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![President Trump, seated next to first lady Melania Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, participates in an event with students, teachers and administrators about how to safely reopen schools during the pandemic on July 07, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1254868549-01f3bdf067506d30b6231ff730c4b377e5b2b1df-scaled-e1594155959143-900x422.jpg)
Trump Pledges To ‘Pressure’ Governors To Reopen Schools Despite Health Concerns
By: Barbara Sprunt | NPR
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The administration acknowledges the risk of students spreading the contagion to vulnerable populations but emphasizes that school closures disrupt “critical services to children and their families.”
![A sneeze can carry the coronavirus pathogen in droplets and in aerosols — and they could land on a surface, making it a fomite.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-148981627-b10ccde732614d849a457550e0937434e6203491-e1594146650642-900x422.jpg)
Aerosols, Droplets, Fomites: What Is Known About Transmission Of COVID-19
By: Pien Huang | NPR
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A letter from over 200 scientists to the World Health Organization asks for further investigation into how the virus spreads. WHO responded at a press conference on Tuesday.
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Ohio Valley Coal Companies Scored Tens Of MIllions In Paycheck Protection Loans
By: Sydney Boles | Ohio Valley ReSource
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WHITESBURG, Ky. (OVR) — More than 50 Ohio Valley coal companies received loans totaling as much as $119 million through the Paycheck Protection Program meant to keep people employed during the… Read More
![Gov. Mike DeWine and First Lady Fran DeWine wearing face masks on June 23, 2020.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mike_dewine_fran_dewine_face_masks-e1594149334388-900x422.jpg)
Gov. DeWine Mandates Face Masks In Seven Counties
By: Gabe Rosenberg | WOSU
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WOSU) — Gov. Mike DeWine announced the Ohio Department of Health will issue a public health order requiring face masks in public in seven counties where the spread of… Read More
![Move It](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screen-Shot-2020-07-07-at-1.28.55-PM-900x422.png)
Factory Street Focuses on Themes of Race, Privilege, Social Justice with Move It Dance Festival
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Factory Street Focuses on Themes of Race, Privilege, Social Justice with Move It Dance Festival Factory Street Studio has put out a call for choreographic submissions from… Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms 63 COVID-19 Cases Since Start Of Pandemic
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 63 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after four additional cases were confirmed Tuesday. The Athens City-County Health… Read More
![Voters cast their ballots on Election Day in McArthur, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3-e1524771260692-900x422.jpg)
What Voting Might Look Like In Ohio This November
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau | Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has more of an idea about what this November’s election will look like now that the state’s election chief has handed down a directive… Read More
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Some Unemployment Will Be Extended In Ohio
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — An extra 20 weeks of unemployment compensation will be made available to eligible Ohioans once they have exhausted their other benefits. Bret Crow with… Read More
![Wes Osborn headshot behind microphone](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Wes-Osborn-featured-image-900x422.jpg)
Former Student Found Love of Broadcasting at WOUB
Wes Osborn became successful disc jockey and marketing researcher ATHENS, OH – From the moment you talk with Wes Osborn, a 1973 radio and television graduate, you know he had… Read More
![A view of Al Nuri Mosque where ISIS declared the caliphate in 2015. Mosul, Iraq.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/FRONTLINE_OnceUponaTimeinIraq-900x422.jpg)
FRONTLINE’s “Once Upon a Time in Iraq”- the Iraq War as You’ve Never Seen It Before; Tuesday July 14 at 9 p.m.
Frontline: Once Upon a Time in Iraq Tues., July 14, 2020 Streaming at 7/6c at pbs.org/frontline & in the PBS Video App Airing at 9/8c on PBS and on YouTube… Read More
![U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced a new set of rules for foreign students in light of the coronavirus pandemic. International students cannot enter or stay in the U.S. if their college offers courses only online in the fall semester.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1145516870-c524a75038f19abf0bf149df85532eb775f96fd9-scaled-e1594134855895-900x422.jpg)
ICE: Foreign Students Must Leave The U.S. If Their Colleges Go Online-Only This Fall
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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New federal rules will prohibit international students from completing fully online courses of study while in the U.S. Monday’s announcement comes as more colleges release their plans for the fall.