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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden visits the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md. At bottom center is a model of the COVID-19 virus. On Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting Biden restored taxpayer funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Social media users are falsely claiming the Biden administration is bankrolling the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a Chinese lab which has faced unproven allegations that the coronavirus leaked from the facility leading to the global COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By Ali Swenson And Arijeta Lajka Feb. 26, 2021 02:49 PM EST

FILE - In this March 6, 2014, file photo, empty nuclear waste shipping containers sit in front of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The U.S. government's efforts to clean up decades worth of Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has chugged along, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and the environment. Now, fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic is resulting in more challenges as the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the nation's only underground repository for nuclear waste, finished ramping down operations Wednesday, April 1, 2020, to keep workers safe. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)
Watchdog: US nuclear dump facing space, staffing challenges

By Susan Montoya Bryan Dec. 01, 2020 11:45 AM EST

SUNY chancellor will be next Ohio State University president

By Kantele Franko Jun. 03, 2020 11:54 AM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The chancellor of New York’s public university system will become Ohio State University's next president as both institutions confront...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 04:27 PM EDT
Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers: Fixing our broken country will require all of us ...

Bill Bryan, head of science and technology at the Department of Homeland Security, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Senior official cited by Trump is subject of investigation

By Ben Fox Apr. 24, 2020 06:25 PM EDT

FILE - This file aerial photo, date not known, shows Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The U.S. government's efforts to clean up decades worth of Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has chugged along, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and the environment. Now, fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic is resulting in more challenges as the nation's only underground repository for nuclear waste, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, finished ramping down operations Wednesday, April 1, 2020, to keep workers safe. (The Albuquerque Journal via AP, File)
Cleanup of US nuclear waste takes back seat as virus spreads

By Susan Montoya Bryan Apr. 03, 2020 01:02 AM EDT