LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new month-long lockdown for England after being warned that without tough action a resurgent coronavirus outbreak will overwhelm hospitals in weeks.
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Biden focuses on virus during rallies in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden held outdoor campaign events on Thursday in Florida, where he kept up his assault on President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus.
WHO says Europe is once again epicenter of pandemic
LONDON — The World Health Organization’s Europe director said Thursday that the 53-country region has reached a weekly record for confirmed cases, with more than 1.5 million confirmed last week and more than 10 million since the start of the pandemic.
U.S. economy sets record with rebound
WASHINGTON — U.S. economic output increased at the fastest pace on record last quarter as businesses began to reopen and customers returned to stores, though the economy has climbed only partway out of its pandemic-induced hole.
Pelosi scolds White House over no response in virus talks
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a scolding assessment of coronavirus relief talks on Thursday, blaming Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for failing to produce answers to her demands for Democratic priorities as part of an almost $2 trillion aid package.
Ohio treasurer proposing $100 million in small business pandemic relief grants
AKRON – Ohio’s treasurer wants the state to set aside $100 million in federal pandemic relief funds to provide grants to struggling small businesses hurt by the coronavirus.The program needs to go through the General Assembly first, get approval by the DeWine administration and then be administered.And the clock is ticking: The money, which would
Instructor at UC under investigation for calling COVID-19 ‘the Chinese virus’
A University of Cincinnati dean is investigating an email to an engineering student in which an adjunct instructor is accused of referring to the novel coronavirus as “the Chinese virus.” The email came after the student had to miss a lab session due to being quarantined for possible exposure to the novel coronavirus.”I think that the
COVID-19 sinks plans for floating cinema originally scheduled to dock in Cincinnati next week
A floating boat cinema that was scheduled to be in Cincinnati next week has been rescheduled to 2021 “due to COVID,” according to the promoting website.Beyond Cinema, an Australian-based pop-up cinema experience company, said the floating theater would come to Cincinnati from Sept. 23-27.The floating cinema tour planned several stops in U.S. cities including Pittsburgh, Philadelphia,
LaRose’s strict reading of Ohio law in drop box dispute at issue in court battle
Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s strict reading of state law, which he interprets as prohibiting additional ballot drop boxes, differs from common practice at Ohio’s county boards of elections.LaRose is appealing Wednesday’s preliminary injunction by a Franklin County judge ordering him not to enforce his directive restricting counties to only one drop box ahead of
LaRose appealing order to permit more than one ballot drop box per county
A Franklin County judge issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday permitting the installation of more than one ballot drop box per county ahead of the COVID-19-marred Nov. 3 presidential election.In handing down his decision, however, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Richard Frye stayed his order pending a promised appeal from Republican Secretary of State