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Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies
By: Bobby Allyn | NPR
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President Trump signs an executive order aimed at limiting the broad legal protections enjoyed by social media companies days after Twitter fact-checked two of his tweets.
Jorma Kaukonen Performs 9th FREE Quarantine Concert May 30
Music so tasty that the New York Times Magazine columnist Sam Sifton recommends it in What to Cook This Week! “Did you know Jorma Kaukonen’s doing quarantine concerts at Fur… Read More
Ohio Valley Anti-Hunger Advocates Worry Region Overlooked In Over $1 Billion Federal Food Box Program
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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MURRAY, Ky. (OVR) — A new federal program is buying more than $1 billion in farm products such as dairy, produce and meat unable to be sold due to the pandemic’s… Read More
Ohio’s Long-Term Care Facilities Will Restart Visitation In June
By: Matt Richmond | WCPN
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCPN) — Gov. Mike DeWine is beginning to loosen restrictions on assisted living facilities and homes for the developmentally disabled. Starting June 8, residents at those two types of… Read More
Another 100K Unemployed In Ohio Valley; US Jobless Total Tops 40M
By: Becca Schimmel | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (OVR) — As some businesses in the Ohio Valley reopen and welcome back both customers and employees the region continues reporting high levels of unemployment claims. At least… Read More
Juxtaposing Lightness and Darkness With Planet Jackpot
Armed with almost a non-existent knowledge of how to do things CORRECTLY, Planet Jackpot prefers instead to do things LOUDLY. – Planet Jackpot’s bandcamp self description WOUB Digital · Juxtaposing… Read More
Threats Against Two Democratic Lawmakers Bring Support, Investigation
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An investigation is ongoing into threats targeting two sitting Democratic state lawmakers, a well-known senator from Akron who’s served in both chambers and his daughter,… Read More
‘How are You Doing?’: COVID’s Impact on Zanesville, OH | “Opening Up”
By: Doug Swift
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‘How Are You Doing?’ is a video series crafted by WOUB’s Doug Swift to document the social, cultural, and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the Southeast Ohio region,… Read More
Why The Small Business Rescue Program Has Slowed Way Down
By: Danielle Kurtzleben | NPR
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The first round of Paycheck Protection Program funding ran out in days, but the second pot of money has more than $140 billion left after a month. Some business owners decided the PPP wasn’t for them.
Larry Kramer, Pioneering AIDS Activist And Writer, Dies At 84
By: Neda Ulaby | NPR
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Kramer was a writer with an Oscar-nominated screenplay when his friends started dying mysteriously — galvanizing him to found the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and later ACT UP, to combat AIDS.
“Look for the Good” with Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz’s new album begins and ends with the same phrase: “Look for the good.” Those four words are not just a lyric or the title of his seventh studio… Read More