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Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Cleveland Plain Dealer. June 20, 2021. Editorial: Fairer Ohio redistricting does not include arming one party at taxpayer expense ...

NJ hits 4.7M adults fully vaccinated against COVID-19

By Mike Catalini Jun. 18, 2021 11:00 AM EDT
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey on Friday hit Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's goal of vaccinating 4.7 million people. Murphy announced what he...

Second grader Abigail Meza does her school work at Christa McAuliffe School in Jersey City, N.J., Thursday, April 29, 2021. Kindergarten through third grade students are returning to their school buildings in Jersey City for their first time in over a year. New Jersey's two largest cities have begun making their return to classrooms in person after working remotely because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Students in Jersey City began returning to school today, just days after Newark officials said they were expanding in-person instruction to four days a week, up from two. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
In-person learning returning to NJ's biggest districts

By Ted Shaffrey Apr. 29, 2021 01:27 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Akron Beacon Journal. March 28, 2021. Editorial: Akron must be ambitious to reverse disturbing trends in housing market ...

A man clears snow off his driveway on Spidina Parkway in Pittsfield, Mass., after a snowstorm hit the East coast, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP)
Vaccinations resume as not-quite-historic snowstorm fades

Feb. 02, 2021 12:01 AM EST

Teachers in Delaware call for return to virtual learning

Jan. 13, 2021 09:17 AM EST
NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Teachers in Delaware held a drive-in demonstration to urge their school district to return to virtual learning as coronavirus cases...

President-elect Joe Biden receives his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The vaccine is being administered by Chief Nurse Executive Ric Cuming. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden gets 2nd dose of vaccine as team readies COVID-19 plan

By Will Weissert And Bill Barrow Jan. 11, 2021 02:14 PM EST

Jonathan Pollard, left, and his wife Esther sit inside a private plane provided by American casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, on route to land in Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Pollard, who spent 30 years in U.S. prison for spying for Israel, arrived in Israel early Wednesday with his wife, triumphantly kissing the ground as he disembarked from the aircraft in the culmination of a decades-long affair that had long strained relations between the two close allies. (AP Photo/Israel Hayom)
Convicted US spy Pollard arrives in Israel, welcomed by PM

By Josef Federman Dec. 29, 2020 11:20 PM EST

UK air travelers to Newark will need negative COVID-19 test

Dec. 24, 2020 02:47 PM EST
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Beginning next week, United Airlines travelers to Newark Liberty International Airport from the United Kingdom will have to show a...

Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, second right, watches workers carry a box containing Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to an helicopter for its distribution around the country at the Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived to Chile early Thursday from Belgium. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
The Latest: China tests millions in port over virus cluster

By The Associated Press Dec. 24, 2020 03:35 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden fist bumps with nurse practitioner Tabe Mase after receiving his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del., Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, as Jill Biden looks on. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden gets COVID-19 vaccine, says 'nothing to worry about'

By Alexandra Jaffe And Jill Colvin Dec. 21, 2020 12:36 AM EST

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks during a news conference after witnessing the first coronavirus vaccinations at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, N.J., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. An emergency room nurse at Newark's University Hospital became the first in New Jersey to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New Jersey administers state's 1st COVID-19 vaccine to nurse

By David Porter Dec. 15, 2020 07:32 AM EST

Robert Luckey, COVID ICU Nurse, receives the hospital's first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Houston. Front line workers at Memorial Hermann were some of the first to receive the recently approved vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine was almost 95 percent effective at preventing patients from contracting COVID-19 and caused no major side effects in a trial of nearly 44,000 people. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard And David Porter Dec. 15, 2020 12:13 AM EST

'Momentous day' nears as New Jersey readies first vaccines

Dec. 14, 2020 03:34 PM EST
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is preparing to administer its first COVID-19 vaccines in what Gov. Phil Murphy said will be a “momentous day.” ...

NJ health care worker COVID-19 vaccinations to begin Tuesday

Dec. 13, 2020 11:03 AM EST
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The governor of New Jersey says health care workers in New Jersey will begin receiving vaccinations for the coronavirus this week at a...

FBI urges retests for those who got COVID tests at NJ lab

Dec. 04, 2020 06:09 PM EST
VENTNOR, N.J. (AP) — The FBI is asking anyone who underwent a coronavirus test at a Jersey Shore laboratory to get retested, and to contact the agency. ...

Child sex offender seeks early prison release due to virus

Nov. 27, 2020 03:20 PM EST
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A convicted sex offender serving 19 years for traveling to Thailand and molesting young boys is among inmates seeking early release from a...

In New Jersey's largest city, virus spike hits nightlife hub

By David Porter Nov. 25, 2020 12:54 PM EST
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — It's not a stretch to say that Shirley Staciuk has experienced the coronavirus pandemic from multiple vantage points. ...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020, file photo, police officers remind a woman in the doorway of a Newark, N.J., restaurant of the new curfew and dining regulations in an area where coronavirus cases have recently spiked. During a Nov. 19 radio interview, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said that he'll ask residents of New Jersey's largest city to stay home for 10 days starting next week, right before Thanksgiving, in response to a rising number of COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Newark citizens asked to stay home starting Thanksgiving eve

Nov. 20, 2020 01:44 PM EST

Newark imposes curfew, other measures as virus surges

By David Porter Nov. 12, 2020 08:06 AM EST
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Residents in some parts of New Jersey's largest city are facing a 9 p.m. curfew for at least the rest of the month as officials seek to...