WASHINGTON (AP) — Dangling everything from sports tickets to a free beer, President Joe Biden is looking for that extra something — anything — that will get people to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 shots when the promise of a life-saving vaccine by itself hasn’t been enough. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline looming, President Joe Biden is meeting Wednesday with the top Senate Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House’s big investment proposal and top legislative priority. The closed-door talk was billed as more of a conversation with West Virginia GOP Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, rather than a formal negotiation, the White House said. No new offers are expected to be presented. More than anything, the private conference is being seen through the political lens of ...
TOKYO (AP) — It may be too little, too late. That’s the realization sinking in as Japan scrambles to catch up on a frustratingly slow vaccination drive less than two months before the Summer Olympics, delayed by a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, are scheduled to start. The ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After a year’s wait, COVID-19 health restrictions across Ohio will be lifted today, but Gov. Mike DeWine is asking Ohioans who have chosen not to receive a vaccination to continue to take necessary precautions. “Ohioans have done a great job during the pandemic. And, with more than 5 million Ohioans who have received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, we are getting back to living the lives we want,” DeWine said in a statement Tuesday. However, it is important that we all still remember that there are a significant number of Ohioans who remain ...
PEPLO, Greece (AP) — As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away! Greek border police are firing bursts of deafening noise from an armored truck over the frontier into Turkey. Mounted on the vehicle, the long-range acoustic device, or “sound cannon,” is the size of a small TV set but can match the volume of a jet engine. It’s part of a vast array of physical and experimental new digital barriers being installed and tested during the quiet months of the coronavirus pandemic at the 200-kilometer (125-mile) Greek border with Turkey ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — This Wednesday, Ohioans are looking forward to removing their masks after Gov. Mike DeWine lifts all health restrictions with the exception of health facilities, citing large numbers of vaccinated Ohioans, including the most vulnerable senior citizens, and decreasing numbers of COVID-19 infections. However, private companies will decide for themselves whether they will ask their vaccinated and unvaccinated customers to continue to wear masks while on the premises. At the Ohio Valley Mall, spokeswoman Candy Noble-Greathouse said the mall will relax its requirements ...
