INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The quickly approaching fall semester has America’s colleges under pressure to decide how far they should go to guard their campuses against COVID-19 while navigating legal and political questions and rising infection rates. Hundreds of colleges nationwide have told ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Everyone who enters Ohio State buildings, including medical facilities, must wear a mask indoors. The new rule made public Monday follows updated guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that people who are fully vaccinated should resume ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading through the area and Belmont County has been designated a high-transmission county by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has two criteria that determine a county’s transmission rate classification: ...

WOODSFIELD — The Monroe County Health Department has reported that the delta variant has made its way into the county. On Tuesday afternoon, the health department announced it had received confirmation the variant is present in the county. Linda Masters, administrator of the county ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks gave back some of their recent gains Monday after a day of choppy trading on Wall Street led the major indexes to a mixed finish. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2% in the final hour of trading after holding a slight gain for much of the afternoon. The benchmark index is ...

DALLAS (AP) — Air travel in the U.S. is hitting new pandemic-era highs, and airlines are scrambling to keep up with the summer-vacation crowds. Despite rising numbers of coronavirus infections fueled by the delta variant, the U.S. set another recent high mark for air travel Sunday, with ...