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Delta will charge unvaccinated workers $200 more a month

Delta Air Lines will charge employees on the company health plan $200 a month if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19, a policy the airline's top executive says is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000. CEO Ed Bastian said that all ...

Wed. 11:20 a.m.: Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out

BOSTON (AP) — Only 11 percent of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rental assistance has been distributed, the Treasury Department said this morning, in the latest sign that the program is struggling to reach the millions of tenants at risk of eviction. The latest data shows that ...

Wed. 9:36 a.m.: Pentagon: US troops must get their COVID-19 vaccines ASAP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Military troops must immediately begin to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo this morning, ordering service leaders to "impose ambitious timelines for implementation." More than 800,000 service members have yet to get their shots, ...

Wed. 9:14 a.m.: China accuses US of politicizing COVID-19 origins research

BEIJING (AP) — China went on the offensive today ahead of the release of a U.S. intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus, bringing out a senior official to accuse the United States of politicizing the issue by seeking to blame China. Fu Cong, a Foreign Ministry director ...

COVID-19 cases in Ohio stay above 21-day average

Ohio on Monday added 2,775 new COVID-19 cases, making the total 1,183,761. Since last week, the state leapt an additional 22,188 cases. The total case number is well above the 2,511 21-day reported case average. The death total in the state is 20,689, an increase of 75 since last week, according to the Ohio Department of Health. The ODH usually provides death information on Tuesdays and Fridays. In Mahoning County, 36 new cases were added, making the total 23,710. Since last week, the county jumped 388 cases and two deaths. In Trumbull County, 28 new cases were added, making the ...

County MetroParks require masks at Howland offices

HOWLAND — Trumbull County MetroParks has begun to require visitors to wear a mask while at the park office, 3983 North River Road. Due to close proximity of the enclosed space where the metroparks board will meet at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, those who attend must wear a mask.