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About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer November 16, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case.The...

2nd virus vaccine shows striking success in US tests

A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase.Moderna...

Over 1 million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, pediatricians say

Maggie Fox and Sandee LaMotte, CNN November 16, 2020

(CNN) -- Over a million children under 18 have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the United States since the start of the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association...

KSU students lining up to get tested

Mason Lawlor November 16, 2020

KSU students lined up for hours beginning at Manchester Field to enter the student center ballroom on Nov. 15. Photo by Mason Lawlor. 

Volunteers helping the university’s third testing clinic

Benjamin Weaver November 16, 2020

From left to right: Emily Sabo, Tristen Denyi, Elijah Voorhees.  Kent State students volunteered to help out with the university’s third COVID-19 testing clinic on Sunday, Nov. 15.   

Faculty Senate sees switch from Blackboard to Canvas in Kent State’s future

The Faculty Senate discussed a potential switch to Canvas in the coming years and what the new year holds for the university at their monthly meeting Nov. 9.Shelley Marshall, a computer technology lecturer...

Immigration protest in DC

SAUL LOEB November 11, 2020

Immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019. - The US Supreme Court hears arguments on November 12, 2019 on the fate of the...

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Zach Gibson November 9, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson testifies during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on September 10, 2019 in Washington,...

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Pool November 9, 2020

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 24: U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper attends a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on June 24, 2020...

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Ethan Miller November 8, 2020

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 09: "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek speaks as he is inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the NAB Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner...

Biden Speech

Win McNamee November 7, 2020

Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden wait outside the Chase Center for Biden to address the nation November 07, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. After four days of counting the high volume of mail-in ballots...

Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden wait outside the Chase Center for Biden to address the nation November 07, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. After four days of counting the high volume of mail-in ballots in key battleground states due to the coronavirus pandemic, the race was called for Biden after a contentious election battle against incumbent Republican President Donald Trump.

What’s next? Saturday’s election verdict isn’t last step

DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press November 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Saturday's election verdict isn’t the last step in selecting an American president. Under a system that’s been tweaked over two centuries, there is still a weekslong timeline during...