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Tue. 9:10 a.m.: Hard-hit by COVID, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox slow to get shots

BNEI BRAK, Israel (AP) — Yossi Levy has repeatedly booked and canceled his coronavirus vaccine appointment. The 45-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jew recovered from the virus earlier this year, as have his eight children and wife. But a combination of lethargy and procrastination has prevented him ...

Valley hospitals nearing capacity

While Mahoning Valley hospitals strive to treat people infected with COVID-19 and other ailments and the state sends Ohio National Guard members to assist with staffing the facilities, data shows many local hospitals are close to or have met their standard capacity levels. That doesn’t mean hospitals will turn patients away, as hospital officials have said they can get creative with making more space and providing more beds in their facilities. Hospital data was ordered to be released after a public records lawsuit by Eye on Ohio, the Ohio Center for Journalism that collaborates ...

Flight cancellations continue due to bad weather, sick crews

NEW YORK (AP) — Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel continued today, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights. Staffers calling out sick because of COVID-19, particularly since the emergence of the omnicron variant, have left airlines short in recent days. According to FlightAware, which tracks flight cancellations, airlines have canceled roughly 4,000 flights to, from or inside the U.S. since Friday. Delta, United, JetBlue and American have all said that the coronavirus was causing staffing problems, and European and Australian airlines also ...

Mon. 9:37 a.m.: Delta: Flight to Shanghai turned back because of COVID rules

BEIJING (AP) — Delta Air Lines said today that new pandemic-related cleaning requirements at a Shanghai airport were behind the turning back of a recent flight from Seattle in midair, a move that had prompted a protest from the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco. An emailed statement said ...

Mon. 9:23 a.m.: Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year’s celebrations

BRUSSELS (AP) — After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium's word of the year, "knaldrang!" — the urge to party, the need to let loose. Yet as New Year celebrations approach, the omicron variant is casting more gloom. Today was a ...

Drumming to an erratic beat

Signs indicate the concert and entertainment industry is back in business. Packard Music Hall had its busiest fall in years, Disney on Ice drew more people to the Covelli Centre than it ever has and Nelly had one of the biggest crowds ever in the short history of the Youngstown Foundation ...