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![Harvard University, shown here, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over a rule change that would have barred international college students from taking fully online course loads in the United States. In court on Tuesday, a judge announced that the government would rescind the directive.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1255059516-0028fb925a1739174ec1e9e525c45bbec2f8bb83-900x422.jpg)
ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In the U.S.
By: Rachel Treisman | NPR
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A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.
![Retired Army Sgt. Felix McDermott is buried in Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. His death is one of seven that Reta Mays has been charged with.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/gettyimages-1173890691-8dbaa7f3c13af7505d7b2047a81ebcd11a487aee-scaled-e1594757209757-900x422.jpg)
Former VA Medical Worker Pleads Guilty To Murdering 7 Patients In West Virginia
By: Merrit Kennedy | Matthew S. Schwartz | NPR
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Reta Mays was charged with killing seven patients by injecting them with insulin. She worked as a nursing assistant on the night shift at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Clarksburg.
![Offerings sit in front of a mural of slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen painted on a wall in the south side of Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday, July 11, 2020. U.S. Army officials say they will begin an independent review of the command climate at Fort Hood, examining claims and historical data of discrimination, harassment and assault, following calls for a more thorough investigation into the killing of the soldier from the Texas base.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/AP_20193619775235-scaled-e1594756300359-900x422.jpg)
WATCH: How Should The U.S. Military Respond to Vanessa Guillen’s Murder?
By: PBS Newshour
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NewsHour) — The disappearance and murder of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen has sparked an outpouring of stories from other service members. Mostly female, they say that they also… Read More
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Ohioans Going To New York, New Jersey Or Connecticut Must Prepare To Quarantine
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio has been added to a list of states from which people are not allowed to enter New York, New Jersey or Connecticut without… Read More
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Fiona Avocado’s ‘Subversive Domesticities’ on Display at Arts West
By: Emily Votaw
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WOUB Digital · Fiona Avocado’s ‘Subversive Domesticities’ on Display at Arts West Fiona Avocado’s Subversive Domesticities exhibition currently on display at Arts West (132 West State Street, Athens) explores the… Read More
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Athens Mayor Patterson Explains the New Mandatory Face Covering Ordinance
Athens City Council unanimously passed new mandatory face covering legislation that requires masks to be worn by people in most public places controlled by the city. The ordinance was passed… Read More
![This March 15, 2018 photo shows a natural gas drill rig in Belmont County, Ohio.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AP_18188113625510-e1575487780559-900x422.jpg)
Investor Pulls Out Of Proposed Belmont County Cracker Plant
By: Brittany Patterson | Ohio Valley ReSource
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BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio (OVR) — Daelim Chemical USA, a major investment partner in a proposed ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, Ohio, announced on Tuesday that it is exiting the project…. Read More
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Athens Co. Confirms Nine New COVID-19 Cases For July 14
By: Aaron Payne
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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — Athens County has now had 201 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic after nine additional cases were confirmed Tuesday. The Athens City-County Health… Read More
![The death chamber, equipped for lethal injection, at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., as shown in a file photo.](https://woub.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/ap_060713010563-598477d425bda62c294ebdb41b185046e2d52d0c-900x422.jpg)
Federal Government Executes 1st Prisoner In 17 Years After Overnight Court Rulings
By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
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Daniel Lee, 47, was put to death on Tuesday morning in the federal death chamber in the first federal execution since 2003. Other inmates are scheduled for death this week.
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New Restrictions For West Virginia College Town As COVID-19 Cases Rise
By: Associated Press
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MONONGALIA COUNTY, WV (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is moving to close bars in the state’s largest college town and reimpose restrictions on large gatherings as coronavirus cases… Read More
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Tantrum Theater’s COVID-19 Audio Series Airing on WOUB Radio
The first piece in the series aired on July 9 ATHENS, OH – WOUB Public Media has teamed up with the Tantrum Theater of Ohio University’s College of Fine Arts… Read More
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Pioneering Girls of Color on the Frontlines of Modern Social Justice – “POV: We Are the Radical Monarchs,” July 20 at 9 p.m.
POV: We Are the Radical Monarchs Premieres Monday, July 20 at 9 p.m. A group of tween girls chant into megaphones, marching in the San Francisco TransMarch. Holding clenched… Read More