Community Legal Aid, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has transitioned its live events to social media sites for 2022. “Most clinics and presentations are still online only, but we certainly hope to offer more in-person options in the not-too-distant future,” Jodi Roberts, Legal Aid’s communication and development manager, said. Community Legal Aid, which is based in eight northeast Ohio counties including Mahoning and Trumbull, is offering programs to anyone who may need legal assistance or who has an interest in legal topics. Programs are taught by attorneys and ...

Wed. 9:03 a.m.: Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning

CHICAGO (AP) — Leaders of Chicago Public Schools canceled classes this morning after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, the latest development in an escalating battle over pandemic safety protocols in the nation's third-largest school ...

Wed. 8:53 a.m.: With salty language, Macron berates France’s unvaccinated

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has provoked outcries in parliament and protests from election rivals by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring vaccine refusers to get coronavirus jabs. Macron used the French word "emmerder," rooted in the French word for ...

Wed. 8:49 a.m.: Hong Kong bans flights, imposes other COVID-19 restrictions

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities announced a two-week ban on flights from the United States and seven other countries and held 2,500 passengers on a cruise ship for coronavirus testing today as the city attempted to stem an emerging omicron outbreak. The two-week ban on passenger ...